Southeast Cities

212 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Jacksonville	Florida	1,032,061	1.41%	1	City
Charlotte	North Carolina	982,070	1.79%	2	City
Nashville	Tennessee	726,586	0.76%	3	Township
Louisville	Kentucky	644,291	0.36%	4	Township
Memphis	Tennessee	606,132	-0.58%	5	City
Atlanta	Georgia	534,278	0.98%	6	City
Raleigh	North Carolina	514,482	1.61%	7	City
Miami	Florida	499,943	2.07%	8	City
Virginia Beach	Virginia	452,271	-0.32%	9	City
Tampa	Florida	419,635	1.47%	10	City
New Orleans	Louisiana	357,183	-1.37%	11	City
Orlando	Florida	340,004	1.83%	12	City
Lexington	Kentucky	330,863	0.34%	13	Urban County
Greensboro	North Carolina	311,293	0.85%	14	City
Durham	North Carolina	310,342	1.56%	15	City
Port St. Lucie	Florida	281,097	4.86%	16	City
St. Petersburg	Florida	265,670	0.62%	17	City
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	258,880	0.63%	18	City
Chesapeake	Virginia	256,610	0.5%	19	City
Cape Coral	Florida	245,680	3.99%	20	City
Arlington	Virginia	241,887	0.89%	21	CDP
Richmond	Virginia	239,227	0.83%	22	City
Huntsville	Alabama	237,140	1.5%	23	City
Hialeah	Florida	233,658	1.16%	24	City
Norfolk	Virginia	229,324	-0.73%	25	City
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	221,663	-0.51%	26	City
Fayetteville	North Carolina	208,675	-0.21%	27	City
Little Rock	Arkansas	207,276	0.41%	28	City
Tallahassee	Florida	206,428	0.74%	29	City
Knoxville	Tennessee	203,991	0.98%	30	City
Augusta	Georgia	201,980	-0.01%	31	Township
Columbus	Georgia	200,935	-0.61%	32	City
Mobile	Alabama	199,605	-0.61%	33	City
Chattanooga	Tennessee	196,582	1.26%	34	City
Birmingham	Alabama	195,033	-0.44%	35	City
Montgomery	Alabama	194,258	-0.53%	36	City
Clarksville	Tennessee	193,395	2.42%	37	City
Fort Lauderdale	Florida	190,168	0.79%	38	City
Cary	North Carolina	185,432	1.01%	39	Town
Newport News	Virginia	182,572	-0.36%	40	City
Pembroke Pines	Florida	178,198	0.84%	41	City
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	175,165	2.33%	42	City
Shreveport	Louisiana	173,439	-1.4%	43	City
Charleston	South Carolina	161,314	1.19%	44	City
Alexandria	Virginia	160,717	0.03%	45	City
Hollywood	Florida	158,161	0.73%	46	City
Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	157,632	0.05%	47	Township
Palm Bay	Florida	153,390	3.58%	48	City
Savannah	Georgia	150,080	0.43%	49	City
Gainesville	Florida	150,069	0.94%	50	City
Columbia	South Carolina	149,103	1.41%	51	City
Miramar	Florida	144,298	1.21%	52	City
Coral Springs	Florida	139,998	0.88%	53	City
Metairie	Louisiana	139,114	0.03%	54	CDP
Jackson	Mississippi	138,450	-1.94%	55	City
Hampton	Virginia	137,345	0.02%	56	City
Lehigh Acres	Florida	136,762	2.34%	57	CDP
North Charleston	South Carolina	131,980	2.12%	58	City
West Palm Beach	Florida	129,656	1.94%	59	City
Wilmington	North Carolina	129,181	1.87%	60	City
Athens	Georgia	129,148	0.42%	61	Township
Lakeland	Florida	128,276	2.2%	62	City
Lafayette	Louisiana	123,618	0.25%	63	City
Spring Hill	Florida	123,474	1.27%	64	CDP
High Point	North Carolina	121,475	0.75%	65	City
Brandon	Florida	119,338	0.84%	66	CDP
Pompano Beach	Florida	118,441	1.05%	67	City
Concord	North Carolina	116,559	1.71%	68	City
Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,477	1.89%	69	City
Riverview	Florida	116,251	2.49%	70	CDP
Miami Gardens	Florida	114,522	0.83%	71	City
Clearwater	Florida	114,067	-0.26%	72	City
Palm Coast	Florida	114,046	3.79%	73	City
South Fulton	Georgia	113,789	0.86%	74	City
Davie	Florida	111,993	1.03%	75	Town
Fayetteville	Arkansas	108,857	2.1%	76	City
Suffolk	Virginia	106,746	1.96%	77	City
Fort Myers	Florida	104,797	3.17%	78	City
Sandy Springs	Georgia	104,328	-0.65%	79	City
Boca Raton	Florida	102,502	0.91%	80	City
Deltona	Florida	101,760	1.49%	81	City
Plantation	Florida	101,035	1.87%	82	City
North Port	Florida	100,826	4.43%	83	City
Sunrise	Florida	99,309	0.47%	84	City
Roanoke	Virginia	98,807	-0.31%	85	City
Greenville	North Carolina	97,520	1.12%	86	City
Mount Pleasant	South Carolina	96,654	1.24%	87	Town
Portsmouth	Virginia	96,490	-0.3%	88	City
Alafaya	Florida	93,819	1.06%	89	CDP
Asheville	North Carolina	93,716	0.21%	90	City
Hoover	Alabama	93,661	0.12%	91	City
Daytona Beach	Florida	91,916	3.89%	92	City
Franklin	Tennessee	91,416	1.32%	93	City
Roswell	Georgia	91,308	-0.22%	94	City
Springdale	Arkansas	91,267	0.64%	95	City
Fort Smith	Arkansas	91,251	0.44%	96	City
Deerfield Beach	Florida	90,018	0.76%	97	City
The Villages	Florida	89,185	2.72%	98	CDP
Warner Robins	Georgia	89,165	1.6%	99	City
Town 'n' Country	Florida	88,414	0.71%	100	CDP
Gastonia	North Carolina	88,392	1.52%	101	City
Melbourne	Florida	87,669	0.66%	102	City
Pine Hills	Florida	87,384	1.99%	103	CDP
Homestead	Florida	87,334	1.27%	104	City
Kissimmee	Florida	86,894	1.52%	105	City
Auburn	Alabama	86,786	1.97%	106	City
Jonesboro	Arkansas	84,273	1.17%	107	City
Doral	Florida	83,243	1.97%	108	City
Apex	North Carolina	83,047	3.27%	109	Town
Boynton Beach	Florida	82,960	0.68%	110	City
Lake Charles	Louisiana	81,816	-1.04%	111	City
Lynchburg	Virginia	81,677	0.41%	112	City
Miami Beach	Florida	81,625	0.04%	113	City
Largo	Florida	80,488	-0.25%	114	City
Johns Creek	Georgia	79,995	-0.5%	115	City
Bowling Green	Kentucky	79,982	1.88%	116	City
Kendall	Florida	79,255	0.31%	117	CDP
Mableton	Georgia	79,174	83.2%	118	City
Mableton	Georgia	79,174	0.45%	119	City
Wesley Chapel	Florida	78,397	2.81%	120	CDP
Rogers	Arkansas	78,308	1.76%	121	City
St. Cloud	Florida	77,790	3.78%	122	City
Gulfport	Mississippi	77,003	0.65%	123	City
Rock Hill	South Carolina	76,202	0.38%	124	City
Greenville	South Carolina	76,180	1.16%	125	City
Lauderhill	Florida	76,038	0.49%	126	City
Poinciana	Florida	75,928	1.91%	127	CDP
Johnson City	Tennessee	75,575	0.84%	128	City
Tamarac	Florida	74,720	0.79%	129	City
Dale City	Virginia	74,368	0.71%	130	CDP
Conway	Arkansas	74,019	2.34%	131	City
Ocala	Florida	73,305	2.16%	132	City
Horizon West	Florida	73,264	5.32%	133	CDP
Jacksonville	North Carolina	72,606	-0.17%	134	City
Dothan	Alabama	72,242	0.25%	135	City
Centreville	Virginia	72,058	0.08%	136	CDP
Delray Beach	Florida	70,560	1.08%	137	City
Weston	Florida	70,012	0.61%	138	City
Huntersville	North Carolina	69,892	1.98%	139	Town
Madison	Alabama	69,611	2.42%	140	City
Jackson	Tennessee	69,551	0.31%	141	City
Sanford	Florida	68,775	1.91%	142	City
Four Corners	Florida	68,365	4.02%	143	CDP
Port Charlotte	Florida	67,412	1.22%	144	CDP
Apopka	Florida	67,364	2.76%	145	City
Port Orange	Florida	67,280	1.33%	146	City
Alpharetta	Georgia	67,211	0.43%	147	City
Albany	Georgia	66,376	-0.79%	148	City
North Little Rock	Arkansas	65,185	0.1%	149	City
Chapel Hill	North Carolina	65,149	2.49%	150	Town
Smyrna	Tennessee	65,127	2.85%	151	Town
Kenner	Louisiana	64,911	-0.35%	152	City
Bentonville	Arkansas	64,831	2.81%	153	City
Palm Beach Gardens	Florida	64,797	1.43%	154	City
Hendersonville	Tennessee	64,763	0.77%	155	City
Reston	Virginia	64,728	0.62%	156	CDP
Winter Haven	Florida	64,648	3.75%	157	City
Marietta	Georgia	64,152	0.91%	158	City
Spring Hill	Tennessee	63,406	3.37%	159	City
Bossier City	Louisiana	63,398	0.22%	160	City
Kannapolis	North Carolina	63,053	2.18%	161	City
Wellington	Florida	62,982	0.51%	162	Village
Jupiter	Florida	62,701	0.56%	163	Town
Burlington	North Carolina	62,486	1.61%	164	City
Palm Harbor	Florida	62,381	0.5%	165	CDP
Stonecrest	Georgia	61,847	0.83%	166	City
North Miami	Florida	61,349	0.76%	167	City
Owensboro	Kentucky	60,968	0.12%	168	City
Margate	Florida	60,411	0.57%	169	City
Brookhaven	Georgia	60,343	1.17%	170	City
The Hammocks	Florida	60,289	0.97%	171	CDP
Wake Forest	North Carolina	59,869	2.96%	172	Town
Sarasota	Florida	59,096	1.09%	173	City
Coconut Creek	Florida	58,931	0.52%	174	City
Bradenton	Florida	58,643	1.08%	175	City
Southaven	Mississippi	58,551	1.27%	176	City
Bonita Springs	Florida	58,458	1.43%	177	City
Westchester	Florida	58,440	3.15%	178	CDP
Decatur	Alabama	58,291	0.4%	179	City
Kingsport	Tennessee	57,947	0.72%	180	City
Smyrna	Georgia	57,798	0.5%	181	City
Mooresville	North Carolina	57,078	2.21%	182	Town
Gallatin	Tennessee	56,541	3.57%	183	City
Lebanon	Tennessee	56,325	5.45%	184	City
Valdosta	Georgia	56,287	0.18%	185	City
Bartlett	Tennessee	56,246	-0.3%	186	City
Fountainebleau	Florida	55,689	-0.46%	187	CDP
Rocky Mount	North Carolina	55,197	0.14%	188	City
Clermont	Florida	54,663	3.5%	189	City
Pensacola	Florida	53,634	-0.34%	190	City
Summerville	South Carolina	53,623	0.84%	191	Town
Goose Creek	South Carolina	53,108	2.11%	192	City
Ocoee	Florida	52,760	1.59%	193	City
Greer	South Carolina	52,676	5.34%	194	City
Fort Pierce	Florida	52,588	1.64%	195	City
Woodbridge	Virginia	52,533	6.12%	196	CDP
Pinellas Park	Florida	52,238	-0.11%	197	City
Collierville	Tennessee	52,126	0.42%	198	Town
Holly Springs	North Carolina	52,022	3.45%	199	Town
Country Club	Florida	51,899	0.58%	200	CDP
Dunwoody	Georgia	51,870	0.15%	201	City
Cleveland	Tennessee	51,784	1.2%	202	City
Columbia	Tennessee	51,750	3.35%	203	City
Fuquay	North Carolina	51,449	6%	204	Town
Kendale Lakes	Florida	51,216	-0.6%	205	CDP
McLean	Virginia	50,721	0.32%	206	CDP
Gainesville	Georgia	50,700	3%	207	City
University	Florida	50,646	1.18%	208	CDP
Harrisonburg	Virginia	50,612	-0.45%	209	City
Leesburg	Virginia	50,270	0.71%	210	Town
Tamiami	Florida	50,262	-0.62%	211	CDP
Titusville	Florida	50,034	0.47%	212	City

States Within the Southeast Region

For this list, the Southeast Region is defined as the 12 states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Sources

City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024