Midwest Cities

178 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Chicago	Illinois	2,709,364	-0.22%	1	City
Columbus	Ohio	946,661	0.71%	2	City
Indianapolis	Indiana	893,619	0.12%	3	Township
Detroit	Michigan	649,374	0.28%	4	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	556,718	-0.61%	5	City
Kansas City	Missouri	520,000	0.38%	6	City
Omaha	Nebraska	487,506	-0.18%	7	City
Minneapolis	Minnesota	427,499	-0.13%	8	City
Wichita	Kansas	402,453	0.18%	9	City
Cleveland	Ohio	362,142	-0.44%	10	City
Cincinnati	Ohio	317,570	0.42%	11	City
St. Paul	Minnesota	305,634	-0.3%	12	City
Lincoln	Nebraska	305,010	0.73%	13	City
Madison	Wisconsin	290,508	0.9%	14	City
Fort Wayne	Indiana	277,607	0.8%	15	City
St. Louis	Missouri	269,385	-1.88%	16	City
Toledo	Ohio	263,314	-0.44%	17	City
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	217,209	1.86%	18	City
Des Moines	Iowa	212,759	-0.08%	19	City
Overland Park	Kansas	205,413	0.62%	20	City
Grand Rapids	Michigan	200,808	0.17%	21	City
Akron	Ohio	189,423	-0.06%	22	City
Aurora	Illinois	180,935	0.06%	23	City
Springfield	Missouri	171,315	0.21%	24	City
Kansas City	Kansas	156,977	0.07%	25	City
Naperville	Illinois	154,969	0.6%	26	City
Olathe	Kansas	152,772	1.24%	27	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,579	0.24%	28	City
Rockford	Illinois	146,881	-0.21%	29	City
Fargo	North Dakota	141,434	1.85%	30	City
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	137,927	0.01%	31	City
Warren	Michigan	136,925	-0.28%	32	City
Dayton	Ohio	135,742	-0.22%	33	City
Sterling Heights	Michigan	134,456	0.04%	34	City
Columbia	Missouri	133,193	0.87%	35	City
Topeka	Kansas	124,985	-0.19%	36	City
Rochester	Minnesota	124,648	0.41%	37	City
Ann Arbor	Michigan	122,509	-0.17%	38	City
Independence	Missouri	121,021	-0.25%	39	City
Lansing	Michigan	115,226	0.39%	40	City
Elgin	Illinois	114,729	0.01%	41	City
Evansville	Indiana	114,404	-0.43%	42	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,236	-0.32%	43	City
Peoria	Illinois	111,073	-0.28%	44	City
Lee's Summit	Missouri	108,842	1.13%	45	City
Fishers	Indiana	106,228	1.07%	46	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	105,817	-0.23%	47	City
Carmel	Indiana	105,455	0.88%	48	City
Dearborn	Michigan	104,788	-0.75%	49	City
South Bend	Indiana	103,894	0.09%	50	City
Clinton	Michigan	103,429	1.01%	51	Township
Canton	Michigan	100,901	0.55%	52	Township
Davenport	Iowa	100,581	-0.18%	53	City
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,385	-0.1%	54	City
Lawrence	Kansas	98,437	0.6%	55	City
O'Fallon	Missouri	97,200	0.96%	56	City
Macomb	Michigan	96,788	1.3%	57	Township
Champaign	Illinois	93,743	0.96%	58	City
Livonia	Michigan	91,961	-0.62%	59	City
Troy	Michigan	90,254	0.58%	60	City
Duluth	Minnesota	88,619	0.36%	61	City
Waukegan	Illinois	88,294	-0.16%	62	City
Bloomington	Minnesota	87,589	-0.43%	63	City
Sioux City	Iowa	87,368	0.28%	64	City
Farmington Hills	Michigan	84,347	0.1%	65	City
Woodbury	Minnesota	83,154	1.56%	66	City
Rapid City	South Dakota	82,369	1.53%	67	City
Lakeville	Minnesota	81,941	2.48%	68	City
Shelby	Michigan	81,613	0.73%	69	Township
Westland	Michigan	81,554	-0.72%	70	City
Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	81,231	-1.01%	71	City
Ankeny	Iowa	80,809	2.59%	72	City
Cicero	Illinois	80,675	-0.87%	73	Town
Bloomington	Indiana	79,909	-0.05%	74	City
Bismarck	North Dakota	79,787	1.28%	75	City
Bloomington	Illinois	79,502	0.17%	76	City
Wyoming	Michigan	79,454	0.57%	77	City
Rochester Hills	Michigan	79,423	0.69%	78	City
Flint	Michigan	79,048	-0.43%	79	City
Parma	Ohio	78,544	-0.51%	80	City
Racine	Wisconsin	78,004	-0.03%	81	City
Noblesville	Indiana	77,777	1.66%	82	City
Iowa City	Iowa	77,608	0.58%	83	City
Blaine	Minnesota	77,523	1.54%	84	City
Plymouth	Minnesota	77,346	-0.77%	85	City
Southfield	Michigan	77,106	0.15%	86	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,432	-0.43%	87	Village
West Des Moines	Iowa	76,036	1.58%	88	City
Bolingbrook	Illinois	75,220	0.31%	89	Village
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,219	-0.08%	90	City
Hammond	Indiana	75,167	-0.57%	91	City
Evanston	Illinois	75,100	-0.6%	92	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	74,694	-0.6%	93	Village
Maple Grove	Minnesota	73,957	0.83%	94	City
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,751	0.97%	95	City
St. Cloud	Minnesota	73,412	0.87%	96	City
St. Charles	Missouri	73,292	0.57%	97	City
Kalamazoo	Michigan	73,190	-0.07%	98	City
Lafayette	Indiana	72,254	0.35%	99	City
Waterford	Michigan	71,912	0.96%	100	Township
Waukesha	Wisconsin	71,622	0.11%	101	City
Westfield	Indiana	70,978	5.96%	102	City
Shawnee	Kansas	70,871	0.82%	103	City
St. Joseph	Missouri	70,570	-0.37%	104	City
Ames	Iowa	70,294	0.91%	105	City
Greenwood	Indiana	70,273	1.52%	106	City
Canton	Ohio	68,511	-0.51%	107	City
Novi	Michigan	68,449	0.57%	108	City
West Bloomfield	Michigan	67,894	0.97%	109	Township
Decatur	Illinois	67,655	-0.81%	110	City
Waterloo	Iowa	67,582	0.08%	111	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,406	0.12%	112	City
Gary	Indiana	66,829	-0.54%	113	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	66,816	0.29%	114	City
Eagan	Minnesota	66,487	-0.56%	115	City
Lorain	Ohio	66,010	0.2%	116	City
Muncie	Indiana	65,430	0.08%	117	City
Palatine	Illinois	65,091	-0.66%	118	Village
Burnsville	Minnesota	65,036	0.13%	119	City
Skokie	Illinois	64,930	-0.7%	120	Village
Bellevue	Nebraska	64,588	-0.15%	121	City
Hamilton	Ohio	64,220	0.21%	122	City
Coon Rapids	Minnesota	63,910	0.08%	123	City
St. Peters	Missouri	63,243	1.48%	124	City
Pontiac	Michigan	62,872	0.27%	125	City
Council Bluffs	Iowa	62,605	-0.05%	126	City
Blue Springs	Missouri	62,429	0.96%	127	City
Eden Prairie	Minnesota	62,267	-0.51%	128	City
Taylor	Michigan	60,732	-0.66%	129	City
Lenexa	Kansas	60,376	0.79%	130	City
Kokomo	Indiana	60,353	0.22%	131	City
Grand Forks	North Dakota	60,193	0.29%	132	City
Dearborn Heights	Michigan	60,033	-0.83%	133	City
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,546	-0.2%	134	City
Youngstown	Ohio	58,740	-0.32%	135	City
Dubuque	Iowa	58,654	-0.28%	136	City
Terre Haute	Indiana	58,598	0.06%	137	City
Royal Oak	Michigan	58,348	0.08%	138	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,020	-0.69%	139	City
Springfield	Ohio	57,912	-0.19%	140	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,757	-0.23%	141	Village
St. Clair Shores	Michigan	57,736	-0.29%	142	City
Kettering	Ohio	56,631	-0.35%	143	City
Anderson	Indiana	56,366	0.46%	144	City
Georgetown	Michigan	55,948	0.36%	145	Township
Oak Lawn	Illinois	55,722	-0.72%	146	Village
Kentwood	Michigan	55,019	0.23%	147	City
Manhattan	Kansas	54,974	0.25%	148	City
Mount Prospect	Illinois	54,837	-0.56%	149	Village
Apple Valley	Minnesota	54,771	-0.45%	150	City
Jeffersonville	Indiana	54,581	1.55%	151	City
Joplin	Missouri	54,502	0.83%	152	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,370	-0.44%	153	Village
Ypsilanti	Michigan	54,346	-0.38%	154	Township
Berwyn	Illinois	54,230	-0.84%	155	City
Elyria	Ohio	54,063	0.43%	156	City
Wheaton	Illinois	53,662	-0.07%	157	City
Edina	Minnesota	53,662	0.09%	158	City
Elkhart	Indiana	53,590	-0.09%	159	City
Normal	Illinois	53,444	0.13%	160	Town
Grand Island	Nebraska	53,361	0.11%	161	City
Middletown	Ohio	52,925	0.6%	162	City
Columbus	Indiana	52,707	0.71%	163	City
Oak Park	Illinois	52,133	-0.77%	164	Village
Newark	Ohio	52,115	0.67%	165	City
Battle Creek	Michigan	51,955	-0.24%	166	City
Minnetonka	Minnesota	51,923	-0.7%	167	City
Mishawaka	Indiana	51,006	-0.01%	168	City
Cuyahoga Falls	Ohio	50,942	-0.04%	169	City
Plainfield	Illinois	50,836	1.96%	170	Village
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,737	0.18%	171	Village
Florissant	Missouri	50,705	-0.57%	172	City
Shakopee	Minnesota	50,565	2.19%	173	City
Portage	Michigan	50,493	0.52%	174	City
Wentzville	Missouri	50,328	1.7%	175	City
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,243	-0.8%	176	City
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,190	-0.72%	177	Village
Lawrence	Indiana	50,054	0.24%	178	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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