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Biggest Cities in the United States in 1950

Name the 100 largest cities and towns in the U.S. census in 1950.
Data from the U.S. census
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Population
State
City
7,891,957
NY
New York
3,620,962
IL
Chicago
2,071,605
PA
Philadelphia
1,970,358
CA
Los Angeles
1,849,568
MI
Detroit
949,708
MD
Baltimore
914,808
OH
Cleveland
856,796
MO
St. Louis
802,178
DC
Washington
801,444
MA
Boston
775,357
CA
San Francisco
676,806
PA
Pittsburgh
637,392
WI
Milwaukee
596,163
TX
Houston
580,132
NY
Buffalo
570,445
LA
New Orleans
521,718
MN
Minneapolis
503,998
OH
Cincinnati
467,591
WA
Seattle
456,622
MO
Kansas City
348,776
NJ
Newark
434,462
TX
Dallas
427,173
IN
Indianapolis
415,786
CO
Denver
408,442
TX
San Antonio
396,000
TN
Memphis
384,575
CA
Oakland
375,901
OH
Columbus
373,628
OR
Portland
369,129
KY
Louisville
334,387
CA
San Diego
332,488
NY
Rochester
331,314
GA
Atlanta
326,037
AL
Birmingham
311,349
MN
Saint Paul
303,616
OH
Toledo
299,017
NJ
Jersey City
278,778
TX
Fort Worth
274,605
OH
Akron
251,117
NE
Omaha
250,767
CA
Long Beach
249,276
FL
Miami
248,674
RI
Providence
243,872
OH
Dayton
243,504
OK
Oklahoma City
230,310
VA
Richmond
220,583
NY
Syracuse
213,513
VA
Norfolk
204,517
FL
Jacksonville
203,486
MA
Worcester
Population
State
City
182,740
OK
Tulsa
182,121
UT
Salt Lake City
177,965
IA
Des Moines
177,397
CT
Hartford
176,515
MI
Grand Rapids
174,307
TN
Nashville
168,330
OH
Youngstown
168,279
KS
Wichita
164,443
CT
New Haven
163,143
MI
Flint
162,399
MA
Springfield
161,721
WA
Spokane
158,709
CT
Bridgeport
152,798
NY
Yonkers
143,673
WA
Tacoma
139,336
NJ
Paterson
137,572
CA
Sacramento
135,449
VA
Arlington
134,995
NY
Albany
134,042
NC
Charlotte
133,911
IN
Gary
133,607
IN
Fort Wayne
132,459
TX
Austin
131,041
TN
Chattanooga
130,803
PA
Erie
130,485
TX
El Paso
129,553
KS
Kansas City
129,009
AL
Mobile
128,636
IN
Evansville
128,009
NJ
Trenton
127,206
LA
Shreveport
125,629
LA
Baton Rouge
125,536
PA
Scranton
124,769
TN
Knoxville
124,681
FL
Tampa
124,555
NJ
Camden
120,740
MA
Cambridge
119,638
GA
Savannah
116,912
OH
Canton
115,911
IN
South Bend
113,805
CA
Berkeley
112,817
NJ
Elizabeth
111,963
MA
Fall River
111,856
IL
Peoria
110,356
DE
Wilmington
109,320
PA
Reading
109,189
MA
New Bedford
108,287
TX
Corpus Christi
106,818
AZ
Phoenix
106,756
PA
Allentown
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