Table 13. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1900 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank | Place 1/ | Population || Rank | Place | Population --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *................ 3,437,202 51 Wilmington city, DE................ 76,508 2 Chicago city, IL................... 1,698,575 52 Camden city, NJ.................... 75,935 3 Philadelphia city, PA.............. 1,293,697 53 Trenton city, NJ................... 73,307 4 St. Louis city, MO................. 575,238 54 Bridgeport city, CT................ 70,996 5 Boston city, MA.................... 560,892 55 Lynn city, MA...................... 68,513 6 Baltimore city, MD................. 508,957 56 Oakland city, CA................... 66,960 7 Cleveland city, OH................. 381,768 57 Lawrence city, MA.................. 62,559 8 Buffalo city, NY................... 352,387 58 New Bedford city, MA............... 62,442 9 San Francisco city, CA............. 342,782 59 Des Moines city, IA................ 62,139 10 Cincinnati city, OH................ 325,902 60 Springfield city, MA............... 62,059 11 Pittsburgh city, PA *.............. 321,616 61 Somerville city, MA................ 61,643 12 New Orleans city, LA............... 287,104 62 Troy city, NY...................... 60,651 13 Detroit city, MI................... 285,704 63 Hoboken city, NJ................... 59,364 14 Milwaukee city, WI................. 285,315 64 Evansville city, IN................ 59,007 15 Washington city, DC................ 278,718 65 Manchester city, NH................ 56,987 16 Newark city, NJ.................... 246,070 66 Utica city, NY..................... 56,383 17 Jersey City city, NJ............... 206,433 67 Peoria city, IL.................... 56,100 18 Louisville city, KY................ 204,731 68 Charleston city, SC................ 55,807 19 Minneapolis city, MN............... 202,718 69 Savannah city GA................... 54,244 20 Providence city, RI................ 175,597 70 Salt Lake City city, UT............ 53,531 21 Indianapolis city, IN.............. 169,164 71 San Antonio city, TX............... 53,321 22 Kansas City city, MO............... 163,752 72 Duluth city, MN.................... 52,969 23 St. Paul city, MN.................. 163,065 73 Erie city, PA...................... 52,733 24 Rochester city, NY................. 162,608 74 Elizabeth city, NJ................. 52,130 25 Denver city, CO.................... 133,859 75 Wilkes-Barre city, PA.............. 51,721 26 Toledo city, OH.................... 131,822 76 Kansas City city, KS............... 51,418 27 Allegheny city, PA *............... 129,896 77 Harrisburg city, PA................ 50,167 28 Columbus city, OH.................. 125,560 78 Portland city, ME.................. 50,145 29 Worcester city, MA................. 118,421 79 Yonkers city, NY................... 47,931 30 Syracuse city, NY.................. 108,374 80 Norfolk city, VA................... 46,624 31 New Haven city, CT................. 108,027 81 Waterbury city, CT................. 45,859 32 Paterson city, NJ.................. 105,171 82 Holyoke city, MA................... 45,712 33 Fall River city, MA................ 104,863 83 Fort Wayne city, IN................ 45,115 34 St. Joseph city, MO................ 102,979 84 Youngstown city, OH................ 44,885 35 Omaha city, NE..................... 102,555 85 Houston city, TX................... 44,633 36 Los Angeles city, CA............... 102,479 86 Covington city, KY................. 42,938 37 Memphis city, TN................... 102,320 87 Akron city, OH..................... 42,728 38 Scranton city, PA.................. 102,026 88 Dallas city, TX.................... 42,638 39 Lowell city, MA.................... 94,969 89 Saginaw city, MI................... 42,345 40 Albany city, NY.................... 94,151 90 Lancaster city, PA................. 41,459 41 Cambridge city, MA................. 91,886 91 Lincoln city, NE................... 40,169 42 Portland city, OR.................. 90,426 92 Brockton city, MA.................. 40,063 43 Atlanta city, GA................... 89,872 93 Binghamton city, NY................ 39,647 44 Grand Rapids city, MI.............. 87,565 94 Augusta city, GA................... 39,441 45 Dayton city, OH.................... 85,333 95 Pawtucket city, RI................. 39,231 46 Richmond city, VA.................. 85,050 96 Altoona city, PA................... 38,973 47 Nashville city, TN................. 80,865 97 Wheeling city, WV.................. 38,878 48 Seattle city, WA................... 80,671 98 Mobile city, AL.................... 38,469 49 Hartford city, CT.................. 79,850 99 Birmingham city, AL................ 38,415 50 Reading city, PA................... 78,961 100 Little Rock city, AR............... 38,307 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * See Notes for Individual Places. 1/ Excludes Honolulu CDP (population 39,306) before Hawaii became a state.