Rank.

Cities.

Popula- tion, 1890

Rank.

Population, 1880

1

New York..............

1,513,501

1

1,206,209

2

Chicago.................

1,098,576

4

503,185

3

Philadelphia..............

1,044,894

2

847,170

4

Brooklyn.......

806,343

3

566,663

5

St. Louis.........

450,245

6

350,518

6

Boston.............

446,507

5

362,839

7

Baltimore.......

434,151

7

332,313

8

San Francisco___

297,990

9

233,959

9

Cincinnati.........

296 309

8

255,139

10

Cleveland........

261,546

11

160,146

11

Buffalo...........

254,457

13

155,134

12

New Orleans.....

241,995

10

216,090

13

Pittsburgh............

238,473

12

156,389

14

Washington..............

229,796

14

147,293

15

Detroit..............

205.669

18

116,340

16

Milwaukee........

203,979

19

115,587

17

Newark.........

181,513

15

136,508

18

Minneapolis..........

164.738

38

46,887

19

Jersey City.......

163,987,

17

120,722

20

Louisville......

161,005

16

123,758

21

Omaha............

139,526

63

30,518

22

Rochester..............

138,327

22

89,366

23

St. Paul ............

133,156

45

41,473

24

Kansas City.....

132,416

30

55.785

25

Providence...............

132,043

20

104,857

Rank.

Cities.

Population, 1890

Rank.

Population, 1880

26

Indianapolis.....

107.445

24

75.056

27

Denver.............

106,670

49

35,629

28

Allegheny.......

104.967

23

78,682

29

Albany..........

94,640

21

90,758

30

Columbus......

90,398

33

51,647

31

Syracuse .........

88,387

32

51,792

32

Worcester...........

84,536

28

58,291

33

Scranton.............

83,450

39

45,850

34

Toledo...........

82,652

35

50,137

35

New Haven........

81,451

26

62,882

36

Richmond.............

80,838

25

63,600

37

Paterson............

78,358

34

51,031

38

Lowell...........

77,605

27

59.475

39

Nashville..........

76,309

40

43,330

40

Fall River........

74,351

37

48.961

41

Cambridge............

69,837

31

52.669

42

Atlanta............

65.514

48

37,409

43

Memphis..............

64,586

54

33,592

44

Grand Rapids

64,147

58

32,016

45

Wilmington........

61,437

42

42,478

46

Troy..............

60,605

29

56,747

47

Reading................

58,926

41

43,278

48

Dayton

58,838

47

38,678

49

Trenton...........

58,488

64

29,910

50

Camdel

58,274

44

41,669

Totals..........

11.286,500

7.750,715