| Rank | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | City name | City name | City name | City name | City name |
| 1 | New York, NY | New York, NY | New York, NY | New York, NY | New York, NY | 2 | Chicago, IL | Chicago, IL | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | Philadelphia, PA | Los Angeles, CA | Chicago, IL | Chicago, IL | Chicago, IL | 4 | Los Angeles, CA | Philadelphia, PA | Houston, TX | Houston, TX | Houston, TX | 5 | Detroit, MI | Detroit, MI | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia, PA |
| 6 | Baltimore, MD | Houston, TX | San Diego, CA | Phoenix, AZ | Phoenix, AZ | 7 | Cleveland, OH | Baltimore, MD | Detroit, MI | San Diego, CA | San Antonio, TX | 8 | St. Louis, MO | Dallas, TX | Dallas, TX | Dallas, TX | San Diego, CA | 9 | Washington, DC | Washington, DC | San Antonio, TX | Louisville-Jefferson Co, KY | Dallas, TX | 10 | Boston, MA | Cleveland, OH | Phoenix, AZ | San Antonio, TX | San Jose, CA |
| 11 | San Francisco, CA | Indianapolis, IN | San Jose, CA | Detroit, MI | Jacksonville, FL | 12 | Pittsburgh, PA | Milwaukee, WI | Baltimore, MD | San Jose, CA | Indianapolis, IN | 13 | Milwaukee, WI | San Francisco, CA | Indianapolis, IN | Indianapolis, IN | San Francisco, CA | 14 | Houston, TX | San Diego, CA | San Francisco, CA | San Francisco, CA | Austin, TX | 15 | Buffalo, NY | San Antonio, TX | Columbus, OH | Jacksonville, FL | Columbus, OH |
| 16 | New Orleans, LA | Boston, MA | Jacksonville, FL | Columbus, OH | Fort Worth, TX | 17 | Minneapolis, MN | Memphis, TN | Milwaukee, WI | Austin, TX | Charlotte, NC | 18 | Cincinnati, OH | St. Louis, MO | Memphis, TN | Baltimore, MD | Detroit, MI | 19 | Seattle, WA | New Orleans, LA | Washington, DC | Memphis, TN | El Paso, TX | 20 | Kansas City, MO | Phoenix, AZ | Boston, MA | Milwaukee, WI | Memphis, TN |
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