Most Populous Pennsylvania Municipalities in 1850

Name the fifteen most populous municipalities in Pennsylvania in 1850.
City proper populations; townships are NOT included!
Due to incomplete data, only municipalities that still exist today (in some form) are included.
If a municipality has city status now but was a borough at the time of the census, it is considered a borough for this quiz.
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Population
County
Status
Municipality
121,376
____________
City
Philadelphia
46,601
Allegheny
City
Pittsburgh
15,743
Berks
City
Reading
12,369
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City
Lancaster
7,834
Dauphin
Borough
Harrisburg
7,515
Schuylkill
Borough
Pottsville
7,250
Northampton
Borough
Easton
6,803
____
Borough
York
6,024
Montgomery
Borough
Norristown
5,858
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Borough
Erie
4,945
Luzerne
Borough
Carbondale
4,581
Cumberland
Borough
Carlisle
4,140
Lancaster
Borough
Columbia
3,703
Lehigh
Borough
Allentown
3,335
Franklin
Borough
Chambersburg
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