Ranking of United States Cities and Places By Voting-age Population (18yrs and Over) from Census 2020

Updated on August 24, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all US cities and places, New York city, NY had the highest voting-age population (18 years and above) (7.06M), followed by Los Angeles city, CA (3.15M), Chicago city, IL (2.20M), Houston city, TX (1.76M), and Philadelphia city, PA (1.28M).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places with high voting-age population, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 cities and places in the United States based on voting-age population.

You can see links at the bottom of the page for the ranking of cities and places by voting-age population for each state.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of people who live in each city or town. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Voting-age Population from Census 2020
New York, NY
7.06M
Los Angeles, CA
3.15M
Chicago, IL
2.20M
Houston, TX
1.76M
Philadelphia, PA
1.28M
Phoenix, AZ
1.21M
San Diego, CA
1.13M
San Antonio, TX
1.10M
Dallas, TX
999.71K
San Jose, CA
799.48K
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Rank
Place
Voting-age Population
1 New York city, NY 7,064,048
2 Los Angeles city, CA 3,147,255
3 Chicago city, IL 2,201,215
4 Houston city, TX 1,760,104
5 Philadelphia city, PA 1,278,362
6 Phoenix city, AZ 1,207,658
7 San Diego city, CA 1,125,069
8 San Antonio city, TX 1,094,548
9 Dallas city, TX 999,705
10 San Jose city, CA 799,477
11 Austin city, TX 775,434
12 San Francisco city, CA 760,738
13 Jacksonville city, FL 742,905
14 Columbus city, OH 707,523
15 Charlotte city, NC 675,693
16 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 674,814
17 Fort Worth city, TX 671,893
18 Seattle city, WA 630,174
19 Denver city, CO 581,062
20 Washington city, DC 575,161
21 Boston city, MA 573,836
22 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 551,878
23 Portland city, OR 541,274
24 El Paso city, TX 512,778
25 Oklahoma City city, OK 511,740
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