Most Populous Cities in the U.S. - 1940 Census

List the 100 most populous cities in the United States as of the 1940 census. The populations and corresponding states have already been listed.

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Answer	State	Population
New York City	NY	7,454,995
Chicago	IL	3,396,808
Philadelphia	PA	1,931,334
Detroit	MI	1,623,452
Los Angeles	CA	1,504,277
Cleveland	OH	878,336
Baltimore	MD	859,100
St. Louis	MO	816,048
Boston	MA	770,816
Pittsburgh	PA	671,659
Washington	DC	663,091
San Francisco	CA	634,536
Milwaukee	WI	587,472
Buffalo	NY	575,901
New Orleans	LA	494,537
Minneapolis	MN	492,370
Cincinnati	OH	455,610
Newark	NJ	429,760
Kansas City	MO	399,178
Indianapolis	IN	386,972
Houston	TX	384,514
Seattle	WA	368,302
Rochester	NY	324,975
Denver	CO	322,412
Louisville	KY	319,077
Columbus	OH	306,087
Portland	OR	305,394
Atlanta	GA	302,288
Oakland	CA	302,163
Jersey City	NJ	301,173
Dallas	TX	294,734
Memphis	TN	292,942
St. Paul	MN	287,736
Toledo	OH	282,349
Birmingham	AL	267,583
San Antonio	TX	253,854
Providence	RI	253,504
Akron	OH	244,791
Omaha	NE	223,844
Dayton	OH	210,718
Syracuse	NY	205,967
Oklahoma City	OK	204,424
San Diego	CA	203,341
Worcester	MA	193,694
Richmond	VA	193,042
Fort Worth	TX	177,662
Jacksonville	FL	173,065
Miami	FL	172,172
Youngstown	OH	167,720
Nashville	TN	167,402
Hartford	CT	166,267
Grand Rapids	MI	164,292
Long Beach	CA	164,271
New Haven	CT	160,605
Des Moines	IA	159,819
Flint	MI	151,543
Salt Lake City	UT	149,934
Springfield	MA	149,554
Bridgeport	CT	147,121
Norfolk	VA	144,332
Yonkers	NY	142,598
Tulsa	OK	142,157
Scranton	PA	140,404
Paterson	NJ	139,656
Albany	NY	130,577
Chattanooga	TN	128,163
Trenton	NJ	124,697
Spokane	WA	122,001
Kansas City	KS	121,458
Fort Wayne	IN	118,410
Camden	NJ	117,536
Erie	PA	116,955
Fall River	MA	115,428
Wichita	KS	114,966
Wilmington	DE	112,504
Gary	IN	111,719
Knoxville	TN	111,580
Cambridge	MA	110,879
Reading	PA	110,568
New Bedford	MA	110,341
Elizabeth	NJ	109,912
Tacoma	WA	109,408
Canton	OH	108,401
Tampa	FL	108,391
Sacramento	CA	105,958
Peoria	IL	105,087
Somerville	MA	102,177
Lowell	MA	101,389
South Bend	IN	101,268
Duluth	MN	101,065
Charlotte	NC	100,899
Utica	NY	100,518
Waterbury	CT	99,314
Shreveport	LA	98,167
Lynn	MA	98,123
Evansville	IN	97,062
Allentown	PA	96,904
El Paso	TX	96,810
Savannah	GA	95,996
Little Rock	AR	88,039