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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Answer	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
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