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Biggest Cities in the United States in 1940

Name the 100 largest cities and towns in the U.S. census in 1940.
Data from the U.S. census
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Population
State
City
7,454,995
NY
New York
3,396,808
IL
Chicago
1,931,334
PA
Philadelphia
1,623,452
MI
Detroit
1,504,277
CA
Los Angeles
878,336
OH
Cleveland
859,100
MD
Baltimore
816,048
MO
St. Louis
770,816
MA
Boston
671,659
PA
Pittsburgh
663,091
DC
Washington
634,536
CA
San Francisco
587,472
WI
Milwaukee
575,901
NY
Buffalo
494,537
LA
New Orleans
492,370
MN
Minneapolis
455,610
OH
Cincinnati
429,760
NJ
Newark
399,178
MO
Kansas City
386,972
IN
Indianapolis
385,514
TX
Houston
368,302
WA
Seattle
324,975
NY
Rochester
322,412
CO
Denver
319,077
KY
Louisville
306,087
OH
Columbus
305,394
OR
Portland
302,288
GA
Atlanta
302,163
CA
Oakland
301,173
NJ
Jersey City
294,734
TX
Dallas
292,942
TN
Memphis
287,736
MN
Saint Paul
282,349
OH
Toledo
267,583
AL
Birmingham
253,854
TX
San Antonio
253,504
RI
Providence
244,791
OH
Akron
223,844
NE
Omaha
210,718
OH
Dayton
205,967
NY
Syracuse
204,424
OK
Oklahoma City
203,341
CA
San Diego
193,694
MA
Worcester
193,042
VA
Richmond
177,662
TX
Fort Worth
173,065
FL
Jacksonville
172,172
FL
Miami
167,720
OH
Youngstown
167,402
TN
Nashville
Population
State
City
166,267
CT
Hartford
164,292
MI
Grand Rapids
164,271
CA
Long Beach
160,605
CT
New Haven
159,819
IA
Des Moines
151,543
MI
Flint
149,934
UT
Salt Lake City
149,554
MA
Springfield
147,121
CT
Bridgeport
144,332
VA
Norfolk
142,598
NY
Yonkers
142,157
OK
Tulsa
140,404
PA
Scranton
139,656
NJ
Paterson
130,577
NY
Albany
128,163
TN
Chattanooga
124,697
NJ
Trenton
122,001
WA
Spokane
121,458
KS
Kansas City
118,410
IN
Fort Wayne
117,536
NJ
Camden
116,955
PA
Erie
115,428
MA
Fall River
114,966
KS
Wichita
112,504
DE
Wilmington
111,719
IN
Gary
111,580
TN
Knoxville
110,879
MA
Cambridge
110,568
PA
Reading
110,341
MA
New Bedford
109,912
NJ
Elizabeth
109,408
WA
Tacoma
108,401
OH
Canton
108,391
FL
Tampa
105,958
CA
Sacramento
105,087
IL
Peoria
102,177
MA
Somerville
101,389
MA
Lowell
101,268
IN
South Bend
101,065
MN
Duluth
100,899
NC
Charlotte
100,518
NY
Utica
99,314
CT
Waterbury
98,167
LA
Shreveport
98,123
MA
Lynn
97,062
IN
Evansville
96,904
PA
Allentown
96,810
TX
El Paso
95,996
GA
Savannah
88,039
AR
Little Rock
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