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23 cities rank in this category: each has at least 5 such listings and 10,000 or more residents. Within each size class, cities are ordered by the adjusted rate of listings per 10,000 residents, with the raw rate and the other measures on every row. Open in the explorer to rank by another measure or compare categories, or open it live in Explore to narrow it further.
Coverage. Style comes from the National Register index, Wikidata and, where the nomination text has been read, from the text itself. Nominations have been read for 50 states and the District of Columbia so far, so 23 of the 23 cities ranked here are in a state already read. This will shift as the rest are read.
10,000-24,999 residents 2 ranked
1
Canal Winchester, OH
10,170 residents · 8.1 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 2 ranked
4.30
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 8.85 · 1.11 / sq mi · composite 50
2
Maywood, IL
23,201 residents · 2.7 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 2 ranked
1.48
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.16 · 1.84 / sq mi · composite 50
Only 2 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
25,000-49,999 residents No city of this size has 5 or more listings in this category.
50,000-99,999 residents 4 ranked
1
Iowa City, IA
75,752 residents · 25.8 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.67
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.06 · 0.31 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Muncie, IN
64,751 residents · 27.4 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.56
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.93 · 0.22 / sq mi · composite 66.7
3
Cranston, RI
83,250 residents · 28.3 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.40
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.60 · 0.18 / sq mi · composite 33.3
4
Lawrence, KS
96,051 residents · 34.6 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.36
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.52 · 0.14 / sq mi · composite 0
Only 4 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
100,000-249,999 residents 8 ranked
1
Birmingham, AL
198,173 residents · 146.9 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.48
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.61 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 78.6
2
Little Rock, AR
203,436 residents · 121.2 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.39
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.49 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 78.6
3
Spokane, WA
230,293 residents · 68.8 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.32
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.39 · 0.13 / sq mi · composite 71.4
4
Mobile, AL
203,416 residents · 150.8 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.31
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.39 · 0.05 / sq mi · composite 50
5
Columbia, SC
139,643 residents · 139.4 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.26
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 21.5
6
Rochester, NY
208,772 residents · 35.8 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.20
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.24 · 0.14 / sq mi · composite 57.2
7
Salt Lake City, UT
208,007 residents · 110.9 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.20
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.24 · 0.05 / sq mi · composite 21.5
8
Des Moines, IA
212,421 residents · 88.2 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 8 ranked
0.19
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.24 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 21.5
250,000-499,999 residents 2 ranked
1
Fort Wayne, IN
268,589 residents · 111.8 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 2 ranked
0.18
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.26 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Lincoln, NE
294,856 residents · 102.5 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 2 ranked
0.14
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.20 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 0
Only 2 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
500,000-999,999 residents 7 ranked
1
Memphis, TN
618,980 residents · 289.8 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.18 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 66.7
2
Indianapolis city (balance), IN
885,860 residents · 361.0 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.11
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.12 · 0.03 / sq mi · composite 50
3
Baltimore, MD
573,243 residents · 80.9 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.10
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.12 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 83.4
4
Denver, CO
718,877 residents · 153.1 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.10
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.11 · 0.05 / sq mi · composite 50
5
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN
690,130 residents · 475.6 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.09
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.10 · 0.01 / sq mi · composite 16.7
6
Washington, DC
681,294 residents · 61.1 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.07
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.07 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 50
7
Seattle, WA
754,195 residents · 84.0 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 7 ranked
0.06
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.07 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 33.4
1,000,000+ residents No city of this size has 5 or more listings in this category.
Below the ranking floor 267 cities Cities with 1 to 4 listings in this category, by count. Too few to rate fairly, so they are listed, not ranked. Click a city to see the listings in the explorer.
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA 4 Charleston, WV 4 Dayton, OH 4 Fort Smith, AR 4 Hagerstown, MD 4 Janesville, WI 4 Marshfield, WI 4 Martinsburg, WV 4 Portland, OR 4 West Palm Beach, FL 4 Wheeling, WV 4 Atlanta, GA 3 Belton, TX 3 Bowling Green, KY 3 Bristol, CT 3 Catonsville, MD 3 Cheyenne, WY 3 Chicago, IL 3 Conway, AR 3 Covington, KY 3 Elkhart, IN 3 Forest Grove, OR 3 Grand Forks, ND 3 Kalispell, MT 3 Lexington-Fayette, KY 3 Michigan City, IN 3 Milwaukee, WI 3 Missoula, MT 3 Morgantown, WV 3 New Albany, IN 3 Newport, KY 3 Pasadena, CA 3 Platteville, WI 3 Roanoke, VA 3 Shreveport, LA 3 South Bend, IN 3 Stoughton, WI 3 Tacoma, WA 3 Watertown, SD 3 Aberdeen, SD 2 Bellingham, WA 2 Bend, OR 2 Bismarck, ND 2 Bloomington, IN 2 Cambridge, MD 2 Cedar Rapids, IA 2 Cleveland, OH 2 Columbus, OH 2 Cumberland, MD 2 Danville, IN 2 De Pere, WI 2 Dyersburg, TN 2 Eau Claire, WI 2 Fairmont, WV 2 Florence, AL 2 Frankfort, IN 2 Franklin, TN 2 Fremont, NE 2 Gary, IN 2 Great Falls, MT 2 and 207 more
Listings through 2026-05-21; population and housing units ACS 2024 5-year; boundaries TIGER 2025. Cities ranked from 10,000 residents with at least 5 listings in the category. Built 2026-10-15.
Data: National Park Service (National Register, NPGallery), U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER/Line, Gazetteer, ACS 5-year),
Register Atlas (CC0). How the index works . Tags marked inferred are
synthesised from evidence and open to verification.