Most Populated U.S. Cities by Year - 1980

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Population	Entity	Answer
7,072,000	New York	New York City
3,005,000	Illinois	Chicago
2,967,000	California	Los Angeles
1,688,000	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
1,595,000	Texas	Houston
1,203,000	Michigan	Detroit
904,000	Texas	Dallas
876,000	California	San Diego
790,000	Arizona	Phoenix
787,000	Maryland	Baltimore

Population	Entity	Answer
786,000	Texas	San Antonio
701,000	Indiana	Indianapolis
679,000	California	San Francisco
646,000	Tennessee	Memphis
638,000	District of Columbia	Washington
636,000	Wisconsin	Milwaukee
629,000	California	San Jose
574,000	Ohio	Cleveland
565,000	Ohio	Columbus
563,000	Massachusetts	Boston