Country rankings
Smart Cities in United States
The 54 assessed smart cities in United States, ranked by smart reach: scored against 86 evidence-based criteria from the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework and weighted by how many people each city serves. What each city verifiably has, not how it markets itself; every score links to its public sources.
Cities ranked
54
Average score
73.7%
Top by smart reach
New York City
Its score
87.7%
| In US | City | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City | 87.7% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 86% |
| 3 | Philadelphia | 90.1% |
| 4 | Seattle | 93.3% |
| 5 | Washington D.C. | 91.8% |
| 6 | Boston | 91.8% |
| 7 | Houston | 82% |
| 8 | Austin | 86.6% |
| 9 | San Antonio | 81.1% |
| 10 | San Francisco | 83.7% |
| 11 | Portland | 83.8% |
| 12 | Chicago | 74.2% |
| 13 | Phoenix | 76.5% |
| 14 | Raleigh | 83% |
| 15 | Detroit | 80.6% |
| 16 | Atlanta | 80.4% |
| 17 | Nashville | 77.4% |
| 18 | San Diego | 72.8% |
| 19 | Cleveland | 79.9% |
| 20 | San Jose | 73.8% |
| 21 | Kansas City | 77.5% |
| 22 | Dallas | 71.1% |
| 23 | Indianapolis | 73% |
| 24 | Sacramento | 75.8% |
| 25 | Baltimore | 74.6% |
| 26 | Honolulu | 76.5% |
| 27 | Tampa | 75.8% |
| 28 | Minneapolis | 75.1% |
| 29 | Denver | 71.9% |
| 30 | Oakland | 73.3% |
| 31 | Tulsa | 73.6% |
| 32 | Memphis | 71.1% |
| 33 | Omaha | 72.1% |
| 34 | Louisville | 75.2% |
| 35 | Salt Lake City | 75.8% |
| 36 | Miami | 70.3% |
| 37 | Pittsburgh | 71.5% |
| 38 | Providence | 73.5% |
| 39 | Las Vegas | 66.8% |
| 40 | Buffalo | 71% |
| 41 | Charlotte | 64.7% |
| 42 | Jacksonville | 63.4% |
| 43 | Milwaukee | 65.5% |
| 44 | San Juan | 67.1% |
| 45 | St. Louis | 66.5% |
| 46 | Newark | 66% |
| 47 | Richmond | 67.6% |
| 48 | Columbus | 60.7% |
| 49 | Orlando | 63.2% |
| 50 | New Orleans | 61.6% |
| 51 | Long Beach | 54.4% |
| 52 | Cincinnati | 55.7% |
| 53 | Oklahoma City | 51% |
| 54 | Athens | 51.5% |
How United States's smart cities are ranked
Each of the 54 cities in United States is assessed against the same 86 criteria as every other city worldwide, so the scores are directly comparable. AI agents gather evidence from official public sources and mark each criterion present, partial or absent. Read more about how the assessment works.