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Biggest Cities in Texas by Decade on a Map

Can you name the 10 biggest cities in Texas during every census since its statehood in 1845 - with the help of a map for each year?
Populations taken directly from Census data, when possible
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1850
4,177
Galveston
3,488
San Antonio
2,396
Houston
1,298
New Braunfels
1,180
Marshall
806
Victoria
754
Fredericksburg
629
Austin
533
Corpus Christi
468
Nacogdoches
 
 
1910
96,614
San Antonio
92,104
Dallas
78,800
Houston
73,312
Fort Worth
39,279
El Paso
36,981
Galveston
29,860
Austin
26,425
Waco
20,640
Beaumont
14,855
Laredo
 
 
1970
1,232,802
Houston
844,401
Dallas
654,153
San Antonio
393,476
Fort Worth
322,261
El Paso
251,808
Austin
204,525
Corpus Christi
149,101
Lubbock
127,010
Amarillo
115,919
Beaumont
1860
8,235
San Antonio
7,207
Galveston
4,845
Houston
3,494
Austin
2,734
Brownsville
1,986
Victoria
1,963
Harrisburg
1,740
New Braunfels
1,720
Chapel Hill
1,256
Laredo
 
 
1920
161,379
San Antonio
158,976
Dallas
138,276
Houston
106,482
Fort Worth
77,560
El Paso
44,255
Galveston
40,422
Beaumont
40,079
Wichita Falls
38,500
Waco
34,876
Austin
 
 
1980
1,594,086
Houston
904,078
Dallas
785,410
San Antonio
425,259
El Paso
385,141
Fort Worth
345,496
Austin
231,999
Corpus Christi
173,979
Lubbock
160,123
Arlington
149,230
Amarillo
1870
13,818
Galveston
12,256
San Antonio
9,382
Houston
4,905
Brownsville
4,428
Austin
4,190
Jefferson
3,008
Waco
2,534
Victoria
2,478
Waxahachie
2,442
Red Oak
 
 
1930
292,352
Houston
260,475
Dallas
231,542
San Antonio
163,447
Fort Worth
102,421
El Paso
57,732
Beaumont
53,120
Austin
52,938
Galveston
52,848
Waco
50,902
Port Arthur
 
 
1990
1,697,154
Houston
1,006,964
Dallas
998,043
San Antonio
519,225
Austin
515,632
El Paso
448,560
Fort Worth
261,973
Corpus Christi
258,340
Lubbock
187,361
Garland
180,886
Amarillo
1880
22,248
Galveston
20,550
San Antonio
16,513
Houston
11,013
Austin
10,358
Dallas
7,925
Waco
6,663
Fort Worth
6,093
Sherman
5,624
Marshall
4,938
Brownsville
 
 
1940
384,514
Houston
294,734
Dallas
253,854
San Antonio
177,662
Fort Worth
96,810
El Paso
87,930
Austin
60,862
Galveston
59,061
Beaumont
57,301
Corpus Christi
55,982
Waco
 
 
2000
2,017,651
Houston
1,187,742
Dallas
1,151,314
San Antonio
683,342
Austin
566,896
El Paso
543,044
Fort Worth
332,969
Arlington
277,560
Corpus Christi
221,996
Plano
215,818
Garland
1890
38,067
Dallas
37,673
San Antonio
29,084
Galveston
27,557
Houston
23,070
Fort Worth
14,575
Austin
14,445
Waco
11,319
Laredo
10,958
Denison
10,338
El Paso
 
 
1950
596,163
Houston
434,462
Dallas
408,442
San Antonio
278,778
Fort Worth
132,459
Austin
130,485
El Paso
108,287
Corpus Christi
94,014
Beaumont
84,706
Waco
74,246
Amarillo
 
 
2010
2,092,919
Houston
1,326,819
San Antonio
1,197,672
Dallas
801,862
Austin
744,800
Fort Worth
648,079
El Paso
365,125
Arlington
305,202
Corpus Christi
259,860
Plano
235,781
Laredo
1900
58,821
San Antonio
44,633
Houston
42,638
Dallas
37,789
Galveston
26,688
Fort Worth
22,258
Austin
20,686
Waco
15,906
El Paso
13,429
Laredo
11,807
Denison
 
 
1960
938,219
Houston
679,684
Dallas
587,718
San Antonio
356,268
Fort Worth
276,687
El Paso
186,545
Austin
167,690
Corpus Christi
137,969
Amarillo
128,691
Lubbock
119,175
Beaumont
 
 
2020
2,300,833
Houston
1,434,306
San Antonio
1,304,182
Dallas
961,893
Austin
918,907
Fort Worth
678,862
El Paso
394,265
Arlington
317,863
Corpus Christi
285,465
Plano
257,179
Lubbock
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