Midwest Cities

179 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Chicago	Illinois	2,727,758	-0.14%	1	City
Columbus	Ohio	944,402	0.64%	2	City
Indianapolis	Indiana	904,128	0.33%	3	Township
Detroit	Michigan	650,499	0.22%	4	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	558,949	-0.61%	5	City
Kansas City	Missouri	523,322	0.4%	6	City
Omaha	Nebraska	487,917	-0.18%	7	City
Minneapolis	Minnesota	430,162	-0.04%	8	City
Wichita	Kansas	401,409	0.11%	9	City
Cleveland	Ohio	361,464	-0.59%	10	City
Cincinnati	Ohio	315,663	0.41%	11	City
St. Paul	Minnesota	305,585	-0.36%	12	City
Lincoln	Nebraska	303,375	0.61%	13	City
Madison	Wisconsin	288,589	0.82%	14	City
Fort Wayne	Indiana	277,366	0.79%	15	City
St. Louis	Missouri	273,179	-1.79%	16	City
Toledo	Ohio	261,949	-0.56%	17	City
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	217,856	1.92%	18	City
Des Moines	Iowa	211,734	-0.17%	19	City
Overland Park	Kansas	204,818	0.56%	20	City
Grand Rapids	Michigan	201,357	0.09%	21	City
Akron	Ohio	189,478	-0.11%	22	City
Aurora	Illinois	181,666	0.09%	23	City
Springfield	Missouri	170,117	0.16%	24	City
Kansas City	Kansas	158,027	0.14%	25	City
Naperville	Illinois	153,905	0.52%	26	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,625	0.25%	27	City
Olathe	Kansas	151,803	1.19%	28	City
Rockford	Illinois	146,961	-0.29%	29	City
Fargo	North Dakota	138,574	1.69%	30	City
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	137,727	-0.15%	31	City
Warren	Michigan	136,620	-0.38%	32	City
Dayton	Ohio	136,392	-0.22%	33	City
Sterling Heights	Michigan	133,851	-0.06%	34	City
Columbia	Missouri	131,791	0.72%	35	City
Topeka	Kansas	125,607	-0.15%	36	City
Rochester	Minnesota	124,696	0.33%	37	City
Ann Arbor	Michigan	121,651	-0.48%	38	City
Independence	Missouri	121,444	-0.19%	39	City
Evansville	Indiana	115,808	-0.32%	40	City
Elgin	Illinois	115,569	0.08%	41	City
Lansing	Michigan	114,024	0.12%	42	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,630	-0.32%	43	City
Peoria	Illinois	110,431	-0.44%	44	City
Lee's Summit	Missouri	108,768	1.17%	45	City
Carmel	Indiana	106,568	0.88%	46	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,463	-0.2%	47	City
Fishers	Indiana	105,932	1.07%	48	City
Dearborn	Michigan	104,725	-0.84%	49	City
South Bend	Indiana	103,218	0.02%	50	City
Clinton	Michigan	101,785	0.41%	51	Township
Davenport	Iowa	100,062	-0.29%	52	City
Canton	Michigan	99,990	0.28%	53	Township
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,102	-0.14%	54	City
O'Fallon	Missouri	96,958	0.89%	55	City
Lawrence	Kansas	96,743	0.39%	56	City
Macomb	Michigan	96,318	1.28%	57	Township
Livonia	Michigan	91,948	-0.71%	58	City
Champaign	Illinois	91,753	0.61%	59	City
Troy	Michigan	89,008	0.31%	60	City
Bloomington	Minnesota	88,673	-0.41%	61	City
Duluth	Minnesota	88,642	0.35%	62	City
Waukegan	Illinois	87,705	-0.27%	63	City
Sioux City	Iowa	86,493	0.16%	64	City
Bloomington	Indiana	83,932	0.75%	65	City
Farmington Hills	Michigan	83,150	-0.17%	66	City
Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	82,772	-0.92%	67	City
Woodbury	Minnesota	82,765	1.48%	68	City
Rapid City	South Dakota	81,888	1.61%	69	City
Westland	Michigan	81,665	-0.81%	70	City
Lakeville	Minnesota	81,280	2.54%	71	City
Cicero	Illinois	81,153	-0.86%	72	Town
Shelby	Michigan	80,743	0.41%	73	Township
Ankeny	Iowa	79,782	2.5%	74	City
Wyoming	Michigan	78,960	0.47%	75	City
Flint	Michigan	78,929	-0.48%	76	City
Bloomington	Illinois	78,861	0.07%	77	City
Bismarck	North Dakota	78,848	1.14%	78	City
Plymouth	Minnesota	78,393	-0.7%	79	City
Parma	Ohio	78,042	-0.69%	80	City
Rochester Hills	Michigan	77,869	0.43%	81	City
Racine	Wisconsin	77,862	-0.06%	82	City
Blaine	Minnesota	77,819	1.59%	83	City
Noblesville	Indiana	77,376	1.66%	84	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,918	-0.43%	85	Village
Iowa City	Iowa	76,537	0.4%	86	City
Evanston	Illinois	76,028	-0.46%	87	City
Southfield	Michigan	76,019	-0.12%	88	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	75,772	-0.58%	89	Village
West Des Moines	Iowa	75,503	1.72%	90	City
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,367	-0.11%	91	City
Hammond	Indiana	75,276	-0.58%	92	City
Bolingbrook	Illinois	75,040	0.32%	93	Village
Maple Grove	Minnesota	74,543	0.88%	94	City
St. Cloud	Minnesota	73,276	0.87%	95	City
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,134	0.92%	96	City
St. Charles	Missouri	72,939	0.52%	97	City
Kalamazoo	Michigan	72,527	-0.21%	98	City
Lafayette	Indiana	71,318	0.11%	99	City
Waukesha	Wisconsin	70,894	0.03%	100	City
St. Joseph	Missouri	70,743	-0.36%	101	City
Greenwood	Indiana	70,440	1.57%	102	City
Shawnee	Kansas	70,379	0.76%	103	City
Westfield	Indiana	70,232	6%	104	City
Waterford	Michigan	70,075	0.22%	105	Township
Ames	Iowa	68,691	0.69%	106	City
Canton	Ohio	68,638	-0.53%	107	City
Novi	Michigan	67,518	0.3%	108	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,507	0.07%	109	City
Decatur	Illinois	67,179	-1.04%	110	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	67,140	0.32%	111	City
Gary	Indiana	66,934	-0.53%	112	City
Waterloo	Iowa	66,855	-0.1%	113	City
Eagan	Minnesota	66,757	-0.52%	114	City
West Bloomfield	Michigan	66,232	0.28%	115	Township
Skokie	Illinois	66,099	-0.67%	116	Village
Muncie	Indiana	65,508	0.06%	117	City
Lorain	Ohio	65,435	0.11%	118	City
Palatine	Illinois	65,411	-0.65%	119	Village
Burnsville	Minnesota	65,354	0.17%	120	City
Hamilton	Ohio	64,817	0.27%	121	City
Bellevue	Nebraska	64,762	-0.16%	122	City
Coon Rapids	Minnesota	64,290	0.15%	123	City
Eden Prairie	Minnesota	62,790	-0.45%	124	City
Council Bluffs	Iowa	62,603	-0.12%	125	City
St. Peters	Missouri	62,354	1.42%	126	City
Blue Springs	Missouri	62,252	1.01%	127	City
Pontiac	Michigan	62,080	0%	128	City
Lenexa	Kansas	60,947	0.73%	129	City
Taylor	Michigan	60,820	-0.75%	130	City
Grand Forks	North Dakota	60,516	0.25%	131	City
Kokomo	Indiana	60,116	0.2%	132	City
Dearborn Heights	Michigan	60,109	-0.91%	133	City
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,994	-0.21%	134	City
Dubuque	Iowa	58,943	-0.35%	135	City
Terre Haute	Indiana	58,797	0.06%	136	City
Youngstown	Ohio	58,553	-0.47%	137	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,378	-0.67%	138	City
Springfield	Ohio	58,289	0.01%	139	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,819	-0.23%	140	Village
St. Clair Shores	Michigan	57,643	-0.4%	141	City
Royal Oak	Michigan	57,472	-0.19%	142	City
Kettering	Ohio	57,257	-0.24%	143	City
Anderson	Indiana	56,404	0.45%	144	City
Oak Lawn	Illinois	56,057	-0.7%	145	Village
Georgetown	Michigan	55,815	0.24%	146	Township
Mount Prospect	Illinois	55,092	-0.55%	147	Village
Apple Valley	Minnesota	55,016	-0.42%	148	City
Jeffersonville	Indiana	54,998	1.6%	149	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,896	-0.44%	150	Village
Kentwood	Michigan	54,845	0.13%	151	City
Manhattan	Kansas	54,699	0.05%	152	City
Berwyn	Illinois	54,539	-0.84%	153	City
Edina	Minnesota	54,450	0.17%	154	City
Joplin	Missouri	54,391	0.85%	155	City
Grand Island	Nebraska	54,219	0.51%	156	City
Elkhart	Indiana	54,082	-0.02%	157	City
Wheaton	Illinois	53,932	-0.25%	158	City
Elyria	Ohio	53,817	0.34%	159	City
Minnetonka	Minnesota	53,644	-0.6%	160	City
Ypsilanti	Michigan	53,404	-0.59%	161	Township
Normal	Illinois	53,329	0.1%	162	Town
Columbus	Indiana	53,067	0.78%	163	City
Oak Park	Illinois	52,421	-0.76%	164	Village
Middletown	Ohio	52,411	0.51%	165	City
Battle Creek	Michigan	51,887	-0.26%	166	City
Newark	Ohio	51,765	0.57%	167	City
Mishawaka	Indiana	51,189	-0.07%	168	City
Plainfield	Illinois	51,010	1.93%	169	Village
Cuyahoga Falls	Ohio	50,924	-0.1%	170	City
Florissant	Missouri	50,820	-0.59%	171	City
Lawrence	Indiana	50,650	0.46%	172	City
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,497	-0.71%	173	Village
Shakopee	Minnesota	50,462	2.22%	174	City
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,404	0.08%	175	Village
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,376	-0.8%	176	City
Wentzville	Missouri	50,306	1.64%	177	City
Portage	Michigan	50,041	0.36%	178	City
St. Louis Park	Minnesota	50,036	0.02%	179	City

For this list, the Midwest Region is defined as the 12 states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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