100 Biggest U.S. Cities of the Sun Belt in 1900

Historically, the modern-day Sun Belt was rural and sparsely populated, with few major cities and limited industry, showing little sign of its future boom. Can you name the 100 most populous cities in the territory we now know as the Sun Belt as they were in 1900?

Population estimates according to the US Census of 1900.

Sun Belt defined as south of 36°30′N latitude per the Kinder Institute of Urban Research.

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Population	State or Territory	City
287,104	Louisiana	New Orleans
102,479	California	Los Angeles
102,320	Tennessee	Memphis
89,872	Georgia	Atlanta
80,865	Tennessee	Nashville
55,807	South Carolina	Charleston
54,244	Georgia	Savannah
53,321	Texas	San Antonio
44,633	Texas	Houston
42,638	Texas	Dallas
39,441	Georgia	Augusta
38,469	Alabama	Mobile
38,415	Alabama	Birmingham
38,307	Arkansas	Little Rock
37,789	Texas	Galveston
32,637	Tennessee	Knoxville
30,346	Alabama	Montgomery
30,154	Tennessee	Chattanooga
28,429	Florida	Jacksonville
26,688	Texas	Fort Worth
23,272	Georgia	Macon
22,258	Texas	Austin
21,108	South Carolina	Columbia
20,976	North Carolina	Wilmington
20,686	Texas	Waco
18,091	North Carolina	Charlotte
17,747	Florida	Pensacola
17,700	California	San Diego
17,614	Georgia	Columbus
17,114	Florida	Key West
16,013	Louisiana	Shreveport
15,906	Texas	El Paso
15,839	Florida	Tampa
14,834	Mississippi	Vicksburg

Population	State or Territory	City
14,694	North Carolina	Asheville
14,511	Tennessee	Jackson
14,050	Mississippi	Meridian
13,643	North Carolina	Raleigh
13,429	Texas	Laredo
12,210	Mississippi	Natchez
11,860	South Carolina	Greenville
11,807	Texas	Denison
11,587	Arkansas	Fort Smith
11,496	Arkansas	Pine Bluff
11,395	South Carolina	Spartanburg
11,269	Louisiana	Baton Rouge
10,245	Georgia	Athens
10,243	Texas	Sherman
10,037	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
10,035	North Carolina	Greensboro
10,008	North Carolina	Winston
10,006	Oklahoma	Guthrie
9,973	Arkansas	Hot Springs
9,695	Alabama	Anniston
9,427	Texas	Beaumont
9,358	Texas	Paris
9,313	Texas	Corsicana
9,117	California	Pasadena
9,090	North Carolina	New Bern
9,081	Georgia	Brunswick
8,713	Alabama	Selma
8,297	Texas	Palestine
8,069	Texas	Tyler
8,068	Alabama	Huntsville
7,973	California	Riverside
7,910	North Carolina	Concord
7,874	Texas	Gainesville

Population	State or Territory	City
7,855	Texas	Marshall
7,816	Mississippi	Jackson
7,674	Georgia	Americus
7,642	Mississippi	Greenville
7,531	Arizona	Tucson
7,493	Texas	Cleburne
7,291	Georgia	Rome
7,065	Texas	Temple
6,860	Texas	Greenville
6,857	Georgia	Griffin
6,815	Louisiana	New Iberia
6,680	Louisiana	Lake Charles
6,679	North Carolina	Durham
6,587	California	Santa Barbara
6,484	Mississippi	Columbus
6,478	Alabama	Florence
6,358	Alabama	Bessemer
6,348	North Carolina	Elizabeth City
6,330	Texas	Terrell
6,305	Texas	Brownsville
6,277	North Carolina	Salisbury
6,238	New Mexico	Albuquerque
6,150	California	San Bernardino
6,052	Tennessee	Columbia
5,968	Texas	Brenham
5,919	Georgia	Waycross
5,877	North Carolina	Goldsboro
5,681	Indian Territory	Ardmore
5,673	South Carolina	Sumter
5,648	Louisiana	Alexandria
5,613	Georgia	Valdosta
5,603	New Mexico	Santa Fe
5,550	Arkansas	Helena

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