Bible Belt Cities

217 cities

City	State	2025 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Houston	Texas	2,412,920	0.95%	1	City
San Antonio	Texas	1,548,485	1.43%	2	City
Dallas	Texas	1,331,752	0.43%	3	City
Fort Worth	Texas	1,029,221	2.09%	4	City
Austin	Texas	1,000,511	0.7%	5	City
Charlotte	North Carolina	960,608	1.82%	6	City
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	720,377	1.05%	7	City
Nashville	Tennessee	708,772	0.54%	8	Township
El Paso	Texas	682,308	0.09%	9	City
Louisville	Kentucky	643,033	0.35%	10	Township
Memphis	Tennessee	606,551	-0.71%	11	City
Atlanta	Georgia	525,088	0.96%	12	City
Kansas City	Missouri	518,016	0.38%	13	City
Raleigh	North Carolina	508,316	1.7%	14	City
Virginia Beach	Virginia	453,591	-0.27%	15	City
Tulsa	Oklahoma	415,526	0.09%	16	City
Arlington	Texas	405,995	0.58%	17	City
New Orleans	Louisiana	357,532	-1.43%	18	City
Lexington	Kentucky	331,139	0.52%	19	Urban County
Corpus Christi	Texas	317,075	-0.08%	20	City
Greensboro	North Carolina	310,258	0.94%	21	City
Durham	North Carolina	306,917	1.67%	22	City
Plano	Texas	295,002	0.59%	23	City
Lubbock	Texas	275,595	1.29%	24	City
St. Louis	Missouri	274,540	-1.84%	25	City
Laredo	Texas	262,701	0.55%	26	City
Irving	Texas	258,348	0.11%	27	City
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	257,403	0.64%	28	City
Chesapeake	Virginia	256,314	0.52%	29	City
Garland	Texas	251,440	0.4%	30	City
Frisco	Texas	243,319	3.45%	31	City
Richmond	Virginia	235,338	0.72%	32	City
McKinney	Texas	235,030	3.3%	33	City
Huntsville	Alabama	233,907	1.52%	34	City
Norfolk	Virginia	229,428	-0.73%	35	City
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	219,565	-0.61%	36	City
Grand Prairie	Texas	210,113	1.34%	37	City
Fayetteville	North Carolina	209,146	-0.17%	38	City
Little Rock	Arkansas	205,315	0.26%	39	City
Amarillo	Texas	204,519	0.39%	40	City
Augusta	Georgia	201,663	-0.04%	41	Township
Knoxville	Tennessee	200,595	0.94%	42	City
Columbus	Georgia	200,533	-0.64%	43	City
Mobile	Alabama	200,086	-0.64%	44	City
Birmingham	Alabama	195,378	-0.5%	45	City
Montgomery	Alabama	194,760	-0.54%	46	City
Chattanooga	Tennessee	193,802	1.2%	47	City
Brownsville	Texas	193,296	0.69%	48	City
Clarksville	Tennessee	190,229	2.44%	49	City
Cary	North Carolina	184,623	1.08%	50	Town
Newport News	Virginia	182,307	-0.41%	51	City
Shreveport	Louisiana	174,023	-1.45%	52	City
Denton	Texas	172,215	3.75%	53	City
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	172,029	2.16%	54	City
Springfield	Missouri	170,955	0.21%	55	City
Killeen	Texas	162,330	1.07%	56	City
Charleston	South Carolina	159,315	1.05%	57	City
Alexandria	Virginia	159,091	-0.01%	58	City
Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	157,060	0%	59	Township
McAllen	Texas	150,377	1.07%	60	City
Mesquite	Texas	150,265	0.08%	61	City
Pasadena	Texas	149,159	-0.31%	62	City
Savannah	Georgia	149,136	0.22%	63	City
Waco	Texas	148,124	1.03%	64	City
Columbia	South Carolina	146,933	1.48%	65	City
Midland	Texas	146,297	1.82%	66	City
Round Rock	Texas	139,055	2.73%	67	City
Jackson	Mississippi	138,560	-2.04%	68	City
Lewisville	Texas	138,371	1.76%	69	City
Hampton	Virginia	137,674	0.06%	70	City
Carrollton	Texas	135,929	0.35%	71	City
Columbia	Missouri	132,046	0.88%	72	City
Abilene	Texas	131,818	1.01%	73	City
Norman	Oklahoma	131,717	0.54%	74	City
Pearland	Texas	130,522	0.7%	75	City
College Station	Texas	129,834	1.41%	76	City
Athens	Georgia	129,054	0.28%	77	Township
North Charleston	South Carolina	128,603	2.06%	78	City
Wilmington	North Carolina	127,633	1.87%	79	City
Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	124,956	1.79%	80	City
New Braunfels	Texas	122,675	5.32%	81	City
Lafayette	Louisiana	122,487	0.17%	82	City
Independence	Missouri	121,325	-0.25%	83	City
Odessa	Texas	120,951	1%	84	City
Conroe	Texas	120,417	5.09%	85	City
High Point	North Carolina	119,559	0.81%	86	City
League City	Texas	119,405	0.8%	87	City
Richardson	Texas	117,949	-0.23%	88	City
Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,465	1.9%	89	City
Allen	Texas	115,793	1.8%	90	City
Concord	North Carolina	114,265	1.66%	91	City
Tyler	Texas	113,706	1.33%	92	City
South Fulton	Georgia	112,943	0.84%	93	City
Beaumont	Texas	112,396	-0.44%	94	City
Edinburg	Texas	110,724	1.83%	95	City
Sugar Land	Texas	109,602	-0.23%	96	City
Georgetown	Texas	109,502	8.05%	97	City
Lee's Summit	Missouri	107,630	1.14%	98	City
Fayetteville	Arkansas	105,221	2.02%	99	City
Suffolk	Virginia	105,182	2.01%	100	City
Sandy Springs	Georgia	104,828	-0.64%	101	City
Wichita Falls	Texas	102,344	-0.03%	102	City
San Angelo	Texas	100,182	0.02%	103	City
Edmond	Oklahoma	100,112	1.08%	104	City
Temple	Texas	99,634	3.5%	105	City
Roanoke	Virginia	97,415	-0.51%	106	City
Mount Pleasant	South Carolina	96,692	1.14%	107	Town
O'Fallon	Missouri	96,277	0.97%	108	City
Greenville	North Carolina	96,184	1.1%	109	City
Portsmouth	Virginia	96,103	-0.39%	110	City
Asheville	North Carolina	95,151	0.17%	111	City
Leander	Texas	94,177	7.62%	112	City
Bryan	Texas	93,336	1.96%	113	City
Hoover	Alabama	93,093	0.09%	114	City
Roswell	Georgia	92,049	-0.19%	115	City
Fort Smith	Arkansas	90,844	0.37%	116	City
Franklin	Tennessee	90,388	1.4%	117	City
Lawton	Oklahoma	89,940	-0.1%	118	City
Springdale	Arkansas	89,877	0.57%	119	City
Mission	Texas	89,251	0.76%	120	City
Warner Robins	Georgia	87,604	1.63%	121	City
Gastonia	North Carolina	86,778	1.45%	122	City
Baytown	Texas	86,146	0.17%	123	City
Auburn	Alabama	85,429	2%	124	City
Longview	Texas	84,142	0.57%	125	City
Jonesboro	Arkansas	83,269	1.07%	126	City
Mansfield	Texas	82,802	2.47%	127	City
Pharr	Texas	81,466	0.4%	128	City
Flower Mound	Texas	80,864	1.09%	129	Town
Johns Creek	Georgia	80,812	-0.44%	130	City
Bowling Green	Kentucky	80,727	2.09%	131	City
Lynchburg	Virginia	80,628	0.41%	132	City
Lake Charles	Louisiana	80,225	-1.15%	133	City
Missouri City	Texas	79,617	1.32%	134	City
Apex	North Carolina	78,668	3.54%	135	Town
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	83.63%	136	City
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	0.38%	137	City
Cedar Park	Texas	78,465	0.11%	138	City
Rogers	Arkansas	76,958	1.74%	139	City
Rock Hill	South Carolina	76,084	0.38%	140	City
San Marcos	Texas	75,839	2.05%	141	City
Greenville	South Carolina	75,106	0.99%	142	City
Gulfport	Mississippi	75,056	0.58%	143	City
Johnson City	Tennessee	74,263	0.85%	144	City
St. Charles	Missouri	72,875	0.58%	145	City
Conway	Arkansas	72,297	2.24%	146	City
Harlingen	Texas	72,281	0.07%	147	City
Dothan	Alabama	71,786	0.19%	148	City
North Richland Hills	Texas	71,721	0.4%	149	City
St. Joseph	Missouri	70,834	-0.37%	150	City
Kyle	Texas	70,683	7.37%	151	City
Jacksonville	North Carolina	70,232	-0.86%	152	City
Jackson	Tennessee	69,578	0.4%	153	City
Rowlett	Texas	69,461	1.96%	154	City
Huntersville	North Carolina	68,456	2.04%	155	Town
Alpharetta	Georgia	67,602	0.49%	156	City
Pflugerville	Texas	67,151	0.5%	157	City
Victoria	Texas	66,141	0.18%	158	City
Albany	Georgia	66,105	-0.9%	159	City
Chapel Hill	North Carolina	65,780	2.74%	160	Town
Madison	Alabama	65,708	2.62%	161	City
Little Elm	Texas	64,720	5.72%	162	City
North Little Rock	Arkansas	64,454	-0.07%	163	City
Hendersonville	Tennessee	64,404	0.71%	164	City
Kenner	Louisiana	64,240	-0.63%	165	City
Wylie	Texas	64,221	2.01%	166	City
Moore	Oklahoma	64,042	0.31%	167	City
Fulshear	Texas	63,882	16.94%	168	City
Marietta	Georgia	63,643	0.83%	169	City
Bentonville	Arkansas	63,534	2.82%	170	City
Bossier City	Louisiana	63,344	0.2%	171	City
St. Peters	Missouri	62,320	1.5%	172	City
Burlington	North Carolina	62,319	1.55%	173	City
Smyrna	Tennessee	61,998	2.81%	174	Town
Blue Springs	Missouri	61,837	0.96%	175	City
Kannapolis	North Carolina	61,809	2.13%	176	City
Stonecrest	Georgia	61,451	0.71%	177	City
Spring Hill	Tennessee	61,419	3.4%	178	City
Owensboro	Kentucky	60,772	0.16%	179	City
Celina	Texas	60,122	16.38%	180	City
Brookhaven	Georgia	60,018	1.09%	181	City
Euless	Texas	59,742	-0.45%	182	City
Texas City	Texas	59,272	2.41%	183	City
Wake Forest	North Carolina	58,524	3.1%	184	Town
Midwest City	Oklahoma	58,515	0.02%	185	City
Burleson	Texas	58,316	3.67%	186	City
Decatur	Alabama	58,184	0.36%	187	City
Southaven	Mississippi	58,154	1.15%	188	City
Kingsport	Tennessee	57,508	0.7%	189	City
Smyrna	Georgia	57,429	0.44%	190	City
DeSoto	Texas	56,879	0.3%	191	City
Bartlett	Tennessee	56,467	-0.42%	192	City
Port Arthur	Texas	55,746	-0.09%	193	City
Valdosta	Georgia	55,727	0.11%	194	City
Rockwall	Texas	54,996	2.71%	195	City
Lebanon	Tennessee	54,652	6.12%	196	City
Rocky Mount	North Carolina	54,580	0.07%	197	City
Gallatin	Tennessee	54,405	3.65%	198	City
Joplin	Missouri	54,053	0.84%	199	City
Galveston	Texas	53,509	-0.05%	200	City
Mooresville	North Carolina	53,464	1.1%	201	Town
Summerville	South Carolina	53,042	0.79%	202	Town
Collierville	Tennessee	52,105	0.3%	203	Town
Dunwoody	Georgia	51,844	0.09%	204	City
Sherman	Texas	51,796	3.12%	205	City
Grapevine	Texas	51,458	0.27%	206	City
Goose Creek	South Carolina	51,375	2.03%	207	City
Harrisonburg	Virginia	51,028	-0.27%	208	City
Florissant	Missouri	50,997	-0.57%	209	City
Cleveland	Tennessee	50,812	1.15%	210	City
Stillwater	Oklahoma	50,575	0.87%	211	City
Columbia	Tennessee	50,516	3.49%	212	City
Holly Springs	North Carolina	50,449	3.65%	213	Town
Huntsville	Texas	50,410	1.84%	214	City
Waxahachie	Texas	50,366	3.6%	215	City
Enid	Oklahoma	50,358	-0.32%	216	City
Leesburg	Virginia	50,178	0.7%	217	Town

States Within the Bible Belt Region

For this list, the Bible Belt Region is defined as the 14 states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.