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 July 1, 2017.^[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 of the county.

Note that 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[edit]

Name	Party	City	State	Population^[1]	Rank	Term Start	Form of Government	List
Bill de Blasio	Democratic	New York City	New York	8,336,817	1	January 1, 2014	Mayor–council	List
Eric Garcetti	Democratic	Los Angeles	California	3,979,576	2	July 1, 2013	Mayor–council	List
Lori Lightfoot	Democratic	Chicago	Illinois	2,693,976	3	May 20, 2019	Mayor–council	List
Sylvester Turner	Democratic	Houston	Texas	2,320,268	4	January 2, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Kate Gallego	Democratic	Phoenix	Arizona	1,680,992	5	March 21, 2019	Council–manager	List
Jim Kenney	Democratic	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,584,064	6	January 4, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Ron Nirenberg	Independent	San Antonio	Texas	1,547,253	7	June 21, 2017	Council–manager	List
Todd Gloria	Democratic	San Diego	California	1,423,851	8	December 10, 2020	Mayor–council	List
Eric Johnson	Democratic	Dallas	Texas	1,343,573	9	June 17, 2019	Council–manager	List
Sam Liccardo	Democratic	San Jose	California	1,021,795	10	January 1, 2015	Council–manager	List
Rick Blangiardi	Independent	Honolulu	Hawaii	986,353	11	January 2, 2021	Mayor–council	List
Steve Adler	Democratic	Austin	Texas	978,908	12	January 6, 2015	Council–manager	List
Joe Hogsett	Democratic	Indianapolis	Indiana	950,537	13	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Lenny Curry	Republican	Jacksonville	Florida	937,933	14	July 1, 2015	Mayor–council	List
Betsy Price	Republican	Fort Worth	Texas	909,585	15	July 12, 2011	Council–manager	List
Andrew Ginther	Democratic	Columbus	Ohio	898,553	16	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Vi Lyles	Democratic	Charlotte	North Carolina	885,708	17	December 4, 2017	Council–manager	List
London Breed	Democratic	San Francisco	California	881,549	18	July 11, 2018	Mayor–council	List
Greg Fischer	Democratic	Louisville	Kentucky	769,828	19	January 3, 2011	Mayor–council	List
Jenny Durkan	Democratic	Seattle	Washington	753,675	20	November 28, 2017	Mayor–council	List
Michael Hancock	Democratic	Denver	Colorado	727,211	21	July 18, 2011	Mayor–council	List
Muriel Bowser	Democratic	Washington	District of Columbia	705,749	22	January 2, 2015	Mayor–council	List
Kim Janey Acting	Democratic	Boston	Massachusetts	692,600	23	March 22, 2021	Mayor–council	List
John Cooper	Democratic	Nashville	Tennessee	687,159	24	September 28, 2019	Mayor–council	List
Oscar Leeser	Democratic	El Paso	Texas	681,728	25	January 5, 2021	Council–manager	List
Mike Duggan	Democratic	Detroit	Michigan	670,031	26	January 1, 2014	Mayor–council	List
David Holt	Republican	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	655,057	27	April 10, 2018	Council–manager	List
Ted Wheeler	Democratic	Portland	Oregon	654,741	28	January 1, 2017	Commission	List
Carolyn Goodman	Independent	Las Vegas	Nevada	651,319	29	July 6, 2011	Council–manager	List
Jim Strickland	Democratic	Memphis	Tennessee	651,073	30	January 1, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Brandon Scott	Democratic	Baltimore	Maryland	593,490	31	December 8, 2020	Mayor–council	List
Tom Barrett	Democratic	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	590,157	32	July 15, 2004	Mayor–council	List
Tim Keller	Democratic	Albuquerque	New Mexico	560,513	33	December 1, 2017	Council–manager	List
Regina Romero	Democratic	Tucson	Arizona	548,073	34	December 2, 2019	Council–manager	List
Jerry Dyer	Republican	Fresno	California	542,012	35	January 4, 2021	Mayor–council	List
John Giles	Republican	Mesa	Arizona	518,012	36	September 18, 2014	Council–manager	List
Darrell Steinberg	Democratic	Sacramento	California	513,624	37	December 13, 2016	Council–manager	List
Keisha Lance Bottoms	Democratic	Atlanta	Georgia	506,811	38	January 2, 2018	Mayor–council	List
Quinton Lucas	Democratic	Kansas City	Missouri	495,327	39	August 1, 2019	Council–manager	List
John Suthers	Republican	Colorado Springs	Colorado	478,221	40	June 2, 2015	Mayor–council
Jean Stothert	Republican	Omaha	Nebraska	478,192	41	June 10, 2013	Mayor–council	List
Mary-Ann Baldwin	Democratic	Raleigh	North Carolina	474,069	42	December 2, 2019	Council–manager	List
Francis X. Suarez	Republican	Miami	Florida	467,963	43	November 15, 2017	Mayor–council	List
Robert Garcia	Democratic	Long Beach	California	462,628	44	July 15, 2014	Council–manager	List
Bobby Dyer	Republican	Virginia Beach	Virginia	449,974	45	November 20, 2018	Council–manager	List
Libby Schaaf	Democratic	Oakland	California	433,031	46	January 5, 2015	Mayor–council	List
Jacob Frey	Democratic	Minneapolis	Minnesota	429,606	47	January 2, 2018	Mayor–council	List
G. T. Bynum	Republican	Tulsa	Oklahoma	401,190	48	December 5, 2016	Mayor–council	List
Jane Castor	Democratic	Tampa	Florida	399,700	49	May 1, 2019	Mayor-council	List
Jeff Williams	Republican	Arlington	Texas	398,854	50	May 26, 2015	Council–manager	List