Southern Cities

274 cities

City	State	2025 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Houston	Texas	2,412,920	0.95%	1	City
San Antonio	Texas	1,548,485	1.43%	2	City
Dallas	Texas	1,331,752	0.43%	3	City
Fort Worth	Texas	1,029,221	2.09%	4	City
Jacksonville	Florida	1,024,310	1.43%	5	City
Austin	Texas	1,000,511	0.7%	6	City
Charlotte	North Carolina	960,608	1.82%	7	City
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	720,377	1.05%	8	City
Nashville	Tennessee	708,772	0.54%	9	Township
El Paso	Texas	682,308	0.09%	10	City
Louisville	Kentucky	643,033	0.35%	11	Township
Memphis	Tennessee	606,551	-0.71%	12	City
Baltimore	Maryland	564,541	-0.66%	13	City
Atlanta	Georgia	525,088	0.96%	14	City
Raleigh	North Carolina	508,316	1.7%	15	City
Miami	Florida	498,060	2.27%	16	City
Virginia Beach	Virginia	453,591	-0.27%	17	City
Tampa	Florida	421,042	1.57%	18	City
Tulsa	Oklahoma	415,526	0.09%	19	City
Arlington	Texas	405,995	0.58%	20	City
New Orleans	Louisiana	357,532	-1.43%	21	City
Orlando	Florida	341,600	2.01%	22	City
Lexington	Kentucky	331,139	0.52%	23	Urban County
Corpus Christi	Texas	317,075	-0.08%	24	City
Greensboro	North Carolina	310,258	0.94%	25	City
Durham	North Carolina	306,917	1.67%	26	City
Plano	Texas	295,002	0.59%	27	City
Lubbock	Texas	275,595	1.29%	28	City
Port St. Lucie	Florida	271,511	5%	29	City
St. Petersburg	Florida	269,059	0.73%	30	City
Laredo	Texas	262,701	0.55%	31	City
Irving	Texas	258,348	0.11%	32	City
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	257,403	0.64%	33	City
Chesapeake	Virginia	256,314	0.52%	34	City
Garland	Texas	251,440	0.4%	35	City
Frisco	Texas	243,319	3.45%	36	City
Cape Coral	Florida	242,422	4.03%	37	City
Hialeah	Florida	238,630	1.38%	38	City
Richmond	Virginia	235,338	0.72%	39	City
McKinney	Texas	235,030	3.3%	40	City
Huntsville	Alabama	233,907	1.52%	41	City
Norfolk	Virginia	229,428	-0.73%	42	City
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	219,565	-0.61%	43	City
Grand Prairie	Texas	210,113	1.34%	44	City
Fayetteville	North Carolina	209,146	-0.17%	45	City
Tallahassee	Florida	206,877	0.87%	46	City
Little Rock	Arkansas	205,315	0.26%	47	City
Amarillo	Texas	204,519	0.39%	48	City
Augusta	Georgia	201,663	-0.04%	49	Township
Knoxville	Tennessee	200,595	0.94%	50	City
Columbus	Georgia	200,533	-0.64%	51	City
Mobile	Alabama	200,086	-0.64%	52	City
Birmingham	Alabama	195,378	-0.5%	53	City
Montgomery	Alabama	194,760	-0.54%	54	City
Chattanooga	Tennessee	193,802	1.2%	55	City
Brownsville	Texas	193,296	0.69%	56	City
Fort Lauderdale	Florida	192,610	1.03%	57	City
Clarksville	Tennessee	190,229	2.44%	58	City
Cary	North Carolina	184,623	1.08%	59	Town
Newport News	Virginia	182,307	-0.41%	60	City
Pembroke Pines	Florida	181,386	1.15%	61	City
Shreveport	Louisiana	174,023	-1.45%	62	City
Denton	Texas	172,215	3.75%	63	City
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	172,029	2.16%	64	City
Killeen	Texas	162,330	1.07%	65	City
Hollywood	Florida	160,636	0.98%	66	City
Charleston	South Carolina	159,315	1.05%	67	City
Alexandria	Virginia	159,091	-0.01%	68	City
Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	157,060	0%	69	Township
McAllen	Texas	150,377	1.07%	70	City
Gainesville	Florida	150,331	1.08%	71	City
Mesquite	Texas	150,265	0.08%	72	City
Pasadena	Texas	149,159	-0.31%	73	City
Savannah	Georgia	149,136	0.22%	74	City
Waco	Texas	148,124	1.03%	75	City
Palm Bay	Florida	147,486	3.85%	76	City
Columbia	South Carolina	146,933	1.48%	77	City
Midland	Texas	146,297	1.82%	78	City
Miramar	Florida	145,421	1.52%	79	City
Coral Springs	Florida	142,464	1.18%	80	City
Round Rock	Texas	139,055	2.73%	81	City
Jackson	Mississippi	138,560	-2.04%	82	City
Lewisville	Texas	138,371	1.76%	83	City
Hampton	Virginia	137,674	0.06%	84	City
Carrollton	Texas	135,929	0.35%	85	City
Abilene	Texas	131,818	1.01%	86	City
Norman	Oklahoma	131,717	0.54%	87	City
Pearland	Texas	130,522	0.7%	88	City
West Palm Beach	Florida	130,302	2%	89	City
College Station	Texas	129,834	1.41%	90	City
Athens	Georgia	129,054	0.28%	91	Township
North Charleston	South Carolina	128,603	2.06%	92	City
Lakeland	Florida	127,767	2.22%	93	City
Wilmington	North Carolina	127,633	1.87%	94	City
Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	124,956	1.79%	95	City
New Braunfels	Texas	122,675	5.32%	96	City
Lafayette	Louisiana	122,487	0.17%	97	City
Odessa	Texas	120,951	1%	98	City
Conroe	Texas	120,417	5.09%	99	City
Pompano Beach	Florida	119,639	1.3%	100	City
High Point	North Carolina	119,559	0.81%	101	City
League City	Texas	119,405	0.8%	102	City
Richardson	Texas	117,949	-0.23%	103	City
Miami Gardens	Florida	117,355	1.02%	104	City
Clearwater	Florida	116,678	-0.11%	105	City
Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,465	1.9%	106	City
Allen	Texas	115,793	1.8%	107	City
Concord	North Carolina	114,265	1.66%	108	City
Tyler	Texas	113,706	1.33%	109	City
Davie	Florida	113,557	1.34%	110	Town
South Fulton	Georgia	112,943	0.84%	111	City
Beaumont	Texas	112,396	-0.44%	112	City
Palm Coast	Florida	110,981	3.98%	113	City
Edinburg	Texas	110,724	1.83%	114	City
Sugar Land	Texas	109,602	-0.23%	115	City
Georgetown	Texas	109,502	8.05%	116	City
Fayetteville	Arkansas	105,221	2.02%	117	City
Suffolk	Virginia	105,182	2.01%	118	City
Sandy Springs	Georgia	104,828	-0.64%	119	City
Boca Raton	Florida	103,235	0.98%	120	City
Fort Myers	Florida	103,075	3.16%	121	City
Plantation	Florida	102,845	2.14%	122	City
Wichita Falls	Texas	102,344	-0.03%	123	City
Deltona	Florida	102,129	1.61%	124	City
Sunrise	Florida	100,885	0.76%	125	City
San Angelo	Texas	100,182	0.02%	126	City
Edmond	Oklahoma	100,112	1.08%	127	City
Temple	Texas	99,634	3.5%	128	City
Roanoke	Virginia	97,415	-0.51%	129	City
North Port	Florida	97,219	4.68%	130	City
Mount Pleasant	South Carolina	96,692	1.14%	131	Town
Greenville	North Carolina	96,184	1.1%	132	City
Portsmouth	Virginia	96,103	-0.39%	133	City
Asheville	North Carolina	95,151	0.17%	134	City
Leander	Texas	94,177	7.62%	135	City
Bryan	Texas	93,336	1.96%	136	City
Hoover	Alabama	93,093	0.09%	137	City
Frederick	Maryland	92,322	3.11%	138	City
Roswell	Georgia	92,049	-0.19%	139	City
Deerfield Beach	Florida	91,440	1.03%	140	City
Fort Smith	Arkansas	90,844	0.37%	141	City
Franklin	Tennessee	90,388	1.4%	142	City
Lawton	Oklahoma	89,940	-0.1%	143	City
Springdale	Arkansas	89,877	0.57%	144	City
Daytona Beach	Florida	89,444	3.99%	145	City
Mission	Texas	89,251	0.76%	146	City
Melbourne	Florida	88,181	0.71%	147	City
Warner Robins	Georgia	87,604	1.63%	148	City
Homestead	Florida	87,114	1.54%	149	City
Gastonia	North Carolina	86,778	1.45%	150	City
Kissimmee	Florida	86,150	1.64%	151	City
Baytown	Texas	86,146	0.17%	152	City
Doral	Florida	85,478	2.22%	153	City
Auburn	Alabama	85,429	2%	154	City
Longview	Texas	84,142	0.57%	155	City
Boynton Beach	Florida	83,750	0.79%	156	City
Miami Beach	Florida	83,445	0.23%	157	City
Jonesboro	Arkansas	83,269	1.07%	158	City
Mansfield	Texas	82,802	2.47%	159	City
Largo	Florida	82,263	-0.09%	160	City
Pharr	Texas	81,466	0.4%	161	City
Flower Mound	Texas	80,864	1.09%	162	Town
Johns Creek	Georgia	80,812	-0.44%	163	City
Bowling Green	Kentucky	80,727	2.09%	164	City
Lynchburg	Virginia	80,628	0.41%	165	City
Lake Charles	Louisiana	80,225	-1.15%	166	City
Missouri City	Texas	79,617	1.32%	167	City
Apex	North Carolina	78,668	3.54%	168	Town
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	83.63%	169	City
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	0.38%	170	City
Cedar Park	Texas	78,465	0.11%	171	City
Lauderhill	Florida	77,200	0.75%	172	City
Rogers	Arkansas	76,958	1.74%	173	City
Rock Hill	South Carolina	76,084	0.38%	174	City
Tamarac	Florida	75,955	1.08%	175	City
San Marcos	Texas	75,839	2.05%	176	City
Greenville	South Carolina	75,106	0.99%	177	City
Gulfport	Mississippi	75,056	0.58%	178	City
Johnson City	Tennessee	74,263	0.85%	179	City
St. Cloud	Florida	73,932	4.08%	180	City
Wilmington	Delaware	73,759	0.8%	181	City
Conway	Arkansas	72,297	2.24%	182	City
Harlingen	Texas	72,281	0.07%	183	City
Ocala	Florida	71,842	2.26%	184	City
Dothan	Alabama	71,786	0.19%	185	City
North Richland Hills	Texas	71,721	0.4%	186	City
Weston	Florida	71,340	0.94%	187	City
Gaithersburg	Maryland	70,988	0.43%	188	City
Delray Beach	Florida	70,971	1.18%	189	City
Kyle	Texas	70,683	7.37%	190	City
Jacksonville	North Carolina	70,232	-0.86%	191	City
Jackson	Tennessee	69,578	0.4%	192	City
Rowlett	Texas	69,461	1.96%	193	City
Rockville	Maryland	68,687	0.39%	194	City
Huntersville	North Carolina	68,456	2.04%	195	Town
Sanford	Florida	68,374	2.17%	196	City
Alpharetta	Georgia	67,602	0.49%	197	City
Port Orange	Florida	67,511	1.43%	198	City
Pflugerville	Texas	67,151	0.5%	199	City
Victoria	Texas	66,141	0.18%	200	City
Albany	Georgia	66,105	-0.9%	201	City
Chapel Hill	North Carolina	65,780	2.74%	202	Town
Madison	Alabama	65,708	2.62%	203	City
Apopka	Florida	64,739	3.13%	204	City
Little Elm	Texas	64,720	5.72%	205	City
North Little Rock	Arkansas	64,454	-0.07%	206	City
Hendersonville	Tennessee	64,404	0.71%	207	City
Palm Beach Gardens	Florida	64,293	1.59%	208	City
Kenner	Louisiana	64,240	-0.63%	209	City
Wylie	Texas	64,221	2.01%	210	City
Moore	Oklahoma	64,042	0.31%	211	City
Fulshear	Texas	63,882	16.94%	212	City
Wellington	Florida	63,679	0.67%	213	Village
Marietta	Georgia	63,643	0.83%	214	City
Bentonville	Arkansas	63,534	2.82%	215	City
Jupiter	Florida	63,438	0.72%	216	Town
Bossier City	Louisiana	63,344	0.2%	217	City
North Miami	Florida	62,794	0.95%	218	City
Burlington	North Carolina	62,319	1.55%	219	City
Winter Haven	Florida	62,318	3.91%	220	City
Smyrna	Tennessee	61,998	2.81%	221	Town
Kannapolis	North Carolina	61,809	2.13%	222	City
Stonecrest	Georgia	61,451	0.71%	223	City
Spring Hill	Tennessee	61,419	3.4%	224	City
Margate	Florida	61,160	0.84%	225	City
Owensboro	Kentucky	60,772	0.16%	226	City
Coconut Creek	Florida	60,219	0.83%	227	City
Celina	Texas	60,122	16.38%	228	City
Brookhaven	Georgia	60,018	1.09%	229	City
Euless	Texas	59,742	-0.45%	230	City
Texas City	Texas	59,272	2.41%	231	City
Bradenton	Florida	58,776	1.02%	232	City
Wake Forest	North Carolina	58,524	3.1%	233	Town
Midwest City	Oklahoma	58,515	0.02%	234	City
Bowie	Maryland	58,469	0.08%	235	City
Sarasota	Florida	58,405	1.11%	236	City
Burleson	Texas	58,316	3.67%	237	City
Decatur	Alabama	58,184	0.36%	238	City
Southaven	Mississippi	58,154	1.15%	239	City
Bonita Springs	Florida	57,918	1.41%	240	City
Kingsport	Tennessee	57,508	0.7%	241	City
Smyrna	Georgia	57,429	0.44%	242	City
DeSoto	Texas	56,879	0.3%	243	City
Bartlett	Tennessee	56,467	-0.42%	244	City
Port Arthur	Texas	55,746	-0.09%	245	City
Valdosta	Georgia	55,727	0.11%	246	City
Rockwall	Texas	54,996	2.71%	247	City
Lebanon	Tennessee	54,652	6.12%	248	City
Rocky Mount	North Carolina	54,580	0.07%	249	City
Gallatin	Tennessee	54,405	3.65%	250	City
Pensacola	Florida	53,752	-0.27%	251	City
Pinellas Park	Florida	53,530	0.05%	252	City
Galveston	Texas	53,509	-0.05%	253	City
Mooresville	North Carolina	53,464	1.1%	254	Town
Summerville	South Carolina	53,042	0.79%	255	Town
Clermont	Florida	52,728	3.69%	256	City
Ocoee	Florida	52,212	1.84%	257	City
Collierville	Tennessee	52,105	0.3%	258	Town
Dunwoody	Georgia	51,844	0.09%	259	City
Sherman	Texas	51,796	3.12%	260	City
Fort Pierce	Florida	51,591	1.55%	261	City
Grapevine	Texas	51,458	0.27%	262	City
Goose Creek	South Carolina	51,375	2.03%	263	City
Harrisonburg	Virginia	51,028	-0.27%	264	City
Cleveland	Tennessee	50,812	1.15%	265	City
Stillwater	Oklahoma	50,575	0.87%	266	City
Coral Gables	Florida	50,535	0.31%	267	City
Columbia	Tennessee	50,516	3.49%	268	City
Holly Springs	North Carolina	50,449	3.65%	269	Town
Huntsville	Texas	50,410	1.84%	270	City
Waxahachie	Texas	50,366	3.6%	271	City
Enid	Oklahoma	50,358	-0.32%	272	City
Leesburg	Virginia	50,178	0.7%	273	Town
Titusville	Florida	50,148	0.53%	274	City

States Within the Southern Region

For this list, the Southern Region is defined as the 16 states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.