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. 2024 Mar 29;11:325. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03149-8

Table 2.

Basic information on 20 representative U.S. cities.

No. City State Time Zone Census 2020 Land Area (km2) Population Density Congestion Ranking
1 San Francisco California Pacific Time 873,965 121.5 7,195 3
2 Seattle Washington 737,015 217.0 3,396 7
3 Portland Oregon 652,503 345.8 1,887 16
4 Las Vegas Nevada 641,903 367.3 1,748 25
5 Chicago Illinois Central Time 2,746,388 589.7 4,657 5
6 New Orleans Louisiana 383,997 439.0 875 19
7 Austin Texas 961,855 828.5 1,161 20
8 Minneapolis Minnesota 429,954 139.9 3,074 27
9 Dallas Texas 1,304,379 879.6 1,483 33
10 Milwaukee Wisconsin 577,222 249.2 2,300 28
11 New York City New York Eastern Time 8,804,190 778.3 11,312 1
12 Washington District of Columbia 689,545 158.2 4,358 2
13 Boston Massachusetts 675,647 125.1 5,401 4
14 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,603,797 348.1 4,607 8
15 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 302,971 143.5 2,112 9
16 Miami Florida 442,241 93.2 4,743 10
17 Atlanta Georgia 498,715 350.4 1,423 24
18 Phoenix Arizona Mountain Time 1,608,139 1,341.6 1,199 71
19 Denver Colorado 715,522 396.5 1,805 14
20 Honolulu Hawaii Hawaii-Aleutian Time 350,964 156.7 2,240 13