the table below lists the 331 incorporated places in the united states with more than 100,000 people living in them on july 1, 2021, as estimated by the united states census bureau. a city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital city, and in "italics" if it is the city with the most people of the state. five states—delaware, maine, vermont, west virginia and wyoming—do not have cities with more than 100,000 people living in them.