According to the Census, these nine American cities had more than one million residents on July 1, 2004:
New York — 8.1 million
Los Angeles — 3.8 million
Chicago — 2.9 million
Houston — 2.0 million
Philadelphia — 1.5 million
Phoenix — 1.4 million
San Diego — 1.3 million
San Antonio — 1.2 million
Dallas — 1.2 million