Results – Kid Friendly Cities https://www.kidfriendlycities.org Children's Museum & Family Vacations Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:10:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.4 Large Cities https://www.kidfriendlycities.org/2004/article13.html https://www.kidfriendlycities.org/2004/article13.html#respond Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:27:51 +0000 https://www.kidfriendlycities.org/?p=34 Definition and Overall Rank A little over 28 million people live in the 80 cities in the Large Cities category — almost the same number that live in the 20 Major Cities. Together, the Large Cities and Major Cities comprise…

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A little over 28 million people live in the 80 cities in the Large Cities category — almost the same number that live in the 20 Major Cities. Together, the Large Cities and Major Cities comprise the 100 largest cities (in population) in the United States. The average Large City has a population of about 350,000 (about the size of Wichita, KS), including approximately 91,000 children under the age of 18. The Large Cities range in size from more than one million in San Antonio to just over 191,000 in Irving, TX. Santa Ana, CA, has the highest proportion of children (34.2%), while Madison, WI, has the lowest (17.9%).

Large Cities: Overall Rank

Rank City State Grade
1 Des Moines IA A+
2 Spokane WA A+
3 Madison WI A
4 Fremont CA A
5 Yonkers NY A
6 Glendale CA A
7 Kansas City MO A
8 Indianapolis IN A
9 Fort Wayne IN A-
10 St. Paul MN A-
11 Raleigh NC A-
12 Tacoma WA A-
13 Anchorage AK A-
14 San Jose CA A-
15 Greensboro NC A-
16 Portland OR A-
17 Lincoln NE A-
18 Lexington KY A-
19 Virginia Beach VA A-
20 Grand Rapids MI B+
21 Rochester NY B+
22 Pittsburgh PA B+
23 Omaha NE B+
24 Louisville KY B+
25 Oakland CA B+
26 Honolulu HI B+
27 Jersey City NJ B+
28 Austin TX B+
29 Wichita KS B+
30 Buffalo NY B+
31 Irving TX B+
32 Plano TX B+
33 Colorado Springs CO B+
34 Scottsdale AZ B+
35 Augusta GA B
36 Aurora CO B
37 Sacramento CA B
38 Newark NJ B
39 Charlotte NC B
40 Anaheim CA B
41 Riverside CA B
42 Arlington TX B
43 Long Beach CA B
44 Garland TX B
45 Milwaukee WI B
46 Akron OH B
47 Columbus OH B
48 Mesa AZ B
49 Tucson AZ B
50 Norfolk VA B-
51 Jacksonville FL B-
52 Fort Worth TX B-
53 Albuquerque NM B-
54 San Antonio TX B-
55 Chesapeake VA B-
56 Glendale AZ B-
57 Hialeah FL B-
58 Toledo OH B-
59 Santa Ana CA B-
60 Cincinnati OH B-
61 Tampa FL B-
62 Corpus Christi TX B-
63 Stockton CA C+
64 Lubbock TX C+
65 Richmond VA C+
66 Tulsa OK C+
67 Nashville TN C+
68 Las Vegas NV C+
69 Montgomery AL C+
70 St. Petersburg FL C+
71 Fresno CA C+
72 Oklahoma City OK C+
73 Mobile AL C
74 El Paso TX C
75 Baton Rouge LA C
76 Bakersfield CA C
77 Memphis TN C-
78 New Orleans LA C-
79 Shreveport LA C-
80 Birmingham AL C-

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]]> More than 28 million people live in the 20 cities in the Major Cities category. While this is only about 10 percent of the total population, it is an incredibly important 10 percent. A disproportionate share of our news, ideas, governance, influence, wealth, and popular culture comes from these cities. The average Major City has a population of about 1.42 million people (about the size of Philadelphia), including about 340,000 children under the age of 18. The Major Cities range in size from more than 8 million in New York City to just under 350,000 in St. Louis. Detroit has the highest proportion of children (31%), while San Francisco has the lowest (14.6%). We define a Major City as the main city in an MSA (metropolitan statistical area) that contains at least 2.5 million people. Thus, places like St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Miami, with city populations of less than 400,000, are included as Major Cities, while larger cities such as San Antonio, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee are not. A Major City is determined by the population of the metro area—not the size of the core city.

Major Cities: Overall Rank

Rank City State Grade
1. Seattle WA A
2. Boston MA A
3. San Diego CA A-
4. San Francisco CA A-
5. Minneapolis MN A-
6. New York NY B+
7. Denver CO B+
8. Philadelphia PA B+
9. Chicago IL B+
10. LA CA B
11. St. Louis MO B
12. Washington DC B
13. Atlanta GA B
14. Baltimore MD B-
15. Houston TX B-
16. Dallas TX B-
17. Miami FL C+
18. Phoenix AZ C
19. Detroit MI C
20. Cleveland OH C-

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