U.S. Cities Physically Larger Than New York City

U.S. city limits vary drastically from older cities hemmed into tiny footprints and drained by demands of legally independent suburbs to vast municipalities with giant swaths of rural area. Name the cities with a population above 50,000 who live within a land area larger than New York City's 8,804,190 people in 300.45 square miles.

Excludes Hawai'i. See comments after quiz.

Consolidated city-counties do not include other incorporated municipalities within the county.

Source: United States Census Bureau

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2020 Pop.	Density /mi²	Mi² (km²)	City
291,247	170	1,706 (4,421)	Anchorage, Alaska
949,611	1,270	747 (1,935)	Jacksonville, Florida
2,304,580	3,598	640 (1,659)	Houston, Texas
681,054	1,123	606 (1,570)	Oklahoma City
1,016,508	1,692	600 (1,555)	Honolulu, Hawai'i (See comments.)
1,608,139	3,104	518 (1,342)	Phoenix, Arizona
1,434,625	2,875	498 (1,292)	San Antonio, Texas
689,447	1,449	475 (1,232)	Nashville, Tennessee
3,898,747	8,304	469 (1,216)	Los Angeles, California
94,324	236	399 (1,034)	Suffolk, Virginia
91,502	242	392 (1,018)	Buckeye, Arizona
887,642	2,454	361 (937)	Indianapolis, Indiana
918,915	2,646	347 (900)	Fort Worth, Texas
1,304,379	3,849	339 (880)	Dallas, Texas
249,422	736	338 (877)	Chesapeake, Virginia
1,386,932	4,255	325 (844)	San Diego, California
633,045	1,948	324 (841)	Louisville, Kentucky
961,855	3,006	319 (829)	Austin, Texas
508,090	1,614	314 (815)	Kansas City, Missouri
874,579	2,836	308 (798)	Charlotte, North Carolina
202,081	668	302 (783)	Augusta, Georgia
8,804,190	29,903	300 (778)	New York City

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Hawai'i does not have any form of government besides state and county level. The U.S. Census Bureau delineates "census designated places" (CDPs), which sometimes have substantially smaller populations than the urban population around the locality.

The "Urban Honolulu CDP" is listed as:

350,964 5,79 6/mi² 60 mi² (156 km²)

Other counties over 50,000 people and 300 mi²:

Hilo / Hawai’i County: 200,629 49/mi² 4,028 mi² (10,432 km²)

Kahului - Wailuku / Maui County: 164,754 141/mi² 1,161 mi² (3,006 km²)

Kapaʻa - Lihue/ Kauai County: 73,298 118/mi² 619 mi² (1,605 km²)

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Other cities and city-counties with over 300 mi², but fewer than 50,000 people:

Sitka, Alaska: 8,458 3/mi² 2,870 mi² (7,434 km²)

Juneau, Alaska: 32,255 12/mi² 2,704 mi² 7,003 km²)

Wrangell, Alaska: 2,127 1/mi² 2,556 mi² (6,620 km²)

Tribune, Kansas: 1,182 1/mi² 778 mi² (2,016 km²)

Anaconda, Montana: 9,421 12/mi² 736 mi² (1,908 km²)

Butte, Montana: 34,494 48/mi² 715 mi² (1,854 km²)

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Near misses:

Memphis, Tennessee: 633,104 2,131/mi² 297 mi² (769 km²)

Lexington, Kentucky: 322,570 1,137/mi² 283 mi² (735 km²)

El Paso, Texas: 678,815 2,626/mi² 258 mi² (669 km²)

Macon, Georgia: 157,346 630/mi² 249 mi² (646 km²)

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Feb 12, 2023

Of the 20 cities, it takes the lowest 15 combined to exceed NYC's population with 9,336,993 people in 7,277 square mile, 24 times NYC's area.

The combined remaining 5, the most populous, only exceed NYC's population by 20%, at 10,633,023 in 2,450 square miles, 8 times more spacious than NYC.