List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States

This is a list of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States, ordered by their estimated populations as of the 2020 Census.^[1] These 50 cities have a combined population of 49.6 million, or 15% of the national population. Louisville, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, and Honolulu have consolidated city-county governments where the mayor is elected by residents of the entire county, not just that of the main city; in these cases the population and respective rank are for the county.

In some states, mayors are officially elected on a nonpartisan basis; however, their party affiliation or preference is generally known, and where it is known it is shown in the list below.

The breakdown of mayoral political parties is 36 Democrats, 11 Republicans, and 3 Independents (two elected with state Democratic support).

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Name	Party	City	State	Population^[1]	Rank	Term Start	Form of Government	List
Eric Adams	Democratic	New York City	New York	8,804,190	1	January 1, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Karen Bass	Democratic	Los Angeles	California	3,898,747	2	December 11, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Lori Lightfoot	Democratic	Chicago	Illinois	2,746,388	3	May 20, 2019	Mayor–council	List
Sylvester Turner	Democratic	Houston	Texas	2,304,580	4	January 2, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Kate Gallego	Democratic	Phoenix	Arizona	1,608,139	5	March 21, 2019	Council–manager	List
Jim Kenney	Democratic	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,603,797	6	January 4, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Ron Nirenberg	Independent	San Antonio	Texas	1,434,625	7	June 21, 2017	Council–manager	List
Todd Gloria	Democratic	San Diego	California	1,386,932	8	December 10, 2020	Mayor–council	List
Eric Johnson	Democratic	Dallas	Texas	1,304,379	9	June 17, 2019	Council–manager	List
Rick Blangiardi	Independent	Honolulu	Hawaii	1,016,508	10	January 2, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Matt Mahan	Democratic	San Jose	California	1,013,240	11	January 1, 2023	Council–manager	List
Lenny Curry	Republican	Jacksonville	Florida	995,567	12	July 1, 2015	Mayor–council	List
Kirk Watson	Democratic	Austin	Texas	961,855	13	January 6, 2023	Council–manager	List
Mattie Parker	Republican	Fort Worth	Texas	918,915	14	June 15, 2021	Council–manager	List
Andrew Ginther	Democratic	Columbus	Ohio	905,748	15	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Joe Hogsett	Democratic	Indianapolis	Indiana	887,642	16	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Vi Lyles	Democratic	Charlotte	North Carolina	874,579	17	December 4, 2017	Council–manager	List
London Breed	Democratic	San Francisco	California	873,965	18	July 11, 2018	Mayor–council	List
Bruce Harrell	Democratic	Seattle	Washington	737,015	19	January 1, 2022	Mayor–council	List
John Cooper	Democratic	Nashville	Tennessee	715,884	20	September 28, 2019	Mayor–council	List
Michael Hancock	Democratic	Denver	Colorado	715,522	21	July 18, 2011	Mayor–council	List
Muriel Bowser	Democratic	Washington	District of Columbia	689,545	22	January 2, 2015	Mayor–council	List
David Holt	Republican	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	681,054	23	April 10, 2018	Council–manager	List
Oscar Leeser	Democratic	El Paso	Texas	678,815	24	January 5, 2021	Council–manager	List
Michelle Wu	Democratic	Boston	Massachusetts	675,647	25	November 16, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Ted Wheeler	Democratic	Portland	Oregon	652,503	26	January 1, 2017	Commission	List
Carolyn Goodman	Independent	Las Vegas	Nevada	641,903	27	July 6, 2011	Council–manager	List
Mike Duggan	Democratic	Detroit	Michigan	639,111	28	January 1, 2014	Mayor–council	List
Jim Strickland	Democratic	Memphis	Tennessee	633,104	29	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Craig Greenberg	Democratic	Louisville	Kentucky	633,045	30	January 2, 2023	Mayor–council	List
Brandon Scott	Democratic	Baltimore	Maryland	585,708	31	December 8, 2020	Mayor–council	List
Cavalier Johnson	Democratic	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	577,222	32	December 22, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Tim Keller	Democratic	Albuquerque	New Mexico	564,559	33	December 1, 2017	Council–manager	List
Regina Romero	Democratic	Tucson	Arizona	542,629	34	December 2, 2019	Council–manager	List
Jerry Dyer	Republican	Fresno	California	542,107	35	January 4, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Darrell Steinberg	Democratic	Sacramento	California	524,943	36	December 13, 2016	Council–manager	List
Quinton Lucas	Democratic	Kansas City	Missouri	508,090	37	August 1, 2019	Council–manager	List
John Giles	Republican	Mesa	Arizona	504,258	38	September 18, 2014	Council–manager	List
Andre Dickens	Democratic	Atlanta	Georgia	498,715	39	January 3, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Jean Stothert	Republican	Omaha	Nebraska	486,051	40	June 10, 2013	Mayor–council	List
John Suthers	Republican	Colorado Springs	Colorado	478,961	41	June 2, 2015	Mayor–council
Mary-Ann Baldwin	Democratic	Raleigh	North Carolina	467,665	42	December 2, 2019	Council–manager	List
Rex Richardson	Democratic	Long Beach	California	466,742	43	December 20, 2022	Council–manager	List
Bobby Dyer	Republican	Virginia Beach	Virginia	459,470	44	November 20, 2018	Council–manager	List
Francis X. Suarez	Republican	Miami	Florida	442,241	45	November 15, 2017	Mayor–council	List
Sheng Thao	Democratic	Oakland	California	440,646	46	January 9, 2023	Mayor–council	List
Jacob Frey	Democratic	Minneapolis	Minnesota	429,954	47	January 2, 2018	Mayor–council	List
G. T. Bynum	Republican	Tulsa	Oklahoma	413,066	48	December 5, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Karen Goh	Republican	Bakersfield	California	403,455	49	January 3, 2017	Council–manager	List
Brandon Whipple	Democratic	Wichita	Kansas	397,532	50	January 13, 2020	Council–manager	List