Draft:List of communities in the Southeast United States

This is a list of all the cities and census-designated places (CDPs) in the southeastern United States with a population of over 100,000 people, according to the 2020 census.[1]

Cities

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City Main county/county equivalent State 2010 population 2020 population Change Land area 2020 population density
40 Alexandria Independent city that does not fall inside any county   Virginia 139,966 159,467 +13.93% 14.93 sq mi 38.7 km2 10,680.98/sq mi 4,123.95/km2
52 Athens Consolidated with Clarke County   Georgia 115,452 127,315 +10.28% 116.33 sq mi 301.3 km2 1,094.43/sq mi 422.6/km2
5 Atlanta Fulton County   Georgia 420,003 498,715 +18.74% 135.32 sq mi 350.5 km2 3,685.45/sq mi 1,423.0/km2
26 Augusta Consolidated with Richmond County   Georgia 195,844 202,081 +3.18% 302.28 sq mi 782.9 km2 668.52/sq mi 258.1/km2
18 Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Parish   Louisiana 229,493 227,470 −0.88% 86.32 sq mi 223.6 km2 2,635.19/sq mi 1,017.5/km2
27 Birmingham Jefferson County   Alabama 212,237 200,733 −5.42% 147.02 sq mi 380.8 km2 1,365.34/sq mi 527.2/km2
30 Cape Coral Lee County   Florida 154,309 194,016 +25.73% 106.03 sq mi 274.6 km2 1,829.82/sq mi 706.5/km2
37 Cary Wake County   North Carolina 135,234 174,721 +29.20% 59.94 sq mi 155.2 km2 2,914.93/sq mi 1,125.5/km2
45 Charleston Charleston County   South Carolina 120,083 150,227 +25.10% 115.03 sq mi 297.9 km2 1,305.98/sq mi 504.2/km2
2 Charlotte Mecklenburg County   North Carolina 731,424 874,579 +19.57% 310.02 sq mi 802.9 km2 2,821.04/sq mi 1,089.2/km2
36 Chattanooga Hamilton County   Tennessee 167,674 181,099 +8.01% 142.35 sq mi 368.7 km2 1,272.21/sq mi 491.2/km2
16 Chesapeake Independent city   Virginia 222,209 249,422 +12.25% 338.51 sq mi 876.7 km2 736.82/sq mi 284.5/km2
39 Clarksville Montgomery County   Tennessee 132,929 166,722 +25.42% 99.58 sq mi 257.9 km2 1,674.25/sq mi 646.4/km2
56 Clearwater Pinellas County   Florida 107,685 117,292 +8.92% 26.13 sq mi 67.7 km2 4,488.79/sq mi 1,733.1/km2
49 Columbia Richland County   South Carolina 129,272 136,632 +5.69% 137.81 sq mi 356.9 km2 991.45/sq mi 382.8/km2
23 Columbus Consolidated with Muscogee County   Georgia 189,885 206,922 +8.97% 216.50 sq mi 560.7 km2 955.76/sq mi 369.0/km2
66 Concord Cabarrus County   North Carolina 79,066 105,186 +33.04% 64.00 sq mi 165.8 km2 1,643.53/sq mi 634.6/km2
51 Coral Springs Broward County   Florida 121,096 134,394 +10.98% 22.86 sq mi 59.2 km2 5,879.00/sq mi 2,269.9/km2
65 Davie Broward County   Florida 91,992 105,691 +14.89% 34.89 sq mi 90.4 km2 3,029.26/sq mi 1,169.6/km2
13 Durham Durham County   North Carolina 228,330 283,506 +24.17% 115.36 sq mi 298.8 km2 2,457.58/sq mi 948.9/km2
22 Fayetteville Cumberland County   North Carolina 200,782 208,501 +3.84% 148.26 sq mi 384.0 km2 1,406.32/sq mi 543.0/km2
35 Fort Lauderdale Broward County   Florida 165,521 182,760 +10.41% 34.59 sq mi 89.6 km2 5,283.61/sq mi 2,040.0/km2
47 Gainesville Alachua County   Florida 124,354 141,085 +13.45% 63.36 sq mi 164.1 km2 2,226.72/sq mi 859.7/km2
12 Greensboro Guilford County   North Carolina 269,666 299,035 +10.89% 131.41 sq mi 340.4 km2 2,275.59/sq mi 878.6/km2
48 Hampton Independent city   Virginia 137,436 137,148 −0.21% 51.46 sq mi 133.3 km2 2,665.14/sq mi 1,029.0/km2
20 Hialeah Miami-Dade County   Florida 224,669 223,109 −0.69% 21.58 sq mi 55.9 km2 10,338.69/sq mi 3,991.8/km2
59 High Point Guilford County   North Carolina 104,371 113,887 +9.12% 56.91 sq mi 147.4 km2 2,001.18/sq mi 772.7/km2
43 Hollywood Broward County   Florida 140,768 153,067 +8.74% 27.25 sq mi 70.6 km2 5,617.14/sq mi 2,168.8/km2
21 Huntsville Madison County   Alabama 180,105 215,006 +19.38% 219.34 sq mi 568.1 km2 980.24/sq mi 378.5/km2
42 Jackson Hinds County   Mississippi 173,514 153,701 −11.42% 111.72 sq mi 289.4 km2 1,375.77/sq mi 531.2/km2
1 Jacksonville Consolidated with Duval County   Florida 821,784 949,611 +15.55% 747.30 sq mi 1,935.5 km2 1,270.72/sq mi 490.6/km2
31 Knoxville Knox County   Tennessee 178,874 190,740 +6.63% 98.73 sq mi 255.7 km2 1,931.94/sq mi 745.9/km2
53 Lafayette Consolidated with Lafayette Parish   Louisiana 120,623 121,374 +0.62% 55.92 sq mi 144.8 km2 2,170.49/sq mi 838.0/km2
60 Lakeland Polk County   Florida 97,422 112,641 +15.62% 66.29 sq mi 171.7 km2 1,699.22/sq mi 656.1/km2
25 Little Rock Pulaski County   Arkansas 193,524 202,591 +4.69% 120.05 sq mi 310.9 km2 1,687.56/sq mi 651.6/km2
41 Macon Consolidated with Bibb County   Georgia 91,351 157,346 +72.24% 249.38 sq mi 645.9 km2 630.95/sq mi 243.6/km2
4 Memphis Shelby County   Tennessee 646,889 633,104 −2.13% 294.92 sq mi 763.8 km2 2,146.70/sq mi 828.8/km2
8 Miami Miami-Dade County   Florida 399,457 442,241 +10.71% 36.00 sq mi 93.2 km2 12,284.47/sq mi 4,743.1/km2
62 Miami Gardens Miami-Dade County   Florida 107,167 111,640 +4.17% 18.23 sq mi 47.2 km2 6,123.97/sq mi 2,364.5/km2
50 Miramar Broward County   Florida 122,041 134,721 +10.39% 28.85 sq mi 74.7 km2 4,669.71/sq mi 1,803.0/km2
33 Mobile Mobile County   Alabama 195,111 187,041 −4.14% 139.48 sq mi 361.3 km2 1,340.99/sq mi 517.8/km2
28 Montgomery Montgomery County   Alabama 205,764 200,603 −2.51% 159.86 sq mi 414.0 km2 1,254.87/sq mi 484.5/km2
44 Murfreesboro Rutherford County   Tennessee 108,755 152,769 +40.47% 63.99 sq mi 165.7 km2 2,387.39/sq mi 921.8/km2
3 Nashville Consolidated with Davidson County   Tennessee 601,222 689,447 +14.67% 504.03 sq mi 1,305.4 km2 1,367.87/sq mi 528.1/km2
10 New Orleans Consolidated with Orleans Parish   Louisiana 343,829 383,997 +11.68% 169.42 sq mi 438.8 km2 2,266.54/sq mi 875.1/km2
34 Newport News Independent city   Virginia 180,719 186,247 +3.06% 68.99 sq mi 178.7 km2 2,699.62/sq mi 1,042.3/km2
17 Norfolk Independent city   Virginia 242,803 238,005 −1.98% 53.27 sq mi 138.0 km2 4,467.90/sq mi 1,725.1/km2
58 North Charleston Charleston County   South Carolina 97,471 114,852 +17.83% 77.63 sq mi 201.1 km2 1,479.48/sq mi 571.2/km2
11 Orlando Orange County   Florida 238,300 307,573 +29.07% 110.85 sq mi 287.1 km2 2,774.68/sq mi 1,071.3/km2
54 Palm Bay Brevard County   Florida 103,190 119,760 +16.06% 86.42 sq mi 223.8 km2 1,385.79/sq mi 535.1/km2
38 Pembroke Pines Broward County   Florida 154,750 171,178 +10.62% 32.68 sq mi 84.6 km2 5,238.00/sq mi 2,022.4/km2
61 Pompano Beach Broward County   Florida 99,845 112,046 +12.22% 24.02 sq mi 62.2 km2 4,664.70/sq mi 1,801.1/km2
24 Port St. Lucie St. Lucie County   Florida 164,603 204,851 +24.45% 119.22 sq mi 308.8 km2 1,718.26/sq mi 663.4/km2
6 Raleigh Wake County   North Carolina 403,892 467,665 +15.79% 148.54 sq mi 384.7 km2 3,148.41/sq mi 1,215.6/km2
19 Richmond Independent city   Virginia 204,214 226,610 +10.97% 59.92 sq mi 155.2 km2 3,781.88/sq mi 1,460.2/km2
67 Roanoke Independent city   Virginia 97,032 100,011 +3.07% 42.52 sq mi 110.1 km2 2,352.09/sq mi 908.1/km2
63 Sandy Springs Fulton County   Georgia 93,853 108,080 +15.16% 37.66 sq mi 97.5 km2 2,869.89/sq mi 1,108.1/km2
46 Savannah Chatham County   Georgia 136,286 147,780 +8.43% 108.50 sq mi 281.0 km2 1,362.03/sq mi 525.9/km2
32 Shreveport Caddo Parish   Louisiana 199,311 187,593 −5.88% 108.14 sq mi 280.1 km2 1,734.72/sq mi 669.8/km2
64 South Fulton Fulton County   Georgia NA 107,436 NA 85.22 sq mi 220.7 km2 1,260.69/sq mi 486.8/km2
14 St. Petersburg Pinellas County   Florida 244,769 258,308 +5.53% 61.87 sq mi 160.2 km2 4,175.01/sq mi 1,612.0/km2
29 Tallahassee Leon County   Florida 181,376 196,169 +8.16% 101.85 sq mi 263.8 km2 1,926.06/sq mi 743.7/km2
9 Tampa Hillsborough County   Florida 335,709 384,959 +14.67% 114.02 sq mi 295.3 km2 3,376.24/sq mi 1,303.6/km2
7 Virginia Beach Independent city   Virginia 437,994 459,470 +4.90% 244.72 sq mi 633.8 km2 1,877.53/sq mi 724.9/km2
55 West Palm Beach Palm Beach County   Florida 99,919 117,415 +17.51% 53.82 sq mi 139.4 km2 2,181.62/sq mi 842.3/km2
57 Wilmington New Hanover County   North Carolina 106,476 115,451 +8.43% 51.41 sq mi 133.2 km2 2,245.69/sq mi 867.1/km2
15 Winston-Salem Forsyth County   North Carolina 229,617 249,545 +8.68% 133.53 sq mi 345.8 km2 1,868.83/sq mi 721.6/km2

Census-designated place Main county/county equivalent State 2010 population 2020 population Change Land area 2020 population density
Arlington Coextensive with Arlington County (CDP link redirects there)   Virginia 207,627 238,643 +14.94% 26.00 sq mi 67.3 km2 9,178.58/sq mi 3,543.9/km2
Brandon Hillsborough County   Florida 103,483 114,626 +10.77% 33.13 sq mi 85.8 km2 3,459.89/sq mi 1,335.9/km2
Lehigh Acres Lee County   Florida 86,784 135,272 +55.87% 92.69 sq mi 240.1 km2 1,459.40/sq mi 563.5/km2
Metairie Jefferson Parish   Louisiana 138,481 143,507 +3.63% 23.26 sq mi 60.2 km2 6,169.69/sq mi 2,382.1/km2
Riverview Hillsborough County   Florida 71,050 107,396 +51.16% 46.18 sq mi 119.6 km2 2,325.60/sq mi 897.9/km2
Spring Hill Hernando County   Florida 98,621 113,568 +15.16% 59.92 sq mi 155.2 km2 1,895.33/sq mi 731.8/km2

Distribution

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State Abbreviation Number of communities above 100,000 in population as of 2020 2020 census population
  Alabama AL 4 5,024,279
  Arkansas AR 1 3,011,524
  Florida FL 26 21,538,187
  Georgia GA 8 10,711,908
  Louisiana LA 5 4,657,757
  Mississippi MS 1 2,961,279
  North Carolina NC 10 10,439,388
  South Carolina SC 3 5,118,425
  Tennessee TN 6 6,910,840
  Virginia VA 9 8,631,393
  West Virginia WV 0 1,793,716
Total 73 80,798,696

See also

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Category:Southeastern United States Category:Cities in the United States Category:Census-designated places in the United States

References

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  1. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2020". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved December 26, 2022.