Largest US Cities: 1900
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Rank |
Population (000) |
1900 |
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1 |
New York |
3,437 |
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|
2 |
Chicago |
1,698 |
|
|
3 |
Philadelphia |
1,293 |
|
|
4 |
St. Louis |
575 |
|
|
5 |
Boston |
560 |
|
|
6 |
Baltimore |
509 |
|
|
7 |
Pittsburgh |
452 |
|
|
8 |
Cleveland |
382 |
|
|
9 |
Buffalo |
353 |
|
|
10 |
San Francisco |
343 |
|
|
11 |
Cincinnati |
326 |
|
|
12 |
New Orleans |
287 |
|
|
13 |
Detroit |
286 |
|
|
14 |
Milwaukee |
285 |
|
|
15 |
Washington |
279 |
|
|
16 |
Newark |
246 |
|
|
17 |
Jersey City |
206 |
|
|
18 |
Louisville |
205 |
|
|
19 |
Minneapolis |
203 |
|
|
20 |
Providence |
176 |
|
|
21 |
Indianpolis |
169 |
|
|
22 |
Kansas City (MO) |
164 |
|
|
23 |
Rochester |
163 |
|
|
24 |
St. Paul |
163 |
|
|
25 |
Denver |
133 |
|
|
26 |
Toledo |
132 |
|
|
27 |
Allegheny (PA) |
130 |
Merged with Pittsburgh |
|
28 |
Columbus |
126 |
|
|
29 |
Worcester |
118 |
|
|
30 |
Syracuse |
108 |
|
|
31 |
New Haven |
108 |
|
|
32 |
Paterson (NJ) |
105 |
|
|
33 |
Fall River (MA) |
105 |
|
|
34 |
Omaha |
103 |
|
|
35 |
St. Joseph (MO) |
103 |
|
|
36 |
Los Angeles |
102 |
|
|
37 |
Memphis |
102 |
|
|
38 |
Scranton (PA) |
102 |
|
|
39 |
Lowell (MA) |
95 |
|
|
40 |
Albany (NY) |
94 |
|
|
41 |
Cambridge (MA) |
92 |
|
|
42 |
Portland (OR) |
90 |
|
|
43 |
Atlanta |
90 |
|
|
44 |
Grand Rapids |
88 |
|
|
45 |
Dayton |
86 |
|
|
46 |
Richmond |
85 |
|
|
47 |
Nashville |
81 |
|
|
48 |
Seattle |
81 |
|
|
49 |
Hartford |
80 |
|
|
50 |
Reading |
79 |
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