23-933: Population This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau , ordered according to their 2020 census populations. An urban area is defined by the Census Bureau as a contiguous set of census blocks that are "densely developed residential, commercial, and other nonresidential areas". Urban areas consist of a densely-settled urban core, plus surrounding developed areas that meet certain density criteria. Since urban areas are composed of census blocks and not cities, counties, or county-equivalents, urban area boundaries may consist of partial areas of these political units. Urban areas are distinguished from rural areas : any area not part of an urban area
46-692: A Spanish possession until 1898, the system of local government in Puerto Rico bears more resemblance to that of the Hispanophone nations of the Americas than to local government in the United States . Thus, there are no literal first-order administrative divisions akin to counties , as defined by the U.S. Federal Government . Instead, Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities as the secondary unit of administration. For U.S. Census purposes,
69-684: A municipal legislature as the form of government. Each legislature must be unicameral , with the number of members related to adequate representation of the total population of the municipality. In contrast to other jurisdictions, both the mayors and the municipal legislators are elected on the same date and for the same term of four years in office. From a political and ekistic perspective, several differences and similarities exist between municipalities of differing population sizes. For instance, municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more are considered incorporated cities , while those with fewer than 50,000 are considered incorporated towns . Size affects
92-680: A central city are listed separately, and unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations are not included. Therefore, a different ranking is evident when considering U.S. urban areas or metropolitan areas . This table lists the 336 incorporated places in the United States, excluding the U.S. territories , with a population of at least 100,000 as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau . Five states have no cities with populations exceeding 100,000. They are: Delaware , Maine , Vermont , West Virginia , and Wyoming . The table displays: Download coordinates as: The total 2020 enumerated population of all cities over 100,000
115-540: A period of public input, and the final results of delineation were published on December 29, 2022. Key changes for the 2020 criteria included: Largely as a result of the change in criteria, the proportion of American citizens living in urban areas fell between 2010 and 2020, from 80.7% to 80.0%. There were 2,644 urban areas identified by the Census Bureau for 2020. 510 had a population of 50,000 or more and are listed here. List of United States cities by population Download coordinates as: Population This
138-578: A wide-extending township in New England—like Plymouth, Massachusetts, or Barnstable, on Cape Cod comprising a central town or city with perhaps several outlying districts or barrios, usually rural in character, and occasionally having sizeable concentrated populations in villages, the municipality bearing the name of the central urban portion and all under one local government. Recent Civic Architecture in Porto Rico, 1920 Having been
161-445: Is San Juan , with 342,259, while Culebra is the smallest, with around 1,792. Arecibo is the largest in terms of geography, with around 125 mi , and Cataño the smallest, with around 4.8 mi . All municipalities have a barrio called pueblo proper, officially called barrio-pueblo (literally "district-town"), which typically is the site of the historic Spanish colonial settlement, administrative center and urban core of
184-461: Is 96,598,047, representing 29.14% of the United States population (excluding territories) and covering a total land area of 29,588 square miles (76,630 km ). The mean city population is 301,765, and the mean density is 4,151 inhabitants per square mile (1,603/km ). Download coordinates as: The following table lists the five municipalities ( municipios ) of Puerto Rico with a population greater than 100,000 on July 1, 2023, as estimated by
207-436: Is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States . As defined by the United States Census Bureau , an incorporated place includes cities , towns , villages , boroughs , and municipalities . A few exceptional census-designated places (CDPs) are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places. Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes
230-409: Is composed of barrios , except for Florida , which has only one barrio. The municipality of Ponce has the largest number of barrios, 31. Every municipality, except San Juan, also has an urban area made up of one or more barrios. When the urban area is made up of only one barrio, it is called " Barrio Pueblo ". Some urban areas are made up of multiple barrios: Ponce's urban area, for example,
253-475: Is considered to be rural by the Census Bureau. The list in this article includes urban areas with a population of at least 50,000, but urban areas may have as few as 5,000 residents or 2,000 housing units. Some cities may also be a part of two or more urban areas, as is the case for Huntsville , and the smaller Huntsville Southeast. For the 2020 census, the Census Bureau redefined the classification of urban areas. The criteria were finalized on March 24, 2022, after
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#1732782401409276-407: Is made up of 12 barrios. All of San Juan's barrios are urban barrios, and the municipality of San Juan is composed of urban barrios only - thus, the entire municipality of San Juan consists of one large urban zone. For a list of municipal demonyms Puerto Rico is administratively divided into the following 78 municipalities (alphabetically ordered): The following is an alphabetical list of
299-489: The 2020 census. A CDP is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities , towns and villages . CDPs are populated areas that lack separate municipal government, but which otherwise physically resemble incorporated places. Unlike
322-429: The Puerto Rico legislature, under pressure from the U.S.-appointed governor of Puerto Rico, passed a law consolidating the then-76 municipalities of Puerto Rico into 46. The law was repealed three years later. In October 2009, a Puerto Rican legislator proposed a bill that would reduce the current 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico down to 20. The bill called for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, which would let
345-653: The United States Census Bureau. If Puerto Rico were included with the broader U.S. list, San Juan would be the 58th largest city in the country. The table below contains the following information: As of 2023 , four U.S. territories — American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , and the U.S. Virgin Islands — have no cities with at least 100,000 people. Download coordinates as: The following table lists U.S. census-designated places (CDPs) with populations of at least 100,000 according to
368-428: The autonomy exercised by the jurisdiction: cities provide and manage their own services, while towns typically depend on nearby cities for certain services. Demographically, municipalities in Puerto Rico are equivalent to counties in the United States, and Puerto Rican municipalities are registered as county subdivisions in the United States census . Statistically, the municipality with the largest number of inhabitants
391-424: The entire population of a county, or county equivalent. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. This list presents only the portion of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits ; the populations of other municipalities considered suburbs of
414-585: The incorporated cities in the main list, the US Census Bureau does not release annual population estimates for CDPs. The table below contains the following information: The following table lists U.S. cities that, in past censuses, have had populations of at least 100,000 but have since decreased beneath this threshold or have been consolidated with or annexed into a neighboring city. Municipalities of Puerto Rico The municipalities of Puerto Rico ( Spanish : municipios de Puerto Rico ) are
437-530: The municipalities and their population together with a breakdown of their racial composition. The municipalities elect a mayor and a municipal legislature in the general elections every four years. In 2012, 36 of the 78 municipalities (46%) were experiencing a budget deficit . In total, the combined debt carried by the municipalities stands at about US$ 590 million. Multiple times, politicians have discussed and proposed consolidating Puerto Rico's municipalities but so far no proposals has been adopted. In 1902
460-494: The municipalities are considered county equivalents . The municipalities are grouped into eight electoral districts , but these do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities Act was passed, which slightly modified the rights and responsibilities of Puerto Rican municipalities with the aim of decentralizing control and improving government services. Every municipality
483-630: The municipality. However, municipalities with large populations may have an urban core that consist of several barrios. In Recent Civic Architecture in Porto Rico by Adrian C. Finlayson, architect for the Insular Department of the Interior Architecture, writing for the publication Architectural Record in 1920, the Puerto Rican municipality is accurately described as: Not merely a city, but something similar to
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#1732782401409506-545: The people decide on the matter. However, the bill never made into law. With the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis that emerged in the first half of 2010s, a new plan to consolidate municipalities was again circulated in the legislature in 2017 as a way to alleviate the government debt crisis. In March 2019, then Governor Ricardo Rosselló created an initiative that would preserve the existing municipalities but create regional consolidation by sharing service overhead in
529-574: The second-level administrative divisions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico . There are 78 such administrative divisions covering all 78 incorporated towns and cities . Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios , third-level administrative divisions, though the latter are not vested with any political authority. Every municipality is governed as stated by the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991 , which establishes that every municipality must have an elected strong mayor with
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