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First City to Reach 10k by U.S. State

By year of first records to record a population of a town or city above 10k in a given state, district, or territory.
City propers included only
Hawaii not included due to a lack of data
Many Spanish and French settlements excluded due to a lack of data
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State
Year
Answer
Massachusetts
1722
Boston
Pennsylvania
1731
Philadelphia
New York
1737
New York
South Carolina
1770
Charleston
Maryland
1790
Baltimore
Louisiana
1810
New Orleans
Rhode Island
1810
Providence
District of Columbia
1820
Washington
Virginia
1820
Richmond
New Jersey
1830
Newark
Connecticut
1830
New Haven
Maine
1830
Portland
Ohio
1830
Cincinnati
Kentucky
1830
Louisville
Georgia
1840
Savannah
Alabama
1840
Mobile
Missouri
1840
Saint Louis
California
1849
San Francisco
Illinois
1850
Chicago
West Virginia
1850
Wheeling
New Hampshire
1850
Manchester
Michigan
1850
Detroit
Wisconsin
1850
Milwaukee
Delaware
1850
Wilmington
Tennessee
1850
Nashville
State
Year
Answer
Indiana
1860
New Albany/Indianapolis
Minnesota
1860
Saint Paul
Iowa
1860
Dubuque
Vermont
1870
Burlington
Utah
1870
Salt Lake City
Nebraska
1870
Omaha
North Carolina
1870
Wilmington
Texas
1870
Galveston/San Antonio
Arkansas
1870
Little Rock
Nevada
1870
Virginia City
Mississippi
1870
Vicksburg
Kansas
1870
Leavenworth
Oregon
1880
Portland
South Dakota
1880
Deadwood
Colorado
1880
Denver/Leadville
Florida
1890
Key West
Montana
1890
Helena
Washington
1890
Seattle/Tacoma
Wyoming
1890
Cheyenne
Alaska
1900
Nome
Oklahoma
1900
Oklahoma City
Idaho
1910
Boise
New Mexico
1910
Albuquerque
Arizona
1910
Tucson
North Dakota
1910
Fargo
5 Comments
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Level 85
Jul 11, 2022
Great quiz! Should Jacksonville tie with Key West?
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Level 54
Jul 12, 2022
It was close, but Key West most likely surpassed 10k before Jacksonville because in both the 1880 and 1890 censuses Key West has a larger population.
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Level 74
Jul 11, 2022
If you don't know your boomtowns, y'all gonna struggle with Nevada, South Dakota, and Alaska. As all these cities now have less than 4,000 people.

Cool quiz btw

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Level 59
Jul 17, 2022
As a non American I would have liked a little more time to guess.
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Level 77
Sep 3, 2022
Needs a minute more, but cool quiz