Most Populous Cities in the U.S. - 1870 Census

List the 100 most populous cities in the United States as of the 1870 census. The populations and corresponding states have already been listed.

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Answer	State	Population
New York City	NY	942,292
Philadelphia	PA	674,022
Brooklyn	NY	396,099
St. Louis	MO	310,864
Chicago	IL	298,977
Baltimore	MD	267,354
Boston	MA	250,526
Cincinnati	OH	216,239
New Orleans	LA	191,418
San Francisco	CA	149,473
Buffalo	NY	117,714
Washington	DC	109,199
Newark	NJ	105,059
Louisville	KY	100,753
Cleveland	OH	92,829
Pittsburgh	PA	86,076
Jersey City	NJ	82,546
Detroit	MI	79,577
Milwaukee	WI	71,440
Albany	NY	69,422
Providence	RI	68,904
Rochester	NY	62,386
Allegheny	PA	53,180
Richmond	VA	51,038
New Haven	CT	50,840
Charleston	SC	48,956
Indianapolis	IN	48,244
Troy	NY	46,465
Syracuse	NY	43,051
Worcester	MA	41,105
Lowell	MA	40,928
Memphis	TN	40,226
Cambridge	MA	39,634
Hartford	CT	37,180
Scranton	PA	35,092
Reading	PA	33,930
Paterson	NJ	33,579
Kansas City	MO	32,260
Mobile	AL	32,034
Toledo	OH	31,584
Portland	ME	31,413
Columbus	OH	31,274
Wilmington	DE	30,841
Dayton	OH	30,473
Lawrence	MA	28,921
Utica	NY	28,804
Charlestown	MA	28,323
Savannah	GA	28,235
Lynn	MA	28,233
Fall River	MA	26,766
Springfield	MA	26,703
Nashville	TN	25,865
Covington	KY	24,505
Salem	MA	24,117
Quincy	IL	24,052
Manchester	NH	23,536
Harrisburg	PA	23,104
Trenton	NJ	22,874
Peoria	IL	22,849
Evansville	IN	21,830
Atlanta	GA	21,789
New Bedford	MA	21,320
Oswego	NY	20,910
Elizabeth	NJ	20,832
North Providence	RI	20,495
Hoboken	NJ	20,297
Lancaster	PA	20,233
Poughkeepsie	NY	20,080
Camden	NJ	20,045
Davenport	IA	20,038
St. Paul	MN	20,030
Erie	PA	19,646
St. Joseph	MO	19,565
Wheeling	WV	19,280
Norfolk	VA	19,229
Bridgeport	CT	18,969
Petersburg	VA	18,950
Taunton	MA	18,629
Chelsea	MA	18,547
Dubuque	IA	18,434
Bangor	ME	18,289
Leavenworth	KS	17,873
Fort Wayne	IN	17,718
Springfield	IL	17,364
Auburn	NY	17,225
Newburgh	NY	17,014
Norwich	CT	16,653
Grand Rapids	MI	16,507
Sacramento	CA	16,283
Terre Haute	IN	16,103
Omaha	NE	16,083
Williamsport	PA	16,030
Elmira	NY	15,863
New Albany	IN	15,396
Augusta	GA	15,389
Gloucester	MA	15,389
Cohoes	NY	15,357
Newport	KY	15,087
New Brunswick	NJ	15,058
Burlington	IA	14,930