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, ordered by their populations as of July 1, 2022, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.^[1]^[2] These 50 cities have a combined population of 49.6 million, or 15% of the national population.

Honolulu, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Louisville, and Nashville 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, 10 Republicans, and 4 Independents (two elected with state Democratic support).

List of mayors

Name	Party	City	State	Population (2022 estimate)^[1]^[2]	Rank	Term start	Form of government	List
Eric Adams	Democratic	New York City	New York	8,335,897	1	January 1, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Karen Bass	Democratic	Los Angeles	California	3,822,238	2	December 11, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Brandon Johnson	Democratic	Chicago	Illinois	2,665,039	3	May 15, 2023	Mayor–council	List
John Whitmire	Democratic	Houston	Texas	2,302,878	4	January 1, 2024	Mayor–council	List
Kate Gallego	Democratic	Phoenix	Arizona	1,644,409	5	March 21, 2019	Council–manager	List
Cherelle Parker	Democratic	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,567,258	6	January 2, 2024	Mayor–council	List
Ron Nirenberg	Independent	San Antonio	Texas	1,472,909	7	June 21, 2017	Council–manager	List
Todd Gloria	Democratic	San Diego	California	1,381,162	8	December 10, 2020	Mayor–council	List
Eric Johnson	Republican^[a]	Dallas	Texas	1,299,544	9	June 17, 2019	Council–manager	List
Donna Deegan	Democratic	Jacksonville	Florida	1,016,536	10	July 1, 2023	Mayor–council	List
Rick Blangiardi	Independent	Honolulu	Hawaii	1,016,508	11	January 2, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Kirk Watson	Democratic	Austin	Texas	974,447	12	January 6, 2023	Council–manager	List
Matt Mahan	Democratic	San Jose	California	971,233	13	January 1, 2023	Council–manager	List
Joe Hogsett	Democratic	Indianapolis	Indiana	969,466	14	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Mattie Parker	Republican	Fort Worth	Texas	956,709	15	June 15, 2021	Council–manager	List
Andrew Ginther	Democratic	Columbus	Ohio	907,971	16	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Vi Lyles	Democratic	Charlotte	North Carolina	897,720	17	December 4, 2017	Council–manager	List
London Breed	Democratic	San Francisco	California	808,437	18	July 11, 2018	Mayor–council	List
Craig Greenberg	Democratic	Louisville	Kentucky	773,399	19	January 2, 2023	Mayor–council	List
Bruce Harrell	Democratic	Seattle	Washington	749,256	20	January 1, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Mike Johnston	Democratic	Denver	Colorado	713,252	21	July 17, 2023	Mayor–council	List
Freddie O'Connell	Democratic	Nashville	Tennessee	708,144	22	September 25, 2023	Mayor–council	List
David Holt	Republican	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	694,800	23	April 10, 2018	Council–manager	List
Oscar Leeser	Democratic	El Paso	Texas	677,456	24	January 5, 2021	Council–manager	List
Muriel Bowser	Democratic	Washington	District of Columbia	671,803	25	January 2, 2015	Mayor–council	List
Carolyn Goodman	Independent	Las Vegas	Nevada	656,274	26	July 6, 2011	Council–manager	List
Michelle Wu	Democratic	Boston	Massachusetts	650,706	27	November 16, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Ted Wheeler	Democratic	Portland	Oregon	635,067	28	January 1, 2017	Commission	List
Paul Young	Democratic	Memphis	Tennessee	621,056	29	January 1, 2024	Mayor–council	List
Mike Duggan	Democratic	Detroit	Michigan	620,376	30	January 1, 2014	Mayor–council	List
Brandon Scott	Democratic	Baltimore	Maryland	569,931	31	December 8, 2020	Mayor–council	List
Cavalier Johnson	Democratic	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	563,305	32	December 22, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Tim Keller	Democratic	Albuquerque	New Mexico	561,008	33	December 1, 2017	Council–manager	List
Regina Romero	Democratic	Tucson	Arizona	546,574	34	December 2, 2019	Council–manager	List
Jerry Dyer	Republican	Fresno	California	545,567	35	January 4, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Darrell Steinberg	Democratic	Sacramento	California	528,001	36	December 13, 2016	Council–manager	List
John Giles	Republican	Mesa	Arizona	512,498	37	September 18, 2014	Council–manager	List
Quinton Lucas	Democratic	Kansas City	Missouri	509,297	38	August 1, 2019	Council–manager	List
Andre Dickens	Democratic	Atlanta	Georgia	499,127	39	January 3, 2022	Mayor–council	List
Yemi Mobolade	Independent	Colorado Springs	Colorado	486,248	40	June 6, 2023	Mayor–council
Jean Stothert	Republican	Omaha	Nebraska	485,153	41	June 10, 2013	Mayor–council	List
Mary-Ann Baldwin	Democratic	Raleigh	North Carolina	476,587	42	December 2, 2019	Council–manager	List
Bobby Dyer	Republican	Virginia Beach	Virginia	455,618	43	November 20, 2018	Council–manager	List
Rex Richardson	Democratic	Long Beach	California	451,307	44	December 20, 2022	Council–manager	List
Francis Suarez	Republican	Miami	Florida	449,514	45	November 15, 2017	Mayor–council	List
Sheng Thao	Democratic	Oakland	California	430,553	46	January 9, 2023	Mayor–council	List
Jacob Frey	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Minneapolis	Minnesota	425,096	47	January 2, 2018	Mayor–council	List
G. T. Bynum	Republican	Tulsa	Oklahoma	411,867	48	December 5, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Karen Goh	Republican	Bakersfield	California	410,647	49	January 3, 2017	Council–manager	List
Jane Castor	Democratic	Tampa	Florida	398,173	50	May 1, 2019	Mayor–council	List