Biggest Cities in the Western U.S. in 1940

Name the 100 largest cities in the Western United States before the American entrance into WWII and the age of the suburb.

Populations taken from the 1940 U.S. census.

For Texas, the Dakotas, and Nebraska, only cities west of the 102nd meridian.

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Population	City	State
1,504,277	Los Angeles	CA
634,536	San Francisco	CA
368,302	Seattle	WA
322,412	Denver	CO
305,394	Portland	OR
302,163	Oakland	CA
203,341	San Diego	CA
179,326	Honolulu	HI*
164,271	Long Beach	CA
149,934	Salt Lake City	UT
122,001	Spokane	WA
109,408	Tacoma	WA
105,958	Sacramento	CA
96,810	El Paso	TX
85,547	Berkeley	CA
82,582	Glendale	CA
81,864	Pasadena	CA
68,457	San Jose	CA
65,414	Phoenix	AZ
60,685	Fresno	CA
54,714	Stockton	CA
53,500	Santa Monica	CA
52,162	Pueblo	CO
43,688	Ogden	UT
43,646	San Bernardino	CA
38,935	Alhambra	CA
37,081	Butte	MT
36,789	Colorado Springs	CO
36,256	Alameda	CA
35,752	Tucson	AZ
35,449	Albuquerque	NM
34,958	Santa Barbara	CA
34,696	Riverside	CA
34,337	Burbank	CA
31,921	Santa Ana	CA
30,908	Salem	OR
30,224	Everett	WA
30,114	Inglewood	CA
29,928	Great Falls	MT
29,314	Bellingham	WA
29,252	Bakersfield	CA
28,648	Huntington Park	CA
27,221	Yakima	WA
26,945	South Gate	CA
26,823	Beverly Hills	CA
26,130	Boise	ID
23,642	Richmond	CA
23,539	Pomona	CA
23,353	Hilo	HI*
23,216	Billings	MT

Population	City	State
22,474	Cheyenne	WY
21,317	Reno	NV
20,838	Eugene	OR
20,325	Santa Fe	NM
20,072	Vallejo	CA
19,403	San Mateo	CA
18,846	Aberdeen	WA
18,788	Vancouver	WA
18,449	Missoula	MT
18,133	Pocatello	ID
18,109	Walla Walla	WA
18,071	Provo	UT
17,964	Casper	WY
17,055	Eureka	CA
16,896	Santa Cruz	CA
16,774	Palo Alto	CA
16,497	Klamath Falls	OR
16,379	Modesto	CA
16,198	Compton	CA
16,115	Whittier	CA
15,995	Greeley	CO
15,940	Burlingame	CA
15,134	Bremerton	WA
15,056	Helena	MT
15,024	Idaho Falls	ID
14,601	San Leandro	CA
14,356	South Pasadena	CA
14,324	Redlands	CA
14,197	Ontario	CA
13,844	Rapid City	SD
13,482	Roswell	NM
13,264	Ventura	CA
13,254	Olympia	WA
13,223	Trinidad	CO
13,092	Redondo Beach	CA
12,958	Boulder	CO
12,807	Monrovia	CA
12,605	Santa Rosa	CA
12,479	Grand Junction	CO
12,453	Redwood City	CA
12,385	Longview	WA
12,251	Fort Collins	CO
12,149	Nampa	ID
12,057	Scottsbluff	NE
11,868	Logan	UT
11,867	San Gabriel	CA
11,851	Twin Falls	ID
11,718	Brawley	CA
11,620	Wenatchee	WA
11,586	Salinas	CA

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