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.

Cities

	State capital
	State largest city
	State capital and largest city

2020 population rank	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 places (CDPs)

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

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

• List of United States cities by population
• Southeastern United States

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