Most Populous Cities in the U.S. - 1890 Census

List the 100 most populous cities in the United States as of the 1890 census. The populations and corresponding states have already been listed.
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State
Population
New York City
NY
1,515,301
Chicago
IL
1,099,850
Philadelphia
PA
1,046,964
Brooklyn
NY
806,343
St. Louis
MO
451,770
Boston
MA
448,477
Baltimore
MD
434,439
San Francisco
CA
298,997
Cincinnati
OH
296,908
Cleveland
OH
261,353
Buffalo
NY
255,664
New Orleans
LA
242,039
Pittsburgh
PA
238,617
Washington
DC
230,392
Detroit
MI
205,876
Milwaukee
WI
204,468
Newark
NJ
181,830
Minneapolis
MN
164,738
Jersey City
NJ
163,003
Louisville
KY
161,129
Omaha
NE
140,452
Rochester
NY
133,896
St. Paul
MN
133,156
Kansas City
MO
132,716
Providence
RI
132,146
Denver
CO
106,713
Indianapolis
IN
105,436
Allegheny
PA
105,287
Albany
NY
94,923
Columbus
OH
88,150
Syracuse
NY
88,143
New Haven
CT
86,045
Worcester
MA
84,655
Toledo
OH
81,434
Richmond
VA
81,388
Paterson
NJ
78,347
Lowell
MA
77,696
Nashville
TN
76,168
Scranton
PA
75,215
Fall River
MA
74,398
Cambridge
MA
70,028
Atlanta
GA
65,533
Memphis
TN
64,495
Wilmington
DE
61,431
Dayton
OH
61,220
Troy
NY
60,956
Grand Rapids
MI
60,278
Reading
PA
58,661
Camden
NJ
58,313
Trenton
NJ
57,458
Answer
State
Population
Lynn
MA
55,727
Lincoln
NE
55,154
Charleston
SC
54,955
Hartford
CT
53,230
St. Joseph
MO
52,324
Evansville
IN
50,756
Los Angeles
CA
50,395
Des Moines
IA
50,093
Bridgeport
CT
48,866
Oakland
CA
48,682
Portland
OR
46,385
Saginaw
MI
46,322
Salt Lake City
UT
44,843
Lawrence
MA
44,654
Springfield
MA
44,179
Manchester
NH
44,126
Utica
NY
44,007
Hoboken
NJ
43,648
Savannah
GA
43,189
Seattle
WA
42,837
Peoria
IL
41,024
New Bedford
MA
40,733
Erie
PA
40,634
Somerville
MA
40,152
Harrisburg
PA
39,385
Kansas City
KS
38,316
Dallas
TX
38,067
Sioux City
IA
37,806
Elizabeth
NJ
37,764
Wilkes-Barre
PA
37,718
San Antonio
TX
37,673
Covington
KY
37,371
Portland
ME
36,425
Tacoma
WA
36,006
Holyoke
MA
35,637
Fort Wayne
IN
35,393
Binghamton
NY
35,005
Norfolk
VA
34,871
Wheeling
WV
34,522
Augusta
GA
33,300
Youngstown
OH
33,220
Duluth
MN
33,115
Yonkers
NY
32,033
Lancaster
PA
32,011
Springfield
OH
31,895
Quincy
IL
31,494
Mobile
AL
31,076
Topeka
KS
31,007
Elmira
NY
30,893
Salem
MA
30,801
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