A look at downtown Chicago. Photograph ©2015 Emily Gilbert cc-by-sa 4.0.From the Firehose: America’s 10 Largest Cities by Population… From SPACE10 San JoseEmily Gilbert·FollowPublished inPlanet Stories·2 min read·Jun 15, 2016--ListenShareThe neighbor of Planet HQ’s office in San Francisco, San Jose, is home to over 1,000,000 people including many of our tech and aerospace friends in the Bay Area. Image captured on March 17, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.9 DallasApproximately 1.3 million people reside in Dallas, Texas. Notable Dallas residents include George W. Bush, Owen Wilson, and Usher. Image captured on February 26, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.8 San DiegoSan Diego lies along the US-Mexico border, just north of Tijuana. Around 1.4 million people call the border city of San Diego home. Image captured on April 13, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.7 San AntonioApproximately 1.5 million people live in San Antonio, including many Planeteers on our Site Reliability Engineering Team! Hello, SREs! Image captured on February 6, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.6 PhoenixPhoenix is the most populous state capital in America with over 1,500,000 inhabitants. Image captured on January 12, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.5 PhiladelphiaNearly 1,600,000 people reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the former capital of the United States. Image captured on April 5, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.4 HoustonHouston, the most populous city in Texas, is home to roughly 2.3 million people. NASA’s Johnson Space Center of “Houston, we have a problem” fame is located in Houston and the city boasts appropriately named sports teams, the Astros and the Rockets. Image captured on February 3, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.3 ChicagoThe largest city in the Midwest, Chicago has a population of roughly 2,700,000 people. Some past and current residents include Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Kanye West. Image captured on May 23, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.2 Los AngelesLike Texas, California also boasts three cities in the top ten largest by population. Los Angeles, home to almost 4,000,000 people, is the third and largest of the California cities on our list. Image captured on March 17, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.1 New York CityAccording to 2015 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, New York City is home to over 8,500,000 people. This would make New York City the 11th largest state in the country by population alone. Image captured on April 5, 2016. Image ©2016 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0.
