Lancaster Metro Area Population 1950-2020
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Lancaster metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Lancaster in 2020 is 497,000, a 1.64% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Lancaster in 2019 was 489,000, a 1.66% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Lancaster in 2018 was 481,000, a 2.12% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of Lancaster in 2017 was 471,000, a 2.39% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,804,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,447,000 |
| Chicago |
8,865,000 |
| Houston |
6,371,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,301,000 |
| Miami |
6,122,000 |
| Atlanta |
5,803,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,717,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,322,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,511,000 |
| Boston |
4,309,000 |
| Detroit |
3,548,000 |
| Seattle |
3,433,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,314,000 |
| San Diego |
3,251,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,926,000 |
| Tampa |
2,877,000 |
| Denver |
2,827,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,699,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,469,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,325,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,320,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,213,000 |
| Portland |
2,151,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,123,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,054,000 |
| Austin |
2,053,000 |
| Orlando |
1,964,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,807,000 |
| San Jose |
1,791,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,763,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,746,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,704,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,686,000 |
| Columbus |
1,644,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,477,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,444,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,439,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,280,000 |
| Nashville |
1,249,000 |
| Providence |
1,200,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,169,000 |
| Memphis |
1,150,000 |
| Richmond |
1,105,000 |
| Louisville |
1,089,000 |
| McAllen |
1,012,000 |
| Hartford |
999,000 |
| New Orleans |
992,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
989,000 |
| Tucson |
982,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
953,000 |
| El Paso |
951,000 |
| Albuquerque |
915,000 |
| Honolulu |
892,000 |
| Buffalo |
891,000 |
| Cape Coral |
851,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
848,000 |
| Birmingham |
842,000 |
| Omaha |
835,000 |
| Fresno |
769,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
766,000 |
| Tulsa |
766,000 |
| Allentown |
763,000 |
| Rochester |
743,000 |
| Dayton |
741,000 |
| Knoxville |
741,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
736,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
734,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
716,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
711,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
708,000 |
| Bakersfield |
691,000 |
| Concord |
683,000 |
| Springfield |
669,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
668,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
636,000 |
| Albany |
630,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
599,000 |
| New Haven |
593,000 |
| The Woodlands |
570,000 |
| Akron |
565,000 |
| Worcester |
548,000 |
| Des Moines |
544,000 |
| Harrisburg |
542,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
537,000 |
| Greenville |
529,000 |
| Kissimmee |
528,000 |
| Wichita |
527,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
521,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
519,000 |
| Little Rock |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
509,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
509,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
507,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
504,000 |
| Reno |
504,000 |
| Lancaster |
497,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
491,000 |
| Madison |
487,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
476,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
467,000 |
| Boise City |
447,000 |
| Spokane |
447,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
445,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
444,000 |
| Stockton |
436,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
421,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
420,000 |
| Syracuse |
420,000 |
| Durham |
418,000 |
| Modesto |
411,000 |
| Concord |
401,000 |
| Visalia |
401,000 |
| Oxnard |
397,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
392,000 |
| Huntsville |
384,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
377,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
370,000 |
| Greensboro |
361,000 |
| Lafayette |
358,000 |
| Youngstown |
357,000 |
| Pensacola |
355,000 |
| Asheville |
354,000 |
| Antioch |
353,000 |
| Montgomery |
352,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
347,000 |
| Fayetteville |
347,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Lakeland |
344,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
340,000 |
| Fort Collins |
337,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
334,000 |
| Mobile |
333,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
331,000 |
| Trenton |
329,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
328,000 |
| Lansing |
326,000 |
| Rockford |
324,000 |
| Savannah |
324,000 |
| Shreveport |
322,000 |
| Laredo |
315,000 |
|
Lancaster - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2020 |
497,000 |
1.64% |
| 2019 |
489,000 |
1.66% |
| 2018 |
481,000 |
2.12% |
| 2017 |
471,000 |
2.39% |
| 2016 |
460,000 |
2.00% |
| 2015 |
451,000 |
2.27% |
| 2014 |
441,000 |
2.32% |
| 2013 |
431,000 |
2.13% |
| 2012 |
422,000 |
2.18% |
| 2011 |
413,000 |
2.23% |
| 2010 |
404,000 |
2.02% |
| 2009 |
396,000 |
2.33% |
| 2008 |
387,000 |
2.11% |
| 2007 |
379,000 |
2.16% |
| 2006 |
371,000 |
2.20% |
| 2005 |
363,000 |
2.25% |
| 2004 |
355,000 |
2.31% |
| 2003 |
347,000 |
2.06% |
| 2002 |
340,000 |
2.41% |
| 2001 |
332,000 |
2.15% |
| 2000 |
325,000 |
4.50% |
| 1999 |
311,000 |
5.07% |
| 1998 |
296,000 |
5.34% |
| 1997 |
281,000 |
5.24% |
| 1996 |
267,000 |
5.53% |
| 1995 |
253,000 |
4.98% |
| 1994 |
241,000 |
5.24% |
| 1993 |
229,000 |
5.53% |
| 1992 |
217,000 |
5.34% |
| 1991 |
206,000 |
5.10% |
| 1990 |
196,000 |
2.62% |
| 1989 |
191,000 |
2.14% |
| 1988 |
187,000 |
2.19% |
| 1987 |
183,000 |
2.23% |
| 1986 |
179,000 |
2.29% |
| 1985 |
175,000 |
1.74% |
| 1984 |
172,000 |
2.38% |
| 1983 |
168,000 |
1.82% |
| 1982 |
165,000 |
1.85% |
| 1981 |
162,000 |
2.53% |
| 1980 |
158,000 |
2.60% |
| 1979 |
154,000 |
3.36% |
| 1978 |
149,000 |
2.76% |
| 1977 |
145,000 |
2.84% |
| 1976 |
141,000 |
2.92% |
| 1975 |
137,000 |
3.01% |
| 1974 |
133,000 |
3.10% |
| 1973 |
129,000 |
3.20% |
| 1972 |
125,000 |
2.46% |
| 1971 |
122,000 |
3.39% |
| 1970 |
118,000 |
2.61% |
| 1969 |
115,000 |
1.77% |
| 1968 |
113,000 |
2.73% |
| 1967 |
110,000 |
1.85% |
| 1966 |
108,000 |
2.86% |
| 1965 |
105,000 |
1.94% |
| 1964 |
103,000 |
1.98% |
| 1963 |
101,000 |
2.02% |
| 1962 |
99,000 |
3.13% |
| 1961 |
96,000 |
2.13% |
| 1960 |
94,000 |
2.17% |
| 1959 |
92,000 |
1.10% |
| 1958 |
91,000 |
2.25% |
| 1957 |
89,000 |
2.30% |
| 1956 |
87,000 |
2.35% |
| 1955 |
85,000 |
2.41% |
| 1954 |
83,000 |
1.22% |
| 1953 |
82,000 |
2.50% |
| 1952 |
80,000 |
2.56% |
| 1951 |
78,000 |
1.30% |
| 1950 |
77,000 |
0.00% |
