Central Time Zone Cities

246 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Chicago	Illinois	2,709,364	-0.22%	1	City
Houston	Texas	2,435,715	0.94%	2	City
San Antonio	Texas	1,570,314	1.41%	3	City
Dallas	Texas	1,337,417	0.43%	4	City
Fort Worth	Texas	1,050,336	2.05%	5	City
Austin	Texas	1,007,435	0.69%	6	City
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	727,836	1.04%	7	City
Nashville	Tennessee	712,581	0.54%	8	Township
El Paso	Texas	682,893	0.09%	9	City
Memphis	Tennessee	602,184	-0.72%	10	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	556,718	-0.61%	11	City
Kansas City	Missouri	520,000	0.38%	12	City
Omaha	Nebraska	487,506	-0.18%	13	City
Minneapolis	Minnesota	427,499	-0.13%	14	City
Tulsa	Oklahoma	415,899	0.09%	15	City
Arlington	Texas	408,318	0.57%	16	City
Wichita	Kansas	402,453	0.18%	17	City
New Orleans	Louisiana	352,364	-1.45%	18	City
Corpus Christi	Texas	316,833	-0.08%	19	City
St. Paul	Minnesota	305,634	-0.3%	20	City
Lincoln	Nebraska	305,010	0.73%	21	City
Plano	Texas	296,718	0.58%	22	City
Madison	Wisconsin	290,508	0.9%	23	City
Lubbock	Texas	279,104	1.27%	24	City
St. Louis	Missouri	269,385	-1.88%	25	City
Laredo	Texas	264,142	0.55%	26	City
Irving	Texas	258,636	0.11%	27	City
Garland	Texas	252,450	0.4%	28	City
Frisco	Texas	251,430	3.33%	29	City
McKinney	Texas	242,534	3.19%	30	City
Huntsville	Alabama	237,413	1.5%	31	City
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	218,223	-0.61%	32	City
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	217,209	1.86%	33	City
Grand Prairie	Texas	212,896	1.32%	34	City
Des Moines	Iowa	212,759	-0.08%	35	City
Little Rock	Arkansas	205,857	0.26%	36	City
Overland Park	Kansas	205,413	0.62%	37	City
Amarillo	Texas	205,310	0.39%	38	City
Knoxville	Tennessee	202,469	0.93%	39	City
Mobile	Alabama	198,806	-0.64%	40	City
Chattanooga	Tennessee	196,108	1.19%	41	City
Clarksville	Tennessee	194,768	2.39%	42	City
Brownsville	Texas	194,626	0.69%	43	City
Birmingham	Alabama	194,400	-0.5%	44	City
Montgomery	Alabama	193,703	-0.54%	45	City
Aurora	Illinois	180,935	0.06%	46	City
Denton	Texas	178,433	3.61%	47	City
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	175,672	2.12%	48	City
Shreveport	Louisiana	171,469	-1.47%	49	City
Springfield	Missouri	171,315	0.21%	50	City
Killeen	Texas	164,045	1.06%	51	City
Kansas City	Kansas	156,977	0.07%	52	City
Naperville	Illinois	154,969	0.6%	53	City
Olathe	Kansas	152,772	1.24%	54	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,579	0.24%	55	City
McAllen	Texas	151,972	1.06%	56	City
Mesquite	Texas	150,391	0.08%	57	City
Waco	Texas	149,640	1.02%	58	City
Midland	Texas	148,908	1.78%	59	City
Pasadena	Texas	148,701	-0.31%	60	City
Rockford	Illinois	146,881	-0.21%	61	City
Round Rock	Texas	142,752	2.66%	62	City
Fargo	North Dakota	141,434	1.85%	63	City
Lewisville	Texas	140,759	1.73%	64	City
Metairie	Louisiana	139,114	0.03%	65	CDP
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	137,927	0.01%	66	City
Carrollton	Texas	136,403	0.35%	67	City
Jackson	Mississippi	135,671	-2.09%	68	City
Columbia	Missouri	133,193	0.87%	69	City
Abilene	Texas	133,136	1%	70	City
Norman	Oklahoma	132,425	0.54%	71	City
College Station	Texas	131,645	1.39%	72	City
Pearland	Texas	131,424	0.69%	73	City
New Braunfels	Texas	128,874	5.05%	74	City
Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	127,156	1.76%	75	City
Conroe	Texas	126,254	4.85%	76	City
Topeka	Kansas	124,985	-0.19%	77	City
Rochester	Minnesota	124,648	0.41%	78	City
Lafayette	Louisiana	122,695	0.17%	79	City
The Woodlands	Texas	122,240	1.47%	80	CDP
Odessa	Texas	122,155	1%	81	City
Independence	Missouri	121,021	-0.25%	82	City
League City	Texas	120,354	0.79%	83	City
Tuscaloosa	Alabama	118,643	1.87%	84	City
Allen	Texas	117,841	1.77%	85	City
Richardson	Texas	117,677	-0.23%	86	City
Georgetown	Texas	117,660	7.45%	87	City
Tyler	Texas	115,194	1.31%	88	City
Elgin	Illinois	114,729	0.01%	89	City
Edinburg	Texas	112,716	1.8%	90	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,236	-0.32%	91	City
Beaumont	Texas	111,900	-0.44%	92	City
Peoria	Illinois	111,073	-0.28%	93	City
Sugar Land	Texas	109,354	-0.23%	94	City
Lee's Summit	Missouri	108,842	1.13%	95	City
Fayetteville	Arkansas	107,309	1.98%	96	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	105,817	-0.23%	97	City
Temple	Texas	103,001	3.38%	98	City
Wichita Falls	Texas	102,317	-0.03%	99	City
Edmond	Oklahoma	101,185	1.07%	100	City
Leander	Texas	100,843	7.08%	101	City
Davenport	Iowa	100,581	-0.18%	102	City
Atascocita	Texas	100,406	2.2%	103	CDP
San Angelo	Texas	100,206	0.02%	104	City
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,385	-0.1%	105	City
Lawrence	Kansas	98,437	0.6%	106	City
O'Fallon	Missouri	97,200	0.96%	107	City
Bryan	Texas	95,132	1.92%	108	City
Champaign	Illinois	93,743	0.96%	109	City
Hoover	Alabama	93,174	0.09%	110	City
Franklin	Tennessee	91,635	1.38%	111	City
Fort Smith	Arkansas	91,181	0.37%	112	City
Springdale	Arkansas	90,387	0.57%	113	City
Mission	Texas	89,929	0.76%	114	City
Lawton	Oklahoma	89,853	-0.1%	115	City
Duluth	Minnesota	88,619	0.36%	116	City
Waukegan	Illinois	88,294	-0.16%	117	City
Bloomington	Minnesota	87,589	-0.43%	118	City
Sioux City	Iowa	87,368	0.28%	119	City
Auburn	Alabama	87,102	1.96%	120	City
Baytown	Texas	86,288	0.16%	121	City
Mansfield	Texas	84,801	2.41%	122	City
Longview	Texas	84,616	0.56%	123	City
Jonesboro	Arkansas	84,155	1.06%	124	City
Woodbury	Minnesota	83,154	1.56%	125	City
Rapid City	South Dakota	82,369	1.53%	126	City
Lakeville	Minnesota	81,941	2.48%	127	City
Pharr	Texas	81,790	0.4%	128	City
Flower Mound	Texas	81,739	1.08%	129	Town
Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	81,231	-1.01%	130	City
Ankeny	Iowa	80,809	2.59%	131	City
Cicero	Illinois	80,675	-0.87%	132	Town
Missouri City	Texas	80,653	1.3%	133	City
Bismarck	North Dakota	79,787	1.28%	134	City
Bloomington	Illinois	79,502	0.17%	135	City
Lake Charles	Louisiana	79,293	-1.16%	136	City
Cedar Park	Texas	78,551	0.11%	137	City
Rogers	Arkansas	78,278	1.72%	138	City
Racine	Wisconsin	78,004	-0.03%	139	City
Iowa City	Iowa	77,608	0.58%	140	City
Blaine	Minnesota	77,523	1.54%	141	City
San Marcos	Texas	77,362	2.01%	142	City
Plymouth	Minnesota	77,346	-0.77%	143	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,432	-0.43%	144	Village
West Des Moines	Iowa	76,036	1.58%	145	City
Kyle	Texas	75,533	6.86%	146	City
Gulfport	Mississippi	75,491	0.58%	147	City
Bolingbrook	Illinois	75,220	0.31%	148	Village
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,219	-0.08%	149	City
Evanston	Illinois	75,100	-0.6%	150	City
Johnson City	Tennessee	74,892	0.85%	151	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	74,694	-0.6%	152	Village
Maple Grove	Minnesota	73,957	0.83%	153	City
Conway	Arkansas	73,884	2.2%	154	City
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,751	0.97%	155	City
St. Cloud	Minnesota	73,412	0.87%	156	City
St. Charles	Missouri	73,292	0.57%	157	City
Fulshear	Texas	73,135	14.48%	158	City
Harlingen	Texas	72,328	0.07%	159	City
North Richland Hills	Texas	72,007	0.4%	160	City
Dothan	Alabama	71,922	0.19%	161	City
Waukesha	Wisconsin	71,622	0.11%	162	City
Shawnee	Kansas	70,871	0.82%	163	City
Rowlett	Texas	70,800	1.93%	164	City
St. Joseph	Missouri	70,570	-0.37%	165	City
Ames	Iowa	70,294	0.91%	166	City
Spring	Texas	70,058	1.43%	167	CDP
Jackson	Tennessee	69,854	0.4%	168	City
Celina	Texas	68,583	14.07%	169	City
Little Elm	Texas	68,222	5.41%	170	City
Decatur	Illinois	67,655	-0.81%	171	City
Waterloo	Iowa	67,582	0.08%	172	City
Pflugerville	Texas	67,483	0.49%	173	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,406	0.12%	174	City
Madison	Alabama	67,388	2.56%	175	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	66,816	0.29%	176	City
Eagan	Minnesota	66,487	-0.56%	177	City
Victoria	Texas	66,262	0.18%	178	City
Wylie	Texas	65,489	1.97%	179	City
Bentonville	Arkansas	65,277	2.74%	180	City
Palatine	Illinois	65,091	-0.66%	181	Village
Burnsville	Minnesota	65,036	0.13%	182	City
Skokie	Illinois	64,930	-0.7%	183	Village
Hendersonville	Tennessee	64,861	0.71%	184	City
Bellevue	Nebraska	64,588	-0.15%	185	City
North Little Rock	Arkansas	64,410	-0.07%	186	City
Moore	Oklahoma	64,239	0.31%	187	City
Coon Rapids	Minnesota	63,910	0.08%	188	City
Kenner	Louisiana	63,830	-0.64%	189	City
Smyrna	Tennessee	63,695	2.74%	190	Town
Bossier City	Louisiana	63,471	0.2%	191	City
Spring Hill	Tennessee	63,440	3.29%	192	City
St. Peters	Missouri	63,243	1.48%	193	City
Council Bluffs	Iowa	62,605	-0.05%	194	City
Blue Springs	Missouri	62,429	0.96%	195	City
Eden Prairie	Minnesota	62,267	-0.51%	196	City
Texas City	Texas	60,669	2.36%	197	City
Burleson	Texas	60,379	3.54%	198	City
Lenexa	Kansas	60,376	0.79%	199	City
Grand Forks	North Dakota	60,193	0.29%	200	City
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,546	-0.2%	201	City
Euless	Texas	59,475	-0.45%	202	City
Southaven	Mississippi	58,816	1.14%	203	City
Dubuque	Iowa	58,654	-0.28%	204	City
Midwest City	Oklahoma	58,525	0.02%	205	City
Decatur	Alabama	58,394	0.36%	206	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,020	-0.69%	207	City
Kingsport	Tennessee	57,908	0.7%	208	City
Lebanon	Tennessee	57,804	5.77%	209	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,757	-0.23%	210	Village
DeSoto	Texas	57,047	0.3%	211	City
Rockwall	Texas	56,446	2.64%	212	City
Gallatin	Tennessee	56,321	3.52%	213	City
Bartlett	Tennessee	56,226	-0.43%	214	City
Oak Lawn	Illinois	55,722	-0.72%	215	Village
Port Arthur	Texas	55,693	-0.1%	216	City
Manhattan	Kansas	54,974	0.25%	217	City
Mount Prospect	Illinois	54,837	-0.56%	218	Village
Apple Valley	Minnesota	54,771	-0.45%	219	City
Joplin	Missouri	54,502	0.83%	220	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,370	-0.44%	221	Village
Berwyn	Illinois	54,230	-0.84%	222	City
Wheaton	Illinois	53,662	-0.07%	223	City
Edina	Minnesota	53,662	0.09%	224	City
Galveston	Texas	53,481	-0.05%	225	City
Normal	Illinois	53,444	0.13%	226	Town
Sherman	Texas	53,364	3.03%	227	City
Grand Island	Nebraska	53,361	0.11%	228	City
Collierville	Tennessee	52,260	0.3%	229	Town
Columbia	Tennessee	52,221	3.38%	230	City
Oak Park	Illinois	52,133	-0.77%	231	Village
Waxahachie	Texas	52,116	3.47%	232	City
Minnetonka	Minnesota	51,923	-0.7%	233	City
Grapevine	Texas	51,597	0.27%	234	City
Cleveland	Tennessee	51,392	1.14%	235	City
Prosper	Texas	51,345	7.14%	236	Town
Huntsville	Texas	51,320	1.81%	237	City
Stillwater	Oklahoma	51,012	0.86%	238	City
Plainfield	Illinois	50,836	1.96%	239	Village
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,737	0.18%	240	Village
Florissant	Missouri	50,705	-0.57%	241	City
Shakopee	Minnesota	50,565	2.19%	242	City
Wentzville	Missouri	50,328	1.7%	243	City
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,243	-0.8%	244	City
Enid	Oklahoma	50,198	-0.32%	245	City
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,190	-0.72%	246	Village

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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