City Size

I mean in Population, not Area.

cf Population Density

In US 2000 census

• total national population: 281M
• biggest cities
  • only 9 with population over a million, totaling 49M
  • NCES buckets "large city" as 250k+ (that would be top 66); mid-size city as 100k-250k (that would be 67-238)
  • ~250 have 100k+ people
  • 601 with 50k or more people, totaling 100M
    • note that at Population Density of Brooklyn Ny, 50k people requires less than 2 sqmi!
• for 2010 census, here's top-25 cities (which goes down to 600k people)
• these are for "CityProper" not for Urban Area/Metropolitan Area/City Region

Bigger is better - Super Linear? 2007-04-18-UrbanGrowthBenefits