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List of cities in Hesse by population

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The following list sorts all cities in the German state of Hesse with a population of more than 20,000. As of May 15, 2022, 59 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

List

Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main
Wiesbaden
Kassel
Darmstadt
Marburg
Fulda
Limburg an der Lahn

The following table lists the 59 cities in Hesse with a population of at least 20,000 on May 15, 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

  1. The city rank by population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 Germany census
  2. The city name
  3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)
  4. The city population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 Germany census
  5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census
  6. The city land area as of May 15, 2022
  7. The city population density as of May 15, 2022 (residents per unit of land area)
2022
Rank 		City district 2022 Census 2011 Census 2022 land area 2022 pop. density
1 Frankfurt am Main urban district 743,268 667,925 248 km 2,993/km
2 Wiesbaden urban district 284,260 269,121 204 km 1,394/km
3 Kassel urban district 195,012 190,765 107 km 1,826/km
4 Darmstadt urban district 161,767 143,499 122 km 1,325/km
5 Offenbach am Main urban district 129,479 113,443 44.9 km 2,885/km
6 Hanau Main-Kinzig-Kreis 93,632 86,803 76.5 km 1,224/km
7 Giessen Giessen (district) 87,217 74,776 72.6 km 1,201/km
8 Marburg Marburg-Biedenkopf 72,768 71,683 124 km 587.3/km
9 Fulda Fulda (district) 64,688 64,414 104 km 621.7/km
10 Rüsselsheim am Main Groß-Gerau (district) 64,517 58,765 58.3 km 1,107/km
11 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Hochtaunuskreis 54,795 51,370 51.2 km 1,071/km
12 Wetzlar Lahn-Dill-Kreis 53,116 50,826 75.7 km 702.1/km
13 Oberursel (Taunus) Hochtaunuskreis 46,218 44,088 45.4 km 1,019/km
14 Rodgau Offenbach (district) 44,501 42,919 65.0 km 684.2/km
15 Dreieich Offenbach (district) 41,535 39,389 53.3 km 779.7/km
16 Bensheim Bergstraße 40,993 39,253 57.8 km 708.9/km
17 Hofheim am Taunus Main-Taunus-Kreis 39,004 37,842 57.4 km 679.2/km
18 Maintal Main-Kinzig-Kreis 38,712 35,805 32.4 km 1,194/km
19 Langen Offenbach (district) 37,169 34,939 29.1 km 1,276/km
20 Neu-Isenburg Offenbach (district) 36,531 34,708 24.3 km 1,504/km
21 Limburg an der Lahn Limburg-Weilburg 35,617 33,583 45.1 km 788.7/km
22 Dietzenbach Offenbach (district) 35,183 31,845 21.7 km 1,623/km
23 Bad Vilbel Wetteraukreis 34,955 31,280 25.7 km 1,361/km
24 Viernheim Bergstraße 34,252 32,615 48.4 km 707.5/km
25 Bad Nauheim Wetteraukreis 32,162 30,210 32.5 km 988.4/km
26 Lampertheim Bergstraße 32,058 31,037 72.3 km 443.6/km
27 Mörfelden-Walldorf Groß-Gerau (district) 31,804 32,380 44.1 km 720.7/km
28 Bad Hersfeld Hersfeld-Rotenburg 30,635 28,610 73.8 km 414.7/km
29 Taunusstein Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis 30,016 28,365 67.0 km 447.9/km
30 Friedberg Wetteraukreis 28,719 27,337 50.2 km 572.3/km
31 Rödermark Offenbach (district) 28,645 26,262 30.0 km 955.2/km
32 Mühlheim am Main Offenbach (district) 28,607 26,847 20.7 km 1,384/km
33 Griesheim Darmstadt-Dieburg 28,578 25,511 21.6 km 1,326/km
34 Kelkheim (Taunus) Main-Taunus-Kreis 28,392 27,685 30.6 km 923.9/km
35 Hattersheim am Main Main-Taunus-Kreis 28,016 24,773 15.8 km 1,773/km
36 Baunatal Kassel 27,734 27,378 38.3 km 724.7/km
37 Heppenheim Bergstraße 26,912 24,895 52.1 km 516.3/km
38 Butzbach Wetteraukreis 26,529 23,885 107 km 248.9/km
39 Weiterstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg 26,311 23,675 34.4 km 764.9/km
40 Idstein Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis 25,621 23,271 79.7 km 321.2/km
41 Friedrichsdorf Hochtaunuskreis 25,585 24,323 30.2 km 849.2/km
42 Pfungstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg 25,474 23,829 42.5 km 598.8/km
43 Groß-Gerau Groß-Gerau (district) 24,887 23,739 54.5 km 456.9/km
44 Obertshausen Offenbach (district) 24,789 23,785 13.6 km 1,820/km
45 Bad Soden am Taunus Bad Soden am Taunus 23,242 21,061 12.6 km 1,859/km
46 Dillenburg Lahn-Dill-Kreis 23,003 23,874 83.9 km 274.6/km
47 Riedstadt Groß-Gerau (district) 22,927 21,557 73.7 km 311.0/km
48 Gelnhausen Main-Kinzig-Kreis 22,868 21,801 45.2 km 506.5/km
49 Korbach Waldeck-Frankenberg 22,558 23,505 124 km 181.8/km
50 Karben Wetteraukreis 22,361 21,149 43.9 km 508.9/km
51 Büdingen Wetteraukreis 22,343 20,871 123 km 181.8/km
52 Eschborn Main-Taunus-Kreis 21,663 20,364 12.1 km 1,786/km
53 Flörsheim am Main Main-Taunus-Kreis 21,383 19,924 22.9 km 930.1/km
54 Groß-Umstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg 21,244 20,699 86.8 km 244.6/km
55 Stadtallendorf Marburg-Biedenkopf 21,101 20,722 78.3 km 269.7/km
56 Seligenstadt Offenbach (district) 20,850 20,048 30.9 km 675.9/km
57 Bruchköbel Main-Kinzig-Kreis 20,335 20,227 29.7 km 684.9/km
58 Herborn Lahn-Dill-Kreis 20,084 20,632 63.8 km 315.0/km
59 Nidderau Main-Kinzig-Kreis 20,055 19,853 46.7 km 429.2/km

External links

References

  1. "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  3. "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.
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