Most Populous Cities in the U.S. - 1900 Census

List the 100 most populous cities in the United States as of the 1900 census. The populations and corresponding states have already been listed.

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Answer	State	Population
New York City	NY	3,437,202
Chicago	IL	1,698,575
Philadelphia	PA	1,293,697
St. Louis	MO	575,238
Boston	MA	560,892
Baltimore	MD	508,957
Cleveland	OH	391,768
Buffalo	NY	352,387
San Francisco	CA	342,782
Cincinnati	OH	325,902
Pittsburgh	PA	321,616
New Orleans	LA	287,104
Detroit	MI	285,704
Milwaukee	WI	285,315
Washington	DC	278,718
Newark	NJ	246,070
Jersey City	NJ	206,433
Louisville	KY	204,731
Minneapolis	MN	202,718
Providence	RI	175,597
Indianapolis	IN	169,164
Kansas City	MO	163,752
St. Paul	MN	163,065
Rochester	NY	162,608
Denver	CO	133,859
Toledo	OH	131,822
Allegheny	PA	129,896
Columbus	OH	125,560
Worcester	MA	118,421
Syracuse	NY	108,374
New Haven	CT	108,027
Paterson	NJ	105,171
Fall River	MA	104,863
St. Joseph	MO	102,979
Omaha	NE	102,555
Los Angeles	CA	102,479
Memphis	TN	102,320
Scranton	PA	102,026
Lowell	MA	94,969
Albany	NY	94,151
Cambridge	MA	91,886
Portland	OR	90,426
Atlanta	GA	89,872
Grand Rapids	MI	87,565
Dayton	OH	85,333
Richmond	VA	85,050
Nashville	TN	80,865
Seattle	WA	80,671
Hartford	CT	79,850
Reading	PA	78,961
Wilmington	DE	76,508
Camden	NJ	75,935
Trenton	NJ	73,307
Bridgeport	CT	70,996
Lynn	MA	68,513
Oakland	CA	66,960
Lawrence	MA	62,559
New Bedford	MA	62,442
Des Moines	IA	62,139
Springfield	MA	62,059
Somerville	MA	61,643
Troy	NY	60,651
Hoboken	NJ	59,364
Evansville	IN	59,007
Manchester	NH	56,987
Utica	NY	56,383
Peoria	IL	56,100
Charleston	SC	55,807
Savannah	GA	54,244
Salt Lake City	UT	53,531
San Antonio	TX	53,321
Duluth	MN	52,969
Erie	PA	52,733
Elizabeth	NJ	52,130
Wilkes-Barre	PA	51,721
Kansas City	KS	51,418
Harrisburg	PA	50,167
Portland	ME	50,145
Yonkers	NY	47,931
Norfolk	VA	46,624
Waterbury	CT	45,859
Holyoke	MA	45,712
Fort Wayne	IN	45,115
Youngstown	OH	44,885
Houston	TX	44,633
Covington	KY	42,938
Akron	OH	42,728
Dallas	TX	42,638
Saginaw	MI	42,345
Lancaster	PA	41,459
Lincoln	NE	40,169
Brockton	MA	40,063
Binghamton	NY	39,647
Augusta	GA	39,441
Pawtucket	RI	39,231
Altoona	PA	38,973
Wheeling	WV	38,878
Mobile	AL	38,469
Birmingham	AL	38,415
Little Rock	AR	38,307