Northern Cities

161 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
New York	New York	8,346,955	-0.78%	1	City
Seattle	Washington	801,192	1.28%	2	City
Hempstead	New York	800,777	0.53%	3	Town
Detroit	Michigan	649,374	0.28%	4	City
Portland	Oregon	627,040	-0.69%	5	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	556,718	-0.61%	6	City
Brookhaven	New York	497,541	0.48%	7	Town
Minneapolis	Minnesota	427,499	-0.13%	8	City
Islip	New York	341,430	0.33%	9	Town
St. Paul	Minnesota	305,634	-0.3%	10	City
Oyster Bay	New York	301,088	0.26%	11	Town
Madison	Wisconsin	290,508	0.9%	12	City
Anchorage	Alaska	288,947	-0.11%	13	Township
Buffalo	New York	276,146	-0.09%	14	City
North Hempstead	New York	240,082	0.5%	15	Town
Boise City	Idaho	238,923	0.2%	16	City
Tacoma	Washington	232,425	0.92%	17	City
Spokane	Washington	231,311	0.15%	18	City
Babylon	New York	220,044	0.34%	19	Town
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	217,209	1.86%	20	City
Yonkers	New York	211,062	0.01%	21	City
Huntington	New York	206,780	0.5%	22	Town
Rochester	New York	205,477	-0.44%	23	City
Vancouver	Washington	202,846	0.96%	24	City
Grand Rapids	Michigan	200,808	0.17%	25	City
Salem	Oregon	182,620	0.61%	26	City
Eugene	Oregon	178,961	0.05%	27	City
Ramapo	New York	162,422	1.77%	28	Town
Bellevue	Washington	155,672	0.42%	29	City
Meridian	Idaho	149,862	3.5%	30	City
Syracuse	New York	145,678	-0.14%	31	City
Fargo	North Dakota	141,434	1.85%	32	City
Warren	Michigan	136,925	-0.28%	33	City
Kent	Washington	136,585	0%	34	City
Sterling Heights	Michigan	134,456	0.04%	35	City
Amherst	New York	131,100	0.09%	36	Town
Nampa	Idaho	125,310	3.28%	37	City
Rochester	Minnesota	124,648	0.41%	38	City
Billings	Montana	123,608	0.87%	39	City
Ann Arbor	Michigan	122,509	-0.17%	40	City
Manchester	New Hampshire	117,774	0.59%	41	City
Smithtown	New York	116,940	0.31%	42	Town
Lansing	Michigan	115,226	0.39%	43	City
Everett	Washington	114,070	0.47%	44	City
Hillsboro	Oregon	111,963	0.73%	45	City
Spokane Valley	Washington	110,577	1.06%	46	City
Bend	Oregon	110,545	1.66%	47	City
Gresham	Oregon	110,015	-0.67%	48	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	105,817	-0.23%	49	City
Renton	Washington	104,947	-0.28%	50	City
Dearborn	Michigan	104,788	-0.75%	51	City
Clinton	Michigan	103,429	1.01%	52	Township
Albany	New York	102,671	0.66%	53	City
Canton	Michigan	100,901	0.55%	54	Township
Federal Way	Washington	99,881	-0.18%	55	City
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,385	-0.1%	56	City
Beaverton	Oregon	98,674	0.19%	57	City
Bellingham	Washington	97,855	1.03%	58	City
Yakima	Washington	97,543	0.08%	59	City
Kirkland	Washington	96,878	0.72%	60	City
Macomb	Michigan	96,788	1.3%	61	Township
Greenburgh	New York	95,477	0.8%	62	Town
Greece	New York	94,612	-0.02%	63	Town
Nashua	New Hampshire	93,297	0.78%	64	City
Livonia	Michigan	91,961	-0.62%	65	City
Troy	Michigan	90,254	0.58%	66	City
Clarkstown	New York	89,415	0.96%	67	Town
Duluth	Minnesota	88,619	0.36%	68	City
Cheektowaga	New York	88,492	0%	69	Town
New Rochelle	New York	88,163	1.53%	70	City
Kennewick	Washington	88,092	0.78%	71	City
Bloomington	Minnesota	87,589	-0.43%	72	City
Colonie	New York	87,347	0.47%	73	Town
Redmond	Washington	86,605	2.61%	74	City
Medford	Oregon	86,286	-0.01%	75	City
Auburn	Washington	84,747	-0.45%	76	City
Farmington Hills	Michigan	84,347	0.1%	77	City
Pasco	Washington	83,743	1.22%	78	City
Woodbury	Minnesota	83,154	1.56%	79	City
Rapid City	South Dakota	82,369	1.53%	80	City
Lakeville	Minnesota	81,941	2.48%	81	City
Shelby	Michigan	81,613	0.73%	82	Township
Westland	Michigan	81,554	-0.72%	83	City
Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	81,231	-1.01%	84	City
Missoula	Montana	80,103	1.2%	85	City
Bismarck	North Dakota	79,787	1.28%	86	City
Wyoming	Michigan	79,454	0.57%	87	City
Rochester Hills	Michigan	79,423	0.69%	88	City
Caldwell	Idaho	79,260	4.05%	89	City
Flint	Michigan	79,048	-0.43%	90	City
Marysville	Washington	78,824	1.69%	91	City
Racine	Wisconsin	78,004	-0.03%	92	City
Blaine	Minnesota	77,523	1.54%	93	City
Plymouth	Minnesota	77,346	-0.77%	94	City
Southfield	Michigan	77,106	0.15%	95	City
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,219	-0.08%	96	City
Maple Grove	Minnesota	73,957	0.83%	97	City
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,751	0.97%	98	City
St. Cloud	Minnesota	73,412	0.87%	99	City
Kalamazoo	Michigan	73,190	-0.07%	100	City
Southampton	New York	71,948	0.91%	101	Town
Waterford	Michigan	71,912	0.96%	102	Township
South Hill	Washington	71,791	1.71%	103	CDP
Waukesha	Wisconsin	71,622	0.11%	104	City
Tonawanda	New York	71,375	-0.03%	105	Town
Idaho Falls	Idaho	71,320	1.28%	106	City
Mount Vernon	New York	71,218	-0.54%	107	City
Schenectady	New York	70,069	0.41%	108	City
Portland	Maine	69,970	0.29%	109	City
Shoreline	Washington	69,966	2.73%	110	City
Novi	Michigan	68,449	0.57%	111	City
West Bloomfield	Michigan	67,894	0.97%	112	Township
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,406	0.12%	113	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	66,816	0.29%	114	City
Eagan	Minnesota	66,487	-0.56%	115	City
Richland	Washington	66,112	1.33%	116	City
Sammamish	Washington	65,986	-0.37%	117	City
Burnsville	Minnesota	65,036	0.13%	118	City
White Plains	New York	64,045	1.17%	119	City
Coon Rapids	Minnesota	63,910	0.08%	120	City
Corvallis	Oregon	63,817	1.45%	121	City
Utica	New York	62,903	-0.6%	122	City
Pontiac	Michigan	62,872	0.27%	123	City
Eden Prairie	Minnesota	62,267	-0.51%	124	City
Lakewood	Washington	62,254	-0.36%	125	City
Hamburg	New York	61,582	0.79%	126	Town
Springfield	Oregon	60,840	-0.28%	127	City
Taylor	Michigan	60,732	-0.66%	128	City
Grand Forks	North Dakota	60,193	0.29%	129	City
Dearborn Heights	Michigan	60,033	-0.83%	130	City
Hempstead	New York	59,918	0.29%	131	Village
Bozeman	Montana	59,908	1.71%	132	City
Clay	New York	59,839	0.06%	133	Town
Great Falls	Montana	59,793	-0.18%	134	City
Lacey	Washington	59,584	0.8%	135	City
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,546	-0.2%	136	City
Pocatello	Idaho	59,129	0.77%	137	City
Coeur d'Alene	Idaho	58,555	1.04%	138	City
Tigard	Oregon	58,434	0.98%	139	City
Royal Oak	Michigan	58,348	0.08%	140	City
St. Clair Shores	Michigan	57,736	-0.29%	141	City
Albany	Oregon	57,471	0.28%	142	City
Twin Falls	Idaho	57,325	1.54%	143	City
Olympia	Washington	56,602	0.29%	144	City
Georgetown	Michigan	55,948	0.36%	145	Township
Kentwood	Michigan	55,019	0.23%	146	City
Apple Valley	Minnesota	54,771	-0.45%	147	City
Ypsilanti	Michigan	54,346	-0.38%	148	Township
Aloha	Oregon	54,271	0.56%	149	CDP
Union	New York	53,990	-0.28%	150	Town
Edina	Minnesota	53,662	0.09%	151	City
Bothell	Washington	53,568	1.71%	152	City
Burien	Washington	52,071	0.02%	153	City
Battle Creek	Michigan	51,955	-0.24%	154	City
Minnetonka	Minnesota	51,923	-0.7%	155	City
Troy	New York	50,942	-0.12%	156	City
Irondequoit	New York	50,590	0.21%	157	Town
Shakopee	Minnesota	50,565	2.19%	158	City
Portage	Michigan	50,493	0.52%	159	City
Orangetown	New York	50,449	1.26%	160	Town
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,243	-0.8%	161	City

States Within the Northern Region

For this list, the Northern Region is defined as the 14 states of Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

Sources

City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024