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Where to retire?

US City Populations Stats

1 New York City New York 8,214,426
2 Los Angeles California 3,849,368
3 Chicago Illinois 2,873,326
4 Houston Texas 2,144,491
5 Phoenix Arizona 1,512,986
6 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,448,396
7 San Antonio Texas 1,296,682
8 San Diego California 1,256,951
9 Dallas Texas 1,232,940
10 San Jose California 929,936
11 Detroit Michigan 918,849
12 Jacksonville Florida 794,555
13 Indianapolis Indiana 785,597
14 San Francisco California 744,041
15 Columbus Ohio 733,203
16 Au Texas 709,893
17 Memphis Tennessee 670,902
18 Fort Worth Texas 653,320
19 Baltimored Maryland 640,961
20 Charlotte North Carolina 630,478
21 El Paso Texas 609,415
22 Milwaukee Wisconsin 602,782
23 Boston Massachusetts 590,763
24 Seattle Washington 582,454
25 Washington District of Columbia 581,530
26 Denver Colorado 566,974
27 Louisvillea Kentucky 554,496
28 Las Vegas Nevada 552,539
29 Nashvillea Tennessee 552,120
30 Oklahoma City Oklahoma 537,734
31 Portland Oregon 537,081
32 Tucson Arizona 518,956
33 Albuquerque New Mexico 504,949

Retirement destinations under 500,000

34 Atlanta Georgia 486,411
35 Long Beach California 472,494
36 Fresno California 466,714
37 Sacramento California 453,781
38 Mesa Arizona 447,541
39 Kansas City Missouri 447,306
40 Cleveland Ohio 444,323
41 Virginia Beach Virginia 435,619
42 Omaha Nebraska 419,545
43 Miami Florida 404,048
44 Oakland California 397,067
45 Tulsa Oklahoma 382,872
46 Honolulu Hawaii 377,357
47 Minneapolis Minnesota 372,833
48 Colorado Springs Colorado 372,437
49 Arlington Texas 367,197
50 Wichita Kansas 357,698
51 Raleigh North Carolina 356,321
52 St. Louis Missouri 353,837
53 Santa Ana California 340,024
54 Anaheim California 334,425
55 Tampa Florida 332,888
56 Cincinnati Ohio 332,252
57 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 312,819
58 Bakersfield California 308,392
59 Aurora Colorado 303,582
60 Toledo Ohio 298,446
61 Riverside California 293,761
62 Stockton California 290,141
63 Corpus Christi Texas 285,267
64 Newark New Jersey 281,402
65 Anchorage Alaska 278,700
66 Buffalo New York 276,059
67 St. Paul Minnesota 273,535
68 Lexington-Fayette Kentucky 270,789
69 Plano Texas 255,009

Places to retire with less than 1/4 million population:

70 Fort Wayne Indiana 248,637
71 St. Petersburg Florida 248,098
72 Glendale Arizona 246,531
73 Jersey City New Jersey 241,789
74 Lincoln Nebraska 241,167
75 Henderson Nevada 240,614
76 Chandler Arizona 240,595
77 Norfolkd Virginia 238,832
78 Greensboro North Carolina 236,865
79 Scottsdale Arizona 231,127
80 Baton Rouge Louisiana 229,553
81 Birmingham Alabama 229,424
82 Madison Wisconsin 223,389
83 New Orleans Louisiana 223,388
84 Chesapeaked Virginia 220,560
85 Orlando Florida 220,186
86 Garland Texas 217,963
87 Hialeah Florida 217,141
88 Laredo Texas 215,484
89 Chula Vista California 212,756
90 Lubbock Texas 212,169
91 Reno Nevada 210,255
92 Akron Ohio 209,704
93 Durham North Carolina 209,009
94 Rochester New York 208,123
95 Modesto California 205,721
96 Montgomery Alabama201,998
97 Fremont California 201,691
98 Shreveport Louisiana 200,199
99 Arlingtonc Virginia 199,776
100 Glendale California 199,463
101 San Bernardino California 198,985
102 Boise Idaho 198,638
103 Spokane Washington 198,081
104 Yonkers New York 197,852
105 North Las Vegas Nevada 197,567
106 Winston-Salem North Carolina 196,990
107 Tacoma Washington 196,532
108 Irving Texas 196,084
109 Huntington Beach California 194,436
110 Irvine California 193,956
111 Des Moines Iowa 193,886
112 Grand Rapids Michigan 193,083
113 Richmondd Virginia 192,913
114 Mobile Alabama 192,830
115 Gilbert Arizona 191,517
116 Augusta Georgia 189,366
117 Columbus Georgia 188,660
118 Fort Lauderdale Florida 185,804
119 Amarillo Texas 185,525
120 Oxnard California 184,463
121 Little Rock Arkansas 184,422
122 Moreno Valley California 183,571
123 Knoxville Tennessee 182,337
124 Salt Lake City Utah 178,858
125 Newport Newsd Virginia 178,281
126 Jackson Mississippi 176,614
127 Worcester Massachusetts 175,454
128 Providence Rhode Island 175,255
129 Ontario California 173,351
130 Brownsville Texas 172,437
131 Rancho Cucamonga California 170,714
132 Aurora Illinois 170,617
133 Fontana California 170,099
134 Tempe Arizona 169,712
135 Rockford Illinois 155,138
136 Huntsville Alabama 168,132
137 Fayetteville North Carolina 168,033
138 Santa Clarita California 168,008
139 Overland Park Kansas 166,722
140 Garden Grove California 166,296
141 Oceanside California 165,803
142 Tallahassee Florida 159,012
143 Vancouver Washington 158,855
144 Dayton Ohio 156,771
145 Chattanooga Tennessee 168,293
146 Pomona California 154,271
147 Santa Rosa California 154,212
148 Grand Prairie Texas 153,812
149 Salem Oregon 152,239
150 Cape Coral Florida 151,389
151 Springfield Massachusetts 151,176
152 Springfield Missouri 150,797
153 Corona California 150,253
154 Pembroke Pines Florida 150,064
155 Paterson New Jersey 148,708
156 Eugene Oregon 146,356
157 Hollywood Florida 145,794
158 Salinas California 145,032
159 Hamptond Virginia 145,017
160 Pasadena Texas 144,793
161 Pasadena California 144,133
162 Port St. Lucie Florida 143,868
163 Kansas City Kansas 143,801
164 Naperville Illinois 142,901
165 Joliet Illinois 142,702
166 Sioux Falls South Dakota 142,396
167 Torrance California 142,350
168 Peoria Arizona 142,024
169 Lancaster California 140,804
170 Syracuse New York 140,658
171 Hayward California 140,606
172 Lakewood Colorado 140,024
173 Palmdale California 138,790
174 Alexandriad Virginia 138,237
175 Bridgeport Connecticut 137,912
176 Orange California 135,070
177 Warren Michigan 134,589
178 Escondido California 133,510
179 Fullerton California 132,918
180 Mesquite Texas 131,447
181 Sunnyvale California 130,519
182 Coral Springs Florida 129,805
183 Fort Collins Colorado 129,467
184 Elk Grove California 129,184
185 Sterling Heights Michigan 127,991
186 Savannah Georgia 127,889
187 McAllen Texas 126,411
188 Elizabeth New Jersey 126,179
189 Hartford Connecticut 124,512
190 Cedar Rapids Iowa 124,417
191 Thousand Oaks California 124,207
192 New Haven Connecticut 124,001
193 El Monte California 123,162
194 Concord California 122,204
195 Topeka Kansas 122,113
196 Carrollton Texas 121,604
197 Waco Texas 121,496
198 Simi Valley California 121,288
199 West Valleye Utah 120,235
200 Columbia South Carolina 119,961
201 Stamford Connecticut 119,261
202 Bellevue Washington 118,186
203 Flint Michigan 117,068
204 Vallejo California 116,844
205 Springfield Illinois 116,482
206 Evansville Indiana 115,738
207 Inglewood California 114,914
208 Abilene Texas 114,797
209 Olathe Kansas 114,662
210 Lansing Michigan 114,276
211 Lafayette Louisiana 114,214
212 Provo Utah 113,984
213 Visalia California 113,487
214 Ann Arbor Michigan 113,206
215 Clarksville Tennessee 113,175
216 Peoria Illinois 113,107
217 Cary North Carolina 112,414
218 Athensa Georgia 111,580
219 Beaumont Texas 109,856
220 Costa Mesa California 109,809
221 Denton Texas 109,561
222 Manchester New Hampshire 109,497
223 Independence Missouri 109,400
224 Downey Callifornia 109,376
225 Thornton Colorado 109,155
226 Gainesville Florida 108,655
227 Santa Clara California 108,518
228 Miramar Florida 108,072
229 Charleston South Carolina 107,845
230 West Covina California 107,745
231 Clearwater Florida 107,742
232 McKinney Texas 107,530
233 Allentown Pennsylvania 107,294
234 Waterbury Connecticut 107,251
235 Roseville California 107,158
236 Westminster Colorado 105,753
237 Norwalk California 105,240
238 South Bend Indiana 104,905
239 Fairfield California 104,897
240 Arvada Colorado 104,830
241 Pompano Beach Florida 104,402
242 Burbank California 104,317
243 San Buenaventura California 104,092
244 Pueblo Colorado 103,730
245 Lowell Massachusetts 103,229
246 Norman Oklahoma 102,827
247 Richmond California 102,120
248 Midland Texas 102,073
249 Erie Pennsylvania 102,036
250 Killeen Texas 102,003
251 Elgin Illinois 101,903
252 Berkeley California 101,555
253 Portsmouth Virginia 101,377
254 Cambridge Massachusetts 101,365
255 Daly City California 101,005
256 Antioch California 100,586
257 Green Bay Wisconsin 100,353
258 Billings Montana 100,148

Source: United States Census Bureau on 2006-07-01:

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