20 Most Visited Cities and States in the USA

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In 2021, 22,100,453 international visitors traveled to the United States. This is about a quarter of the number that visited in 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. Most visitors came from Mexico, Canada, Colombia, the United Kingdom, and India.

1. Table of Contents

   1. Most Visited Cities in the USA
   2. Most Visited U.S. States

   Most Visited Cities in the USA

   The data in the table includes visits by permanent residents from countries outside the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The data is from 2021, a year that was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidently, most of the cities visited were in Florida.

   Rank	City	2020	2021
   1	Miami	1,462,000	2,759,000
   2	New York City	1,604,000	2,032,000
   3	Orlando	982,000	1,223,000
   4	Los Angeles	785,000	708,000
   5	Fort Lauderdale	185,000	506,000
   6	Houston	207,000	317,000
   7	Washington D. C.	255,000	305,000
   8	Chicago	179,000	285,000
   9	Las Vegas	368,000	281,000
   10	San Francisco	401,000	243,000
   11	Boston	182,000	204,000
   12	Atlanta	143,000	195,000
   13	Dallas	126,000	193,000
   14	Tampa	143,000	190,000
   15	West Palm Beach	80,000	169,000
   16	Philadelphia	74,000	117,000
   17	Seattle	122,000	117,000
   18	San Diego	154,000	117,000
   19	Naples	45,000	84,000
   20	Newark	56,000	79,000

   Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

2. Most Visited U.S. States

   The number of visits to each state includes only residents from countries outside the United States, Canada, and Mexico. These statistics were also heavily influenced by COVID-19 and related travel restrictions.

   Rank	State	2020	2021
   1	Florida	2,299,000	4,092,000
   2	New York	1,638,000	2,099,000
   3	California	1,335,000	1,113,000
   4	Texas	419,000	621,000
   5	New Jersey	226,000	490,000
   6	Illinois	199,000	300,000
   7	Nevada	383,000	292,000
   8	Georgia	159,000	242,000
   9	Massachusetts	204,000	239,000
   10	Pennsylvania	126,000	236,000
   11	North Carolina	67,000	157,000
   12	Washington	134,000	136,000
   13	Virginia	74,000	134,000
   14	Maryland	68,000	121,000
   15	Colorado	104,000	106,000
   16	Arizona	144,000	105,000
   17	Michigan	74,000	96,000
   18	Ohio	82,000	95,000
   19	Connecticut	60,000	94,000
   20	Hawaii	590,000	87,000

   Source: U.S. Department of Commerce