This page contains a list of US Cities with Population > 100K – all of which could be used as negative keywords.
Note that you should review each keyword before applying it as a negative keyword to paid search campaigns.
Keywords to be extra careful of applying are in bold and in Red
Other Keyword Lists
When you’re done with this list, be sure to check out our other keyword lists:
Bonus: Check out our post on how to discover negative keywords in your ad campaigns.
US Cities > 100K Population
Why you should consider using US Cities as negative keywords:
If you’re running ads for an orthodontist in Cleveland, Ohio, you don’t want your ads to show when someone in Cleveland searches for “Cincinnati Orthodontist”.
Review the list closely before applying.
Watch out for keywords like “Orange” which doubles as both a noun and an adjective and it could be used as part of an ecommerce search
The Negative Keyword List of US Cities of > 100K Residents
- Abilene
- Akron
- Albuquerque
- Alexandria
- Allentown
- Amarillo
- Anaheim
- Anchorage
- Ann Arbor
- Antioch
- Arlington
- Arvada
- Athens
- Atlanta
- Augusta
- Aurora
- Austin
- Bakersfield
- Baltimore
- Baton Rouge
- Beaumont
- Bellevue
- Berkeley
- Billings
- Birmingham
- Boise
- Boston
- Bridgeport
- Broken Arrow
- Brownsville
- Buffalo
- Burbank
- Cambridge
- Cape Coral
- Carlsbad
- Carrollton
- Cary
- Cedar Rapids
- Centennial
- Chandler
- Charleston
- Charlotte
- Chattanooga
- Chesapeake
- Chicago
- Chula Vista
- Cincinnati
- Clarksville
- Clearwater
- Cleveland
- Colorado Springs
- Columbia
- Columbus
- Concord
- Coral Springs
- Corona
- Corpus Christi
- Costa Mesa
- Dallas
- Daly City
- Davenport
- Dayton
- Denton
- Denver
- Des Moines
- Detroit
- Downey
- Durham
- El Cajon
- El Monte
- El Paso
- Elgin
- Elizabeth
- Elk Grove
- Erie
- Escondido
- Eugene
- Evansville
- Everett
- Fairfield
- Fargo
- Fayetteville
- Flint
- Fontana
- Fort Collins
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Wayne
- Fort Worth
- Fremont
- Fresno
- Frisco
- Fullerton
- Gainesville
- Garden Grove
- Garland
- Gilbert
- Glendale
- Glendale
- Grand Prairie
- Grand Rapids
- Green Bay
- Greensboro
- Gresham
- Hampton
- Hartford
- Hayward
- Henderson
- Hialeah
- High Point
- Hollywood
- Honolulu
- Houston
- Huntington Beach
- Huntsville
- Independence
- Indianapolis
- Inglewood
- Irvine
- Irving
- Jackson
- Jacksonville
- Jersey City
- Joliet
- Kansas City
- Kent
- Killeen
- Knoxville
- Lafayette
- Lakewood
- Lancaster
- Lansing
- Laredo
- Las Vegas
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Little Rock
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Louisville
- Lowell
- Lubbock
- Madison
- Manchester
- McAllen
- McKinney
- Memphis
- Mesa
- Mesquite
- Miami
- Miami Gardens
- Midland
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- Miramar
- Mobile
- Modesto
- Montgomery
- Moreno Valley
- Murfreesboro
- Murrieta
- Naperville
- Nashville
- New Haven
- New Orleans
- New York
- Newark
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Norman
- North Las Vegas
- Norwalk
- Oakland
- Oceanside
- Odessa
- Oklahoma City
- Olathe
- Omaha
- Ontario
- Orange
- Orlando
- Overland Park
- Oxnard
- Palm Bay
- Palmdale
- Pasadena
- Paterson
- Pembroke Pines
- Peoria
- Peoria
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Plano
- Pomona
- Pompano Beach
- Port St. Lucie
- Portland
- Providence
- Provo
- Pueblo
- Raleigh
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Reno
- Rialto
- Richardson
- Richmond
- Riverside
- Rochester
- Rockford
- Roseville
- Round Rock
- Sacramento
- Saint Paul
- Salem
- Salinas
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- San Bernardino
- San Buenaventura
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Santa Ana
- Santa Clara
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Maria
- Santa Rosa
- Savannah
- Scottsdale
- Seattle
- Shreveport
- Simi Valley
- Sioux Falls
- South Bend
- Spokane
- Springfield
- St. Louis
- St. Petersburg
- Stamford
- Sterling Heights
- Stockton
- Sunnyvale
- Surprise
- Syracuse
- Tacoma
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
- Temecula
- Tempe
- Thornton
- Thousand Oaks
- Toledo
- Topeka
- Torrance
- Tucson
- Tulsa
- Vallejo
- Vancouver
- Ventura
- Victorville
- Virginia Beach
- Visalia
- Waco
- Warren
- Washington
- Waterbury
- West Covina
- West Jordan
- West Palm Beach
- West Valley City
- Westminster
- Wichita
- Wichita Falls
- Wilmington
- Winston-Salem
- Worcester
- Yonkers
