Most Populous Cities in the U.S. - 1860 Census

List the 100 most populous cities in the United States as of the 1860 census. The populations and corresponding states have already been listed.

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Answer	State	Population
New York City	NY	813,669
Philadelphia	PA	565,529
Brooklyn	NY	266,661
Baltimore	MD	212,418
Boston	MA	177,840
New Orleans	LA	168,675
Cincinnati	OH	161,044
St. Louis	MO	160,773
Chicago	IL	112,172
Buffalo	NY	81,129
Newark	NJ	71,941
Louisville	KY	68,033
Albany	NY	62,367
Washington	DC	61,122
San Francisco	CA	56,802
Providence	RI	50,666
Pittsburgh	PA	49,221
Rochester	NY	48,204
Detroit	MI	45,619
Milwaukee	WI	45,246
Cleveland	OH	43,417
Charleston	SC	40,522
New Haven	CT	39,267
Troy	NY	39,235
Richmond	VA	37,910
Lowell	MA	36,827
Mobile	AL	29,258
Jersey City	NJ	29,226
Hartford	CT	29,152
Allegheny	PA	28,702
Syracuse	NY	28,119
Portland	ME	26,341
Cambridge	MA	26,060
Roxbury	MA	25,137
Charlestown	MA	25,065
Worcester	MA	24,960
Reading	PA	23,162
Memphis	TN	22,623
Utica	NY	22,529
New Bedford	MA	22,300
Savannah	GA	22,292
Salem	MA	22,252
Wilmington	DE	21,258
Manchester	NH	20,107
Dayton	OH	20,081
Paterson	NJ	19,586
Lynn	MA	19,083
Indianapolis	IN	18,611
Columbus	OH	18,554
Petersburg	VA	18,266
Lawrence	MA	17,639
Lancaster	PA	17,603
Trenton	NJ	17,228
Nashville	TN	16,988
Oswego	NY	16,816
Covington	KY	16,471
Bangor	ME	16,407
Taunton	MA	15,376
Springfield	MA	15,199
Poughkeepsie	NY	14,726
Norfolk	VA	14,620
Camden	NJ	14,358
Wheeling	VA	14,083
Norwich	CT	14,048
Peoria	IL	14,045
Fall River	MA	14,026
Sacramento	CA	13,785
Toledo	OH	13,768
Quincy	IL	13,718
Harrisburg	PA	13,405
Newburyport	MA	13,401
Chelsea	MA	13,395
Bridgeport	CT	13,299
Dubuque	IA	13,000
Alexandria	VA	12,652
New Albany	IN	12,647
Newburgh	NY	12,578
Augusta	GA	12,493
North Providence	RI	11,818
Elizabeth	NJ	11,567
Evansville	IN	11,484
Davenport	IA	11,267
New Brunswick	NJ	11,256
Auburn	NY	10,986
Gloucester	MA	10,904
Concord	NH	10,896
Lockport	NY	10,871
Newport	RI	10,508
New London	CT	10,115
St. Paul	MN	10,401
Nashua	NH	10,065
Newport	KY	10,046
Waterbury	CT	10,004
Haverhill	MA	9,995
Dorchester	MA	9,769
Hoboken	NJ	9,662
Columbus	GA	9,621
Schenectady	NY	9,579
Atlanta	GA	9,554
Wilmington	NC	9,552