Bible Belt Cities

228 cities

City	State	2025 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
Houston	Texas	2,412,920	0.95%	1	City
San Antonio	Texas	1,548,485	1.43%	2	City
Dallas	Texas	1,331,752	0.43%	3	City
Fort Worth	Texas	1,029,221	2.09%	4	City
Austin	Texas	1,000,511	0.7%	5	City
Charlotte	North Carolina	960,608	1.82%	6	City
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	720,377	1.05%	7	City
Nashville	Tennessee	708,772	0.54%	8	Township
El Paso	Texas	682,308	0.09%	9	City
Louisville	Kentucky	643,033	0.35%	10	Township
Memphis	Tennessee	606,551	-0.71%	11	City
Atlanta	Georgia	525,088	0.96%	12	City
Kansas City	Missouri	518,016	0.38%	13	City
Raleigh	North Carolina	508,316	1.7%	14	City
Virginia Beach	Virginia	453,591	-0.27%	15	City
Tulsa	Oklahoma	415,526	0.09%	16	City
Arlington	Texas	405,995	0.58%	17	City
New Orleans	Louisiana	357,532	-1.43%	18	City
Lexington	Kentucky	331,139	0.52%	19	Urban County
Corpus Christi	Texas	317,075	-0.08%	20	City
Greensboro	North Carolina	310,258	0.94%	21	City
Durham	North Carolina	306,917	1.67%	22	City
Plano	Texas	295,002	0.59%	23	City
Lubbock	Texas	275,595	1.29%	24	City
St. Louis	Missouri	274,540	-1.84%	25	City
Laredo	Texas	262,701	0.55%	26	City
Irving	Texas	258,348	0.11%	27	City
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	257,403	0.64%	28	City
Chesapeake	Virginia	256,314	0.52%	29	City
Garland	Texas	251,440	0.4%	30	City
Frisco	Texas	243,319	3.45%	31	City
Arlington	Virginia	242,900	0.98%	32	CDP
Richmond	Virginia	235,338	0.72%	33	City
McKinney	Texas	235,030	3.3%	34	City
Huntsville	Alabama	233,907	1.52%	35	City
Norfolk	Virginia	229,428	-0.73%	36	City
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	219,565	-0.61%	37	City
Grand Prairie	Texas	210,113	1.34%	38	City
Fayetteville	North Carolina	209,146	-0.17%	39	City
Little Rock	Arkansas	205,315	0.26%	40	City
Amarillo	Texas	204,519	0.39%	41	City
Augusta	Georgia	201,663	-0.04%	42	Township
Knoxville	Tennessee	200,595	0.94%	43	City
Columbus	Georgia	200,533	-0.64%	44	City
Mobile	Alabama	200,086	-0.64%	45	City
Birmingham	Alabama	195,378	-0.5%	46	City
Montgomery	Alabama	194,760	-0.54%	47	City
Chattanooga	Tennessee	193,802	1.2%	48	City
Brownsville	Texas	193,296	0.69%	49	City
Clarksville	Tennessee	190,229	2.44%	50	City
Cary	North Carolina	184,623	1.08%	51	Town
Newport News	Virginia	182,307	-0.41%	52	City
Shreveport	Louisiana	174,023	-1.45%	53	City
Denton	Texas	172,215	3.75%	54	City
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	172,029	2.16%	55	City
Springfield	Missouri	170,955	0.21%	56	City
Killeen	Texas	162,330	1.07%	57	City
Charleston	South Carolina	159,315	1.05%	58	City
Alexandria	Virginia	159,091	-0.01%	59	City
Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	157,060	0%	60	Township
McAllen	Texas	150,377	1.07%	61	City
Mesquite	Texas	150,265	0.08%	62	City
Pasadena	Texas	149,159	-0.31%	63	City
Savannah	Georgia	149,136	0.22%	64	City
Waco	Texas	148,124	1.03%	65	City
Columbia	South Carolina	146,933	1.48%	66	City
Midland	Texas	146,297	1.82%	67	City
Metairie	Louisiana	140,437	0.09%	68	CDP
Round Rock	Texas	139,055	2.73%	69	City
Jackson	Mississippi	138,560	-2.04%	70	City
Lewisville	Texas	138,371	1.76%	71	City
Hampton	Virginia	137,674	0.06%	72	City
Carrollton	Texas	135,929	0.35%	73	City
Columbia	Missouri	132,046	0.88%	74	City
Abilene	Texas	131,818	1.01%	75	City
Norman	Oklahoma	131,717	0.54%	76	City
Pearland	Texas	130,522	0.7%	77	City
College Station	Texas	129,834	1.41%	78	City
Athens	Georgia	129,054	0.28%	79	Township
North Charleston	South Carolina	128,603	2.06%	80	City
Wilmington	North Carolina	127,633	1.87%	81	City
Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	124,956	1.79%	82	City
The Woodlands	Texas	124,541	1.67%	83	CDP
New Braunfels	Texas	122,675	5.32%	84	City
Lafayette	Louisiana	122,487	0.17%	85	City
Independence	Missouri	121,325	-0.25%	86	City
Odessa	Texas	120,951	1%	87	City
Conroe	Texas	120,417	5.09%	88	City
High Point	North Carolina	119,559	0.81%	89	City
League City	Texas	119,405	0.8%	90	City
Richardson	Texas	117,949	-0.23%	91	City
Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,465	1.9%	92	City
Allen	Texas	115,793	1.8%	93	City
Concord	North Carolina	114,265	1.66%	94	City
Tyler	Texas	113,706	1.33%	95	City
South Fulton	Georgia	112,943	0.84%	96	City
Beaumont	Texas	112,396	-0.44%	97	City
Edinburg	Texas	110,724	1.83%	98	City
Sugar Land	Texas	109,602	-0.23%	99	City
Georgetown	Texas	109,502	8.05%	100	City
Lee's Summit	Missouri	107,630	1.14%	101	City
Fayetteville	Arkansas	105,221	2.02%	102	City
Suffolk	Virginia	105,182	2.01%	103	City
Sandy Springs	Georgia	104,828	-0.64%	104	City
Wichita Falls	Texas	102,344	-0.03%	105	City
San Angelo	Texas	100,182	0.02%	106	City
Edmond	Oklahoma	100,112	1.08%	107	City
Temple	Texas	99,634	3.5%	108	City
Roanoke	Virginia	97,415	-0.51%	109	City
Mount Pleasant	South Carolina	96,692	1.14%	110	Town
O'Fallon	Missouri	96,277	0.97%	111	City
Greenville	North Carolina	96,184	1.1%	112	City
Portsmouth	Virginia	96,103	-0.39%	113	City
Asheville	North Carolina	95,151	0.17%	114	City
Atascocita	Texas	94,940	2.09%	115	CDP
Leander	Texas	94,177	7.62%	116	City
Bryan	Texas	93,336	1.96%	117	City
Hoover	Alabama	93,093	0.09%	118	City
Roswell	Georgia	92,049	-0.19%	119	City
Fort Smith	Arkansas	90,844	0.37%	120	City
Franklin	Tennessee	90,388	1.4%	121	City
Lawton	Oklahoma	89,940	-0.1%	122	City
Springdale	Arkansas	89,877	0.57%	123	City
Mission	Texas	89,251	0.76%	124	City
Warner Robins	Georgia	87,604	1.63%	125	City
Gastonia	North Carolina	86,778	1.45%	126	City
Baytown	Texas	86,146	0.17%	127	City
Auburn	Alabama	85,429	2%	128	City
Longview	Texas	84,142	0.57%	129	City
Jonesboro	Arkansas	83,269	1.07%	130	City
Mansfield	Texas	82,802	2.47%	131	City
Pharr	Texas	81,466	0.4%	132	City
Flower Mound	Texas	80,864	1.09%	133	Town
Johns Creek	Georgia	80,812	-0.44%	134	City
Bowling Green	Kentucky	80,727	2.09%	135	City
Lynchburg	Virginia	80,628	0.41%	136	City
Lake Charles	Louisiana	80,225	-1.15%	137	City
Missouri City	Texas	79,617	1.32%	138	City
Apex	North Carolina	78,668	3.54%	139	Town
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	85.4%	140	CDP
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	85.4%	141	CDP
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	0.38%	142	CDP
Mableton	Georgia	78,614	0.38%	143	CDP
Cedar Park	Texas	78,465	0.11%	144	City
Rogers	Arkansas	76,958	1.74%	145	City
Rock Hill	South Carolina	76,084	0.38%	146	City
Dale City	Virginia	75,918	0.88%	147	CDP
San Marcos	Texas	75,839	2.05%	148	City
Greenville	South Carolina	75,106	0.99%	149	City
Gulfport	Mississippi	75,056	0.58%	150	City
Johnson City	Tennessee	74,263	0.85%	151	City
Centreville	Virginia	73,066	0.18%	152	CDP
St. Charles	Missouri	72,875	0.58%	153	City
Conway	Arkansas	72,297	2.24%	154	City
Harlingen	Texas	72,281	0.07%	155	City
Dothan	Alabama	71,786	0.19%	156	City
North Richland Hills	Texas	71,721	0.4%	157	City
St. Joseph	Missouri	70,834	-0.37%	158	City
Kyle	Texas	70,683	7.37%	159	City
Jacksonville	North Carolina	70,232	-0.86%	160	City
Jackson	Tennessee	69,578	0.4%	161	City
Rowlett	Texas	69,461	1.96%	162	City
Huntersville	North Carolina	68,456	2.04%	163	Town
Alpharetta	Georgia	67,602	0.49%	164	City
Pflugerville	Texas	67,151	0.5%	165	City
Spring	Texas	66,338	1.23%	166	CDP
Victoria	Texas	66,141	0.18%	167	City
Albany	Georgia	66,105	-0.9%	168	City
Chapel Hill	North Carolina	65,780	2.74%	169	Town
Madison	Alabama	65,708	2.62%	170	City
Little Elm	Texas	64,720	5.72%	171	City
North Little Rock	Arkansas	64,454	-0.07%	172	City
Hendersonville	Tennessee	64,404	0.71%	173	City
Kenner	Louisiana	64,240	-0.63%	174	City
Wylie	Texas	64,221	2.01%	175	City
Moore	Oklahoma	64,042	0.31%	176	City
Fulshear	Texas	63,882	16.94%	177	City
Marietta	Georgia	63,643	0.83%	178	City
Bentonville	Arkansas	63,534	2.82%	179	City
Bossier City	Louisiana	63,344	0.2%	180	City
Reston	Virginia	63,323	0.52%	181	CDP
St. Peters	Missouri	62,320	1.5%	182	City
Burlington	North Carolina	62,319	1.55%	183	City
Smyrna	Tennessee	61,998	2.81%	184	Town
Blue Springs	Missouri	61,837	0.96%	185	City
Kannapolis	North Carolina	61,809	2.13%	186	City
Stonecrest	Georgia	61,451	0.71%	187	City
Spring Hill	Tennessee	61,419	3.4%	188	City
Owensboro	Kentucky	60,772	0.16%	189	City
Celina	Texas	60,122	16.38%	190	City
Brookhaven	Georgia	60,018	1.09%	191	City
Euless	Texas	59,742	-0.45%	192	City
Texas City	Texas	59,272	2.41%	193	City
Wake Forest	North Carolina	58,524	3.1%	194	Town
Midwest City	Oklahoma	58,515	0.02%	195	City
Burleson	Texas	58,316	3.67%	196	City
Decatur	Alabama	58,184	0.36%	197	City
Southaven	Mississippi	58,154	1.15%	198	City
Kingsport	Tennessee	57,508	0.7%	199	City
Smyrna	Georgia	57,429	0.44%	200	City
DeSoto	Texas	56,879	0.3%	201	City
Bartlett	Tennessee	56,467	-0.42%	202	City
Port Arthur	Texas	55,746	-0.09%	203	City
Valdosta	Georgia	55,727	0.11%	204	City
Rockwall	Texas	54,996	2.71%	205	City
Lebanon	Tennessee	54,652	6.12%	206	City
Rocky Mount	North Carolina	54,580	0.07%	207	City
Gallatin	Tennessee	54,405	3.65%	208	City
Joplin	Missouri	54,053	0.84%	209	City
Galveston	Texas	53,509	-0.05%	210	City
Mooresville	North Carolina	53,464	1.1%	211	Town
Summerville	South Carolina	53,042	0.79%	212	Town
Woodbridge	Virginia	52,260	6.55%	213	CDP
Collierville	Tennessee	52,105	0.3%	214	Town
Dunwoody	Georgia	51,844	0.09%	215	City
Sherman	Texas	51,796	3.12%	216	City
Grapevine	Texas	51,458	0.27%	217	City
Goose Creek	South Carolina	51,375	2.03%	218	City
Harrisonburg	Virginia	51,028	-0.27%	219	City
Florissant	Missouri	50,997	-0.57%	220	City
Cleveland	Tennessee	50,812	1.15%	221	City
Stillwater	Oklahoma	50,575	0.87%	222	City
Columbia	Tennessee	50,516	3.49%	223	City
Holly Springs	North Carolina	50,449	3.65%	224	Town
Huntsville	Texas	50,410	1.84%	225	City
Waxahachie	Texas	50,366	3.6%	226	City
Enid	Oklahoma	50,358	-0.32%	227	City
Leesburg	Virginia	50,178	0.7%	228	Town

States Within the Bible Belt Region

For this list, the Bible Belt Region is defined as the 14 states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.