Table 12. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1890 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank | Place | Population || Rank | Place | Population --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *................ 1,515,301 51 Lynn city, MA...................... 55,727 2 Chicago city, IL................... 1,099,850 52 Lincoln city, NE................... 55,154 3 Philadelphia city, PA.............. 1,046,964 53 Charleston city, SC................ 54,955 4 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 806,343 54 Hartford city, CT.................. 53,230 5 St. Louis city, MO................. 451,770 55 St. Joseph city, MO................ 52,324 6 Boston city, MA.................... 448,477 56 Evansville city, IN................ 50,756 7 Baltimore city, MD................. 434,439 57 Los Angeles city, CA............... 50,395 8 San Francisco city, CA............. 298,997 58 Des Moines city, IA................ 50,093 9 Cincinnati city, OH................ 296,908 59 Bridgeport city, CT................ 48,866 10 Cleveland city, OH................. 261,353 60 Oakland city, CA................... 48,682 11 Buffalo city, NY................... 255,664 61 Portland city, OR.................. 46,385 12 New Orleans city, LA............... 242,039 62 Saginaw city, MI................... 46,322 13 Pittsburgh city, PA *.............. 238,617 63 Salt Lake City city, UT............ 44,843 14 Washington city, DC *.............. 230,392 64 Lawrence city, MA.................. 44,654 15 Detroit city, MI................... 205,876 65 Springfield city, MA............... 44,179 16 Milwaukee city, WI................. 204,468 66 Manchester city, NH................ 44,126 17 Newark city, NJ.................... 181,830 67 Utica city, NY..................... 44,007 18 Minneapolis city, MN............... 164,738 68 Hoboken city, NJ................... 43,648 19 Jersey City city, NJ............... 163,003 69 Savannah city, GA.................. 43,189 20 Louisville city, KY................ 161,129 70 Seattle city, WA................... 42,837 21 Omaha city, NE..................... 140,452 71 Peoria city, IL.................... 41,024 22 Rochester city, NY................. 133,896 72 New Bedford city, MA............... 40,733 23 St. Paul city, MN.................. 133,156 73 Erie city, PA...................... 40,634 24 Kansas City city, MO............... 132,716 74 Somerville city, MA................ 40,152 25 Providence city, RI................ 132,146 75 Harrisburg city, PA................ 39,385 26 Denver city, CO.................... 106,713 76 Kansas City city, KS............... 38,316 27 Indianapolis city, IN.............. 105,436 77 Dallas city, TX.................... 38,067 28 Allegheny city, PA *............... 105,287 78 Sioux City city, IA................ 37,806 29 Albany city, NY.................... 94,923 79 Elizabeth city, NJ................. 37,764 30 Columbus city, OH.................. 88,150 80 Wilkes-Barre city, PA.............. 37,718 31 Syracuse city, NY.................. 88,143 81 San Antonio city, TX............... 37,673 32 New Haven city, CT................. 86,045 82 Covington city, KY................. 37,371 33 Worcester city, MA................. 84,655 83 Portland city, ME.................. 36,425 34 Toledo city, OH.................... 81,434 84 Tacoma city, WA.................... 36,006 35 Richmond city, VA.................. 81,388 85 Holyoke city, MA................... 35,637 36 Paterson city, NJ.................. 78,347 86 Fort Wayne city, IN................ 35,393 37 Lowell city, MA.................... 77,696 87 Binghamton city, NY................ 35,005 38 Nashville city, TN................. 76,168 88 Norfolk city, VA................... 34,871 39 Scranton city, PA.................. 75,215 89 Wheeling city, WV.................. 34,522 40 Fall River city, MA................ 74,398 90 Augusta city, GA................... 33,300 41 Cambridge city, MA................. 70,028 91 Youngstown city, OH................ 33,220 42 Atlanta city, GA................... 65,533 92 Duluth city, MN.................... 33,115 43 Memphis city, TN................... 64,495 93 Yonkers city, NY................... 32,033 44 Wilmington city, DE................ 61,431 94 Lancaster city, PA................. 32,011 45 Dayton city, OH.................... 61,220 95 Springfield city, OH............... 31,895 46 Troy city, NY...................... 60,956 96 Quincy city, IL.................... 31,494 47 Grand Rapids city, MI.............. 60,278 97 Mobile city, AL.................... 31,076 48 Reading city, PA................... 58,661 98 Topeka city, KS.................... 31,007 49 Camden city, NJ.................... 58,313 99 Elmira city, NY.................... 30,893 50 Trenton city, NJ................... 57,458 100 Salem city, MA..................... 30,801 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * See Notes for Individual Places.