Most Populous Cities in the U.S. - 1880 Census

List the 100 most populous cities in the United States as of the 1880 census. The populations and corresponding states have already been listed.

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Answer	State	Population
New York City	NY	1,206,299
Philadelphia	PA	847,170
Brooklyn	NY	566,663
Chicago	IL	503,185
Boston	MA	362,839
St. Louis	MO	350,518
Baltimore	MD	332,313
Cincinnati	OH	255,139
San Francisco	CA	233,959
New Orleans	LA	216,090
Cleveland	OH	160,146
Pittsburgh	PA	156,389
Buffalo	NY	155,134
Washington	DC	147,293
Newark	NJ	136,508
Louisville	KY	123,758
Jersey City	NJ	120,722
Detroit	MI	116,340
Milwaukee	WI	115,587
Providence	RI	104,857
Albany	NY	90,758
Rochester	NY	89,366
Allegheny	PA	78,682
Indianapolis	IN	75,056
Richmond	VA	63,600
New Haven	CT	62,882
Lowell	MA	59,475
Worcester	MA	58,291
Troy	NY	56,747
Kansas City	MO	55,785
Cambridge	MA	52,669
Syracuse	NY	51,792
Columbus	OH	51,647
Paterson	NJ	51,031
Toledo	OH	50,137
Charleston	SC	49,984
Fall River	MA	48,961
Minneapolis	MN	46,887
Scranton	PA	45,850
Nashville	TN	43,350
Reading	PA	43,278
Wilmington	DE	42,478
Hartford	CT	42,015
Camden	NJ	41,659
St. Paul	MN	41,473
Lawrence	MA	39,151
Dayton	OH	38,678
Lynn	MA	38,274
Atlanta	GA	37,409
Denver	CO	35,629
Oakland	CA	34,555
Utica	NY	33,914
Portland	ME	33,810
Memphis	TN	33,592
Springfield	MA	33,340
Manchester	NH	32,630
St. Joseph	MO	32,431
Grand Rapids	MI	32,016
Hoboken	NJ	30,999
Harrisburg	PA	30,762
Wheeling	WV	30,737
Savannah	GA	30,709
Omaha	NE	30,518
Trenton	NJ	29,910
Covington	KY	29,720
Evansville	IN	29,280
Peoria	IL	29,259
Mobile	AL	29,132
Elizabeth	NJ	28,229
Erie	PA	27,737
Bridgeport	CT	27,643
Salem	MA	27,563
Quincy	IL	27,268
Fort Wayne	IN	26,880
New Bedford	MA	26,845
Terre Haute	IN	26,042
Lancaster	PA	25,769
Somerville	MA	24,933
Wilkes-Barre	PA	23,339
Des Moines	IA	22,408
Dubuque	IA	22,254
Galveston	TX	22,248
Norfolk	VA	21,966
Auburn	NY	21,924
Holyoke	MA	21,915
Augusta	GA	21,891
Davenport	IA	21,831
Chelsea	MA	21,782
Petersburg	VA	21,656
Sacramento	CA	21,420
Taunton	MA	21,213
Oswego	NY	21,116
Salt Lake City	UT	20,768
Springfield	OH	20,730
Bay City	MI	20,693
San Antonio	TX	20,550
Elmira	NY	20,541
Newport	KY	20,433
Poughkeepsie	NY	20,207
Springfield	IL	19,743