Central Time Zone Cities

245 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Chicago	Illinois	2,727,758	-0.14%	1	City
Houston	Texas	2,419,191	0.91%	2	City
San Antonio	Texas	1,572,360	1.55%	3	City
Dallas	Texas	1,336,440	0.52%	4	City
Fort Worth	Texas	1,049,355	2.07%	5	City
Austin	Texas	1,011,743	0.91%	6	City
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	727,550	1.07%	7	City
Nashville	Tennessee	726,586	0.76%	8	Township
El Paso	Texas	684,495	0.22%	9	City
Memphis	Tennessee	606,132	-0.58%	10	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	558,949	-0.61%	11	City
Kansas City	Missouri	523,322	0.4%	12	City
Omaha	Nebraska	487,917	-0.18%	13	City
Minneapolis	Minnesota	430,162	-0.04%	14	City
Tulsa	Oklahoma	416,850	0.15%	15	City
Arlington	Texas	404,380	0.56%	16	City
Wichita	Kansas	401,409	0.11%	17	City
New Orleans	Louisiana	357,183	-1.37%	18	City
Corpus Christi	Texas	316,964	-0.09%	19	City
St. Paul	Minnesota	305,585	-0.36%	20	City
Lincoln	Nebraska	303,375	0.61%	21	City
Plano	Texas	294,773	0.6%	22	City
Madison	Wisconsin	288,589	0.82%	23	City
Lubbock	Texas	276,107	1.11%	24	City
St. Louis	Missouri	273,179	-1.79%	25	City
Laredo	Texas	272,832	1.23%	26	City
Irving	Texas	257,513	0.17%	27	City
Garland	Texas	250,791	0.47%	28	City
Frisco	Texas	245,057	3.42%	29	City
McKinney	Texas	243,498	3.18%	30	City
Huntsville	Alabama	237,140	1.5%	31	City
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	221,663	-0.51%	32	City
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	217,856	1.92%	33	City
Grand Prairie	Texas	212,266	1.35%	34	City
Des Moines	Iowa	211,734	-0.17%	35	City
Little Rock	Arkansas	207,276	0.41%	36	City
Amarillo	Texas	205,871	0.36%	37	City
Overland Park	Kansas	204,818	0.56%	38	City
Knoxville	Tennessee	203,991	0.98%	39	City
Mobile	Alabama	199,605	-0.61%	40	City
Chattanooga	Tennessee	196,582	1.26%	41	City
Birmingham	Alabama	195,033	-0.44%	42	City
Brownsville	Texas	194,415	0.76%	43	City
Montgomery	Alabama	194,258	-0.53%	44	City
Clarksville	Tennessee	193,395	2.42%	45	City
Aurora	Illinois	181,666	0.09%	46	City
Denton	Texas	175,704	3.7%	47	City
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	175,165	2.33%	48	City
Shreveport	Louisiana	173,439	-1.4%	49	City
Springfield	Missouri	170,117	0.16%	50	City
Killeen	Texas	163,533	1.02%	51	City
Kansas City	Kansas	158,027	0.14%	52	City
Naperville	Illinois	153,905	0.52%	53	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,625	0.25%	54	City
McAllen	Texas	152,205	1.04%	55	City
Olathe	Kansas	151,803	1.19%	56	City
Mesquite	Texas	150,903	0.14%	57	City
Midland	Texas	150,351	1.85%	58	City
Waco	Texas	149,350	1.06%	59	City
Pasadena	Texas	148,007	-0.36%	60	City
Rockford	Illinois	146,961	-0.29%	61	City
Round Rock	Texas	145,048	2.67%	62	City
Lewisville	Texas	141,416	1.73%	63	City
Metairie	Louisiana	139,114	0.03%	64	CDP
Fargo	North Dakota	138,574	1.69%	65	City
Jackson	Mississippi	138,450	-1.94%	66	City
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	137,727	-0.15%	67	City
Carrollton	Texas	135,107	0.41%	68	City
Abilene	Texas	132,823	0.94%	69	City
Columbia	Missouri	131,791	0.72%	70	City
Norman	Oklahoma	131,616	0.51%	71	City
Pearland	Texas	130,677	0.57%	72	City
College Station	Texas	129,076	1.26%	73	City
New Braunfels	Texas	128,712	5.08%	74	City
Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	127,206	1.77%	75	City
Topeka	Kansas	125,607	-0.15%	76	City
Conroe	Texas	125,440	4.91%	77	City
Rochester	Minnesota	124,696	0.33%	78	City
Odessa	Texas	124,023	1.07%	79	City
Lafayette	Louisiana	123,618	0.25%	80	City
The Woodlands	Texas	122,240	1.47%	81	CDP
Independence	Missouri	121,444	-0.19%	82	City
League City	Texas	120,814	0.76%	83	City
Richardson	Texas	118,205	-0.28%	84	City
Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,477	1.89%	85	City
Elgin	Illinois	115,569	0.08%	86	City
Allen	Texas	115,492	1.8%	87	City
Tyler	Texas	115,314	1.4%	88	City
Georgetown	Texas	115,088	7.65%	89	City
Edinburg	Texas	112,735	1.84%	90	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,630	-0.32%	91	City
Beaumont	Texas	112,524	-0.39%	92	City
Peoria	Illinois	110,431	-0.44%	93	City
Fayetteville	Arkansas	108,857	2.1%	94	City
Lee's Summit	Missouri	108,768	1.17%	95	City
Sugar Land	Texas	107,255	-0.44%	96	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,463	-0.2%	97	City
Wichita Falls	Texas	101,849	-0.1%	98	City
Temple	Texas	101,765	3.41%	99	City
Edmond	Oklahoma	101,571	1.09%	100	City
San Angelo	Texas	100,702	0.06%	101	City
Atascocita	Texas	100,406	2.2%	102	CDP
Davenport	Iowa	100,062	-0.29%	103	City
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,102	-0.14%	104	City
Leander	Texas	97,835	7.36%	105	City
O'Fallon	Missouri	96,958	0.89%	106	City
Lawrence	Kansas	96,743	0.39%	107	City
Bryan	Texas	93,704	1.86%	108	City
Hoover	Alabama	93,661	0.12%	109	City
Champaign	Illinois	91,753	0.61%	110	City
Franklin	Tennessee	91,416	1.32%	111	City
Springdale	Arkansas	91,267	0.64%	112	City
Fort Smith	Arkansas	91,251	0.44%	113	City
Lawton	Oklahoma	90,468	-0.04%	114	City
Mission	Texas	89,647	0.74%	115	City
Bloomington	Minnesota	88,673	-0.41%	116	City
Duluth	Minnesota	88,642	0.35%	117	City
Waukegan	Illinois	87,705	-0.27%	118	City
Auburn	Alabama	86,786	1.97%	119	City
Baytown	Texas	86,670	0.13%	120	City
Sioux City	Iowa	86,493	0.16%	121	City
Mansfield	Texas	86,408	2.33%	122	City
Jonesboro	Arkansas	84,273	1.17%	123	City
Longview	Texas	83,652	0.5%	124	City
Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	82,772	-0.92%	125	City
Woodbury	Minnesota	82,765	1.48%	126	City
Rapid City	South Dakota	81,888	1.61%	127	City
Lake Charles	Louisiana	81,816	-1.04%	128	City
Lakeville	Minnesota	81,280	2.54%	129	City
Cicero	Illinois	81,153	-0.86%	130	Town
Pharr	Texas	81,130	0.37%	131	City
Flower Mound	Texas	80,415	1.1%	132	Town
San Marcos	Texas	79,808	2.54%	133	City
Ankeny	Iowa	79,782	2.5%	134	City
Cedar Park	Texas	79,172	0.18%	135	City
Bloomington	Illinois	78,861	0.07%	136	City
Bismarck	North Dakota	78,848	1.14%	137	City
Plymouth	Minnesota	78,393	-0.7%	138	City
Rogers	Arkansas	78,308	1.76%	139	City
Missouri City	Texas	78,207	1.14%	140	City
Racine	Wisconsin	77,862	-0.06%	141	City
Blaine	Minnesota	77,819	1.59%	142	City
Gulfport	Mississippi	77,003	0.65%	143	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,918	-0.43%	144	Village
Iowa City	Iowa	76,537	0.4%	145	City
Evanston	Illinois	76,028	-0.46%	146	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	75,772	-0.58%	147	Village
Johnson City	Tennessee	75,575	0.84%	148	City
West Des Moines	Iowa	75,503	1.72%	149	City
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,367	-0.11%	150	City
Bolingbrook	Illinois	75,040	0.32%	151	Village
Kyle	Texas	74,790	6.97%	152	City
Maple Grove	Minnesota	74,543	0.88%	153	City
Conway	Arkansas	74,019	2.34%	154	City
Fulshear	Texas	73,692	14.02%	155	City
St. Cloud	Minnesota	73,276	0.87%	156	City
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,134	0.92%	157	City
St. Charles	Missouri	72,939	0.52%	158	City
Celina	Texas	72,848	13.07%	159	City
Harlingen	Texas	72,574	0.15%	160	City
Dothan	Alabama	72,242	0.25%	161	City
North Richland Hills	Texas	71,122	0.39%	162	City
Waukesha	Wisconsin	70,894	0.03%	163	City
St. Joseph	Missouri	70,743	-0.36%	164	City
Shawnee	Kansas	70,379	0.76%	165	City
Spring	Texas	70,058	1.43%	166	CDP
Madison	Alabama	69,611	2.42%	167	City
Jackson	Tennessee	69,551	0.31%	168	City
Rowlett	Texas	69,243	1.99%	169	City
Pflugerville	Texas	68,765	0.66%	170	City
Ames	Iowa	68,691	0.69%	171	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,507	0.07%	172	City
Decatur	Illinois	67,179	-1.04%	173	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	67,140	0.32%	174	City
Waterloo	Iowa	66,855	-0.1%	175	City
Eagan	Minnesota	66,757	-0.52%	176	City
Victoria	Texas	66,676	0.26%	177	City
Little Elm	Texas	66,237	5.6%	178	City
Skokie	Illinois	66,099	-0.67%	179	Village
Palatine	Illinois	65,411	-0.65%	180	Village
Burnsville	Minnesota	65,354	0.17%	181	City
North Little Rock	Arkansas	65,185	0.1%	182	City
Smyrna	Tennessee	65,127	2.85%	183	Town
Wylie	Texas	65,094	1.96%	184	City
Kenner	Louisiana	64,911	-0.35%	185	City
Bentonville	Arkansas	64,831	2.81%	186	City
Hendersonville	Tennessee	64,763	0.77%	187	City
Bellevue	Nebraska	64,762	-0.16%	188	City
Coon Rapids	Minnesota	64,290	0.15%	189	City
Moore	Oklahoma	63,775	0.26%	190	City
Spring Hill	Tennessee	63,406	3.37%	191	City
Bossier City	Louisiana	63,398	0.22%	192	City
Eden Prairie	Minnesota	62,790	-0.45%	193	City
Council Bluffs	Iowa	62,603	-0.12%	194	City
St. Peters	Missouri	62,354	1.42%	195	City
Blue Springs	Missouri	62,252	1.01%	196	City
Texas City	Texas	61,143	2.36%	197	City
Lenexa	Kansas	60,947	0.73%	198	City
Grand Forks	North Dakota	60,516	0.25%	199	City
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,994	-0.21%	200	City
Euless	Texas	59,730	-0.46%	201	City
Burleson	Texas	59,034	3.74%	202	City
Dubuque	Iowa	58,943	-0.35%	203	City
Midwest City	Oklahoma	58,839	0.07%	204	City
Southaven	Mississippi	58,551	1.27%	205	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,378	-0.67%	206	City
Decatur	Alabama	58,291	0.4%	207	City
Kingsport	Tennessee	57,947	0.72%	208	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,819	-0.23%	209	Village
DeSoto	Texas	56,877	0.35%	210	City
Gallatin	Tennessee	56,541	3.57%	211	City
Lebanon	Tennessee	56,325	5.45%	212	City
Bartlett	Tennessee	56,246	-0.3%	213	City
Oak Lawn	Illinois	56,057	-0.7%	214	Village
Port Arthur	Texas	55,792	-0.02%	215	City
Rockwall	Texas	55,420	2.67%	216	City
Mount Prospect	Illinois	55,092	-0.55%	217	Village
Apple Valley	Minnesota	55,016	-0.42%	218	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,896	-0.44%	219	Village
Manhattan	Kansas	54,699	0.05%	220	City
Berwyn	Illinois	54,539	-0.84%	221	City
Edina	Minnesota	54,450	0.17%	222	City
Joplin	Missouri	54,391	0.85%	223	City
Grand Island	Nebraska	54,219	0.51%	224	City
Sherman	Texas	54,008	3.04%	225	City
Wheaton	Illinois	53,932	-0.25%	226	City
Minnetonka	Minnesota	53,644	-0.6%	227	City
Galveston	Texas	53,623	-0.02%	228	City
Normal	Illinois	53,329	0.1%	229	Town
Oak Park	Illinois	52,421	-0.76%	230	Village
Collierville	Tennessee	52,126	0.42%	231	Town
Waxahachie	Texas	51,860	3.53%	232	City
Cleveland	Tennessee	51,784	1.2%	233	City
Columbia	Tennessee	51,750	3.35%	234	City
Plainfield	Illinois	51,010	1.93%	235	Village
Grapevine	Texas	50,850	0.27%	236	City
Florissant	Missouri	50,820	-0.59%	237	City
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,497	-0.71%	238	Village
Shakopee	Minnesota	50,462	2.22%	239	City
Stillwater	Oklahoma	50,415	0.74%	240	City
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,404	0.08%	241	Village
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,376	-0.8%	242	City
Wentzville	Missouri	50,306	1.64%	243	City
Enid	Oklahoma	50,145	-0.3%	244	City
St. Louis Park	Minnesota	50,036	0.02%	245	City

For this list, the Central Time Zone Region is defined as the 16 states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

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