Year
|
City
|
Population
|
1790
|
Boston
|
18,320
|
1800
|
Baltimore
|
26,514
|
1810
|
Baltimore
|
46,555
|
1820
|
Baltimore
|
62,738
|
1830
|
Philadelphia
|
80,462
|
1840
|
New Orleans
|
102,193
|
1850
|
Boston
|
136,881
|
1860
|
Brooklyn
|
266,661
|
1870
|
Brooklyn
|
396,099
|
1880
|
Brooklyn
|
566,663
|
1890
|
Philadelphia
|
1,046,964
|
1900
|
Philadelphia
|
1,293,697
|
|
Year
|
City
|
Population
|
1910
|
Philadelphia
|
1,549,008
|
1920
|
Philadelphia
|
1,823,779
|
1930
|
Philadelphia
|
1,950,961
|
1940
|
Philadelphia
|
1,931,334
|
1950
|
Philadelphia
|
2,071,605
|
1960
|
Los Angeles
|
2,479,015
|
1970
|
Los Angeles
|
2,816,061
|
1980
|
Los Angeles
|
2,966,850
|
1990
|
Chicago
|
2,783,726
|
2000
|
Chicago
|
2,896,016
|
2010
|
Chicago
|
2,695,598
|
2020
|
Chicago
|
2,670,406
|
|