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Cities
Rank City Population
Aberdeen, NJ 18,100
Aberdeen, SD 23,500
Abilene, TX 113,400
Abington, MA 15,100
Absecon, NJ 8,400
Accokeek, MD 8,400
Acton, MA 20,400
Acworth, GA 15,500
Addison, IL 36,600
Addison, TX 15,400
Adelphi, MD 18,300
Affton, MO 20,100
Agawam, MA 28,300
Agoura Hills, CA 22,600
Ahuimanu, HI 8,500
Aiea, HI 9,000
Aiken, SC 26,200
Airmont, NY 8,000
Akron, OH 213,000
Alabaster, AL 29,600
Alachua, FL 6,900
Alameda, CA 71,200
Alamo, CA 16,700
Alamogordo, NM 36,200
Albany, CA 16,500
Albany, OR 42,700
Albemarle, NC 15,400
Albertville, AL 17,500
Albuquerque, NM 487,400
Alcoa, TN 8,500
Alderwood Manor, WA 16,400
Alexander City, AL 14,000
Alexandria, KY 8,500
Alexandria, VA 139,600
Algonquin, IL 28,900
Aliso Viejo, CA 53,300
Allen, TX 70,600
Allen Park, MI 27,800
Allendale, MI 13,300
Allentown, PA 110,600
Alliance, NE 8,200
Allouez, WI 15,500
Aloha, OR 48,200
Alondra Park, CA 8,900
Alpharetta, GA 45,300
Alpine, CA 15,100
Alpine, UT 8,800
Alsip, IL 19,200
Altadena, CA 44,600
Altamonte Springs, FL 43,400
Altoona, IA 12,100
Altus, OK 19,900
Alum Rock, CA 13,500
Alvin, TX 24,000
Amarillo, TX 183,000
American Canyon, CA 12,500
American Fork, UT 27,000
Ames, IA 51,700
Amesbury, MA 12,500
Amherst, NH 11,700
Amherst, NY 114,100
Amherst, OH 12,800
Amherst Center, MA 17,600
Amityville, NY 9,900
Ammon, ID 6,800
Anaconda-Deer Lodge, MT 8,800
Anacortes, WA 16,300
Anaheim, CA 348,700
Anchorage, AK 280,800
Anderson, SC 26,200
Anderson Mill, TX 10,800
Andover, FL 8,400
Andover, KS 7,400
Andover, MA 8,100
Andover, MN 29,100
Angleton, TX 20,400
Angola, IN 7,300
Ankeny, IA 30,300
Ann Arbor, MI 119,000
Annandale, VA 55,600
Annapolis, MD 37,400
Anoka, MN 19,400
Antioch, CA 99,400
Antioch, IL 10,100
14 Apex, NC 26,300
Apollo Beach, FL 7,900
Apopka, FL 31,200
28 Apple Valley, MN 49,700
Appleton, WI 73,100
Aptos, CA 9,100
Aquia Harbour, VA 10,100
Arbutus, MD 20,600
Arcadia, CA 56,500
Archdale, NC 9,600
Arden Hills, MN 9,300
Arden-Arcade, CA 104,700
Ardmore, OK 24,400
Ardmore, PA 12,700
Arkadelphia, AR 10,100
Arlington, MA 41,400
Arlington, NY 13,200
Arlington, TX 378,800
Arlington, VA 201,200
Arlington, WA 12,900
Arlington Heights, IL 74,100
Arnold, MD 24,400
Arnold, MO 20,500
Arroyo Grande, CA 16,400
Artesia, CA 17,200
Artesia, NM 10,500
Artondale, WA 9,100
Arvada, CO 99,800
Asheville, NC 69,400
Ashland, KY 21,300
Ashland, MA 14,900
Ashland, NJ 8,300
Ashland, OH 21,700
Ashland, OR 20,700
Ashwaubenon, WI 18,200
Aspen Hill, MD 54,000
Atascadero, CA 27,200
Atascocita, TX 48,500
Athens, AL 20,200
Athens, TN 13,400
Athens-Clarke County, GA 102,700
Atlanta, GA 474,000
Atlantic Beach, FL 14,300
Attleboro, MA 43,300
Auburn, AL 44,100
Auburn, CA 16,000
Auburn, IN 12,800
Auburn, ME 23,500
Auburn Hills, MI 21,000
Auburndale, FL 11,900
Audubon, NJ 9,200
Augusta, KS 8,800
Augusta, ME 18,600
Augusta-Richmond County, GA 186,500
Aurora, CO 294,800
Aurora, IL 170,700
Aurora, OH 14,300
Austin, TX 700,100
Austintown, OH 30,700
Avenel, NJ 18,000
Aventura, FL 29,000
Avocado Heights, CA 15,800
Avon, CT 16,800
Avon, IN 8,200
Avon, OH 12,900
Avon Lake, OH 19,400
Avondale, AZ 54,300
Azle, TX 10,500
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Plentiful cultural options
Job growth
Sunny weather
Short commute time
Good health care access
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Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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Hottest
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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