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 249 of the 252 cities ranked here are in a state already read. This will shift as the rest are read.
1
St. Louis, MO city
288,512 residents · 61.7 sq mi ·
52 places in category
· 29 ranked
1.68
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.80 · 0.84 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Cleveland, OH city
366,097 residents · 77.7 sq mi ·
46 places in category
· 29 ranked
1.19
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.26 · 0.59 / sq mi · composite 94.7
3
Pittsburgh, PA city
304,759 residents · 55.4 sq mi ·
34 places in category
· 29 ranked
1.05
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.12 · 0.61 / sq mi · composite 94.7
4
Cincinnati, OH city
311,224 residents · 77.9 sq mi ·
29 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.88
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.93 · 0.37 / sq mi · composite 85.7
5
Buffalo, NY city
276,854 residents · 40.4 sq mi ·
18 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.62
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.65 · 0.45 / sq mi · composite 87.5
6
Madison, WI city
278,001 residents · 84.2 sq mi ·
16 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.55
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.58 · 0.19 / sq mi · composite 71.4
7
Minneapolis, MN city
427,246 residents · 54.0 sq mi ·
20 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.46
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.47 · 0.37 / sq mi · composite 76.8
8
Lincoln, NE city
294,856 residents · 102.5 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.46
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.47 · 0.14 / sq mi · composite 67.9
9
New Orleans, LA city
371,853 residents · 169.6 sq mi ·
15 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.39
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.40 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 53.6
10
Wichita, KS city
397,945 residents · 165.1 sq mi ·
15 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.37
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.38 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 55.4
11
Toledo, OH city
267,463 residents · 80.5 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.36
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.37 · 0.12 / sq mi · composite 59
12
St. Paul, MN city
307,284 residents · 52.0 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.35
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.21 / sq mi · composite 62.5
13
Winston-Salem, NC city
252,037 residents · 133.7 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.35
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 39.3
14
Newark, NJ city
310,178 residents · 24.1 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.32
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.32 · 0.41 / sq mi · composite 69.7
15
Durham, NC city
291,467 residents · 119.9 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.30
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.31 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 39.3
16
Lexington-Fayette, KY urban county
323,725 residents · 283.9 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.30
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.31 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 26.8
17
Raleigh, NC city
481,031 residents · 152.3 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.29 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 42.8
18
Fort Wayne, IN city
268,589 residents · 111.8 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.30 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 35.8
19
Tulsa, OK city
413,794 residents · 197.7 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.29 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 25
20
San Juan, PR zona urbana
317,995 residents · 39.8 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.28
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.28 · 0.23 / sq mi · composite 50
21
Miami, FL city
459,745 residents · 36.0 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.26
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.26 · 0.33 / sq mi · composite 48.2
22
Reno, NV city
273,212 residents · 109.3 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.26
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.26 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 19.7
23
Greensboro, NC city
301,198 residents · 134.7 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.26
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.27 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 19.7
24
Omaha, NE city
488,837 residents · 143.0 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.21
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.20 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 21.5
25
Jersey City, NJ city
294,078 residents · 14.7 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.18
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.17 · 0.34 / sq mi · composite 42.9
26
345,482 residents · 60.6 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.18
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.17 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 32.2
27
Colorado Springs, CO city
487,887 residents · 202.2 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.14 · 0.03 / sq mi · composite 3.6
28
Tampa, FL city
401,618 residents · 114.5 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.13
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.12 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 5.4
29
Oakland, CA city
439,418 residents · 56.0 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 29 ranked
0.12
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.11 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 19.7