Biggest Cities in the United States in 1880

Name the 100 largest cities and towns in the U.S. census in 1880.

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Population	State	City
1,206,299	NY	New York
847,170	PA	Philadelphia
566,663	NY	Brooklyn
503,185	IL	Chicago
362,839	MA	Boston
350,518	MO	St. Louis
332,313	MD	Baltimore
255,139	OH	Cincinnati
233,959	CA	San Francisco
216,090	LA	New Orleans
160,146	OH	Cleveland
156,389	PA	Pittsburgh
155,134	NY	Buffalo
147,293	DC	Washington
136,508	NJ	Newark
123,758	KY	Louisville
120,722	NJ	Jersey City
116,340	MI	Detroit
115,587	WI	Milwaukee
104,587	RI	Providence
90,758	NY	Albany
89,366	NY	Rochester
78,682	PA	Allegheny
75,056	IN	Indianapolis
63,600	VA	Richmond
62,882	CT	New Haven
59,475	MA	Lowell
58,291	MA	Worcester
56,747	NY	Troy
55,785	MO	Kansas City
52,669	MA	Cambridge
51,792	NY	Syracuse
51,647	OH	Columbus
51,031	NJ	Paterson
50,137	OH	Toledo
49,984	SC	Charleston
48,961	MA	Fall River
46,887	MN	Minneapolis
45,850	PA	Scranton
43,850	TN	Nashville
43,278	PA	Reading
32,478	DE	Wilmington
42,015	CT	Hartford
41,659	NJ	Camden
41,473	MN	Saint Paul
39,151	MA	Lawrence
38,678	OH	Dayton
38,274	MA	Lynn
37,409	GA	Atlanta
35,629	CO	Denver
34,555	CA	Oakland
33,914	NY	Utica
33,810	ME	Portland
33,592	TN	Memphis
33,340	MA	Springfield
32,630	NH	Manchester
32,431	MO	St. Joseph
32,016	MI	Grand Rapids
30,999	NJ	Hoboken
30,762	PA	Harrisburg
30,737	WV	Wheeling
30,709	GA	Savannah
30,518	NE	Omaha
29,910	NJ	Trenton
29,720	KY	Covington
29,280	IN	Evansville
29,259	IL	Peoria
29,132	AL	Mobile
28,229	NJ	Elizabeth
27,737	PA	Erie
27,643	CT	Bridgeport
27,563	MA	Salem
27,268	IL	Quincy
26,880	IN	Fort Wayne
26,845	MA	New Bedford
26,042	IN	Terra Haute
25,769	PA	Lancaster
24,933	MA	Somerville
23,339	PA	Wilkes-Barre
22,408	IA	Des Moines
22,254	IA	Dubuque
22,248	TX	Galveston
21,966	VA	Norfolk
21,924	NY	Auburn
21,915	MA	Holyoke
21,891	GA	Augusta
21,831	IA	Davenport
21,782	MA	Chelsea
21,656	VA	Petersburg
21,420	CA	Sacramento
21,213	MA	Taunton
21,116	NY	Oswego
20,768	UT	Salt Lake City
20,730	OH	Springfield
20,693	MI	Bay City
20,550	TX	San Antonio
20,541	NY	Elmira
20,433	KY	Kentucky
20,207	NY	Poughkeepsie
19,743	IL	Springfield

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