List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States
This is a list of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States, are ordered the estimated populations as of the 2020 Census.[1] These 50 cities have a combined population of 49.6 million, or 15% of the national population. Louisville, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, and Honolulu have consolidated city-county governments where the mayor is elected by residents of the entire county, not just that of the main city; in these cases the population and respective rank are for the county.
In some states, mayors are officially elected on a nonpartisan basis; however, their party affiliation or preference is generally known, and where it is known it is shown in the list below.
The breakdown of mayoral political parties is 36 Democrats, 11 Republicans, and 3 Independents (two elected with state Democratic support).
List[]
Name | Photo | Party | City | State | Population[1] | Rank | Term Start | Form of Government | List |
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Eric Adams | Democratic | New York City | New York | 8,804,190 | 1 | January 1, 2022 | Mayor–council | List | |
Eric Garcetti | Democratic | Los Angeles | California | 3,898,747 | 2 | July 1, 2013 | Mayor–council | List | |
Lori Lightfoot | Democratic | Chicago | Illinois | 2,746,388 | 3 | May 20, 2019 | Mayor–council | List | |
Sylvester Turner | Democratic | Houston | Texas | 2,304,580 | 4 | January 2, 2016 | Mayor–council | List | |
Kate Gallego | Democratic | Phoenix | Arizona | 1,608,139 | 5 | March 21, 2019 | Council–manager | List | |
Jim Kenney | Democratic | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 1,603,797 | 6 | January 4, 2016 | Mayor–council | List | |
Ron Nirenberg | Independent | San Antonio | Texas | 1,434,625 | 7 | June 21, 2017 | Council–manager | List | |
Democratic | San Diego | California | 1,386,932 | 8 | December 10, 2020 | Mayor–council | List | ||
Eric Johnson | Democratic | Dallas | Texas | 1,304,379 | 9 | June 17, 2019 | Council–manager | List | |
Rick Blangiardi | Independent | Honolulu | Hawaii | 1,016,508 | 10 | January 2, 2021 | Mayor–council | List | |
Sam Liccardo | Democratic | San Jose | California | 1,013,240 | 11 | January 1, 2015 | Council–manager | List | |
Lenny Curry | Republican | Jacksonville | Florida | 995,567 | 12 | July 1, 2015 | Mayor–council | List | |
Steve Adler | Democratic | Austin | Texas | 961,855 | 13 | January 6, 2015 | Council–manager | List | |
Mattie Parker | Republican | Fort Worth | Texas | 918,915 | 14 | June 15, 2021 | Council–manager | List | |
Andrew Ginther | Democratic | Columbus | Ohio | 905,748 | 15 | January 1, 2016 | Mayor–council | List | |
Joe Hogsett | Democratic | Indianapolis | Indiana | 887,642 | 16 | January 1, 2016 | Mayor–council | List | |
Vi Lyles | Democratic | Charlotte | North Carolina | 874,579 | 17 | December 4, 2017 | Council–manager | List | |
London Breed | Democratic | San Francisco | California | 873,965 | 18 | July 11, 2018 | Mayor–council | List | |
Bruce Harrell | Democratic | Seattle | Washington | 737,015 | 19 | January 1, 2022 | Mayor–council | List | |
John Cooper | Democratic | Nashville | Tennessee | 715,884 | 20 | September 28, 2019 | Mayor–council | List | |
Michael Hancock | Democratic | Denver | Colorado | 715,522 | 21 | July 18, 2011 | Mayor–council | List | |
Muriel Bowser | Democratic | Washington | District of Columbia | 689,545 | 22 | January 2, 2015 | Mayor–council | List | |
David Holt | Republican | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 681,054 | 23 | April 10, 2018 | Council–manager | List | |
Oscar Leeser | Democratic | El Paso | Texas | 678,815 | 24 | January 5, 2021 | Council–manager | List | |
Michelle Wu | Democratic | Boston | Massachusetts | 675,647 | 25 | November 16, 2021 | Mayor–council | List | |
Ted Wheeler | Democratic | Portland | Oregon | 652,503 | 26 | January 1, 2017 | Commission | List | |
Carolyn Goodman | Independent | Las Vegas | Nevada | 641,903 | 27 | July 6, 2011 | Council–manager | List | |
Mike Duggan | Democratic | Detroit | Michigan | 639,111 | 28 | January 1, 2014 | Mayor–council | List | |
Jim Strickland | Democratic | Memphis | Tennessee | 633,104 | 29 | January 1, 2016 | Mayor–council | List | |
Greg Fischer | Democratic | Louisville | Kentucky | 633,045 | 30 | January 3, 2011 | Mayor–council | List | |
Brandon Scott | Democratic | Baltimore | Maryland | 585,708 | 31 | December 8, 2020 | Mayor–council | List | |
Cavalier Johnson Acting |
Democratic | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 577,222 | 32 | December 22, 2021 | Mayor–council | List | |
Tim Keller | Democratic | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 564,559 | 33 | December 1, 2017 | Council–manager | List | |
Regina Romero | Democratic | Tucson | Arizona | 542,629 | 34 | December 2, 2019 | Council–manager | List | |
Jerry Dyer | Republican | Fresno | California | 542,107 | 35 | January 4, 2021 | Mayor–council | List | |
Darrell Steinberg | Democratic | Sacramento | California | 524,943 | 36 | December 13, 2016 | Council–manager | List | |
Quinton Lucas | Democratic | Kansas City | Missouri | 508,090 | 37 | August 1, 2019 | Council–manager | List | |
John Giles | Republican | Mesa | Arizona | 504,258 | 38 | September 18, 2014 | Council–manager | List | |
Andre Dickens | Democratic | Atlanta | Georgia | 498,715 | 39 | January 3, 2022 | Mayor–council | List | |
Jean Stothert | Republican | Omaha | Nebraska | 486,051 | 40 | June 10, 2013 | Mayor–council | List | |
John Suthers | Republican | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 478,961 | 41 | June 2, 2015 | Mayor–council | ||
Mary-Ann Baldwin | Democratic | Raleigh | North Carolina | 467,665 | 42 | December 2, 2019 | Council–manager | List | |
Robert Garcia | Democratic | Long Beach | California | 466,742 | 43 | July 15, 2014 | Council–manager | List | |
Bobby Dyer | Republican | Virginia Beach | Virginia | 459,470 | 44 | November 20, 2018 | Council–manager | List | |
Francis X. Suarez | Republican | Miami | Florida | 442,241 | 45 | November 15, 2017 | Mayor–council | List | |
Libby Schaaf | Democratic | Oakland | California | 440,646 | 46 | January 5, 2015 | Mayor–council | List | |
Jacob Frey | DFL | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 429,954 | 47 | January 2, 2018 | Mayor–council | List | |
G. T. Bynum | Republican | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 413,066 | 48 | December 5, 2016 | Mayor–council | List | |
Karen Goh | Republican | Bakersfield | California | 403,455 | 49 | January 3, 2017 | Council–manager | List | |
Brandon Whipple | Democratic | Wichita | Kansas | 397,532 | 50 | January 13, 2020 | Council–manager | List |
See also[]
- List of longest-serving mayors in the United States
- List of United States cities by population
- Mayoralty in the United States
- United States Conference of Mayors
References[]
- ^ a b "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- Lists of mayors of places in the United States
- United States demography-related lists