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Population of Incorporated Places; Census of 1900 One Hundred Largest Cities
Peru, Ind............ 8,463
Petersburg, Va...... 21,810
Petoskey, Mich...... 5,285
Philadelphia, Pa___1,293,697
Phillipsburg. N. J... 10.052
Phoenix, Ariz....... 5,544
Phoenixville, Pa..... 9,196
Pine Bluff. Ark...... 11.496
Piqua, Ohio......... 12,172
Pittsburg, Kan...... 10,112
Pittsburg, Pa......... 321,616
Pittsfield, Mass...... 21,766
Pittston, Pa......... 12,556
Plainfleld, N. J...... 15,369
Plattsburg, N. Y___ 8,434
Plymouth, Pa....... 13,649
Pomona, Cal......... 5,526
Pontiac Mich........ 9,769
Portage, Wis........ 5,459
Port Chester, N. Y.. 7,440
Port Huron, Mich... 12,158
Port Jervis, N. Y___ 9,385
Portland, Me........ 50,145
Portland, Ore....... 90.426
Portsmouth, N. H... 10,637
Portsmouth, Ohio... 17,870
Portsmouth, Va..... 17,427
Pottstown, Pa....... 13,696
Pottsville, Pa....... 15,710
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 24,029
Princeton, Ind...... 6,041
Providence, R. I.... 175,597
Provo, Utah......... 6.185
Pueblo, Col.......... 28,157
Putnam, Conn....... 6.667
Quincy, 111........... 36,252
Quincy, Mass........ 23,899
Racine, Wis......... 29,102
Rahway, N. J....... 7,935
Raleigh, N. C....... 13,643
Reading, Pa......... 78,961
Red Bank, N. J___ 5.428
Red Wing, Minn----- 7,525
Rensselaer, N. Y___ 7,466
Richmond, Ind....... 18,226
Richmond, Va....... 85,050
Riverside, Cal....... 7,973
Roanoke, Va........ 21,495
Rochester, Minn..... 6,843
Rochester, N. H___ 8.466
Rochester, N. Y___ 162,608
Rockford, 111......... 31,051
Rock Hill, S. C...... 5,485
Rock Island, 111..... 19,493
Rockland, Me........ 8,150
Rockville, Conn..... 7,287
Rome, Ga........... 7,291
Rome, N. Y......... 15,343
Rutland. Vt.......... 11,499
Saco, Me............ 6,122
Sacramento, Cal___ 29,282
Saginaw, Mich...... 42,345
St. Albans. Vt....... 6,239
St. Charles, Mo..... 7.982
St. Cloud, Minn..... 8.663
St. Johnsbury, Vt... 5,666
St. Joseph, Mich.... 5,155
St. Joseph, Mo...... 102.979
St. Louis, Mo....... 575,238
St. Mary's, Ohio..... 5,359
St. Paul, Minn...... 163,065
Salem, Mass......... 35,956
Salem, N. J......... 5,811
Salem, Ohio......... 7.582
Salina, Kan......... 6,074
Salisbury, N. C...... 6,277
Salt Lake, Utah..... 53,531
San Antonio. Tex... 53,321
San Bernardino, Cal. 6,150
San Diego, Cal...... 17,700
Sandusky, Ohio..... 19,664
San Francisco, Cal.. 342 782
San Jose, Cal........ 21,500
Santa Barbara, Cal.. 6.587
Santa Cruz. Cal..... 5.659
Sante Fe, N. M...... 5,603
Santa Rosa, Cal___ 6,673
Saratoga Sp's, N Y. 12.409
Sault Ste. Marie,Mh. 10,538
Savannah, Ga....... 54,244
Sayre, Pa........... 5,243
Schenectady, N. Y.. 31.682
Scranton, Pa........ 102,026
Seattle. Wash....... 80,671
Sedalia, Mo.......... 15,231
Selma, Ala.......... 8,713
Incorporated Places Having 5,000 Inhbaitants or More
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Seneca Falls, N. Y.. 6.519.
Seymour, Ind........ 6,445
Shamokin, Pa....... 18.202
Sharon, Pa.......... 8,916
Sharpsburg, Pa...... 6,842
Sheboygan, Wis..... 22,962
Shelbyville. Ind...... 7,169
Shenandoah, Pa..... 20,321
Sherman, Tex....... 10,243
Shreveport, La...... 16,013
Sidney. Ohio........ 5,688
Sioux City, Iowa----- 33,111
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.. 10,266
Somersworth, N. H.. 7,023
Somerville, Mass----- 61,643
South Amboy, N. J.. 6,349
South Bend, Ind..... 35,999
South Bethlehem, Pa. 13,241
S. Norwalk, Conn----- 6,591
South Omaha, Neb.. 26,001
South Portland. Me. 6,287
Spartansburg. S. C. 11,395
Spokane. Wash...... 36,848
Springfield, 111....... 34,159
Springfield, Mass___ 62,059
Springfield, Mo...... 23,267
Springfield, Ohio----- 38,253
Spring Valley, 111----- 6,214
Stamford, Conn..... 15,997
Staunton, Va........ 7,289
Steelton, Pa......... 12,086
Sterling, 111.......... 6,309
Steubenville, Ohio... 14,349
Stevens Point, Wis.. 9,524
Stillwater, Minn..... 12,318
Stockton, Cal........ 17,506
Streator, 111......... 14,079
Summit, N. J....... 5,302
Sumter, S. C........ 5.673
Sunbury, Pa......... 9,810
Superior, Wis....... 31,091
Syracuse, N. Y..... 108,374
Tacoma, Wash...... 37,714
Talladega, Ala....... 5,056
Tamaqua. Pa........ 7,267
Tampa, Fla.......... 15,839
Tarentum, Pa........ 5,472
Taunton, Mass...... 31,036
Temple. Tex........ 7,065
Terre Haute, Ind___ 36,673
Terrell, Tex......... 6,330
Texarkana. Tex..... 5,256
Thomasville, Ga..... 5,322
Tiffin, Ohio.......... 10.989
Titusville. Pa........ 8,244
Toledo. Ohio........ 131.822
Tonawanda. N. Y... 7.421
Topeka, Kan....... 33,608
Torrington, Conn.... 8,360
Traverse City, Mich. 9,407
Trenton, Mo......... 5,396
Trenton, N. J....... 73,307
Trinidad, Col........ 5,345
Troy, N. Y.......... 60,651
Troy, Ohio.......... 5,881
Tucson, Ariz........ 7,531
Tuscaloosa, Ala..... 5.094
Tyler, Tex........... 8,069
Tyrone, Pa.......... 5,847
Union, N. J......... 15,187
Union, S. C.......... 5,400
Uniontown, Pa...... 7,344
Urbana, 111.......... 5,723
Urbana, Ohio........ 6,808
Utica, N. Y......... 56,383
Valdosta, Ga........ 5,613
Vallejo, Cal......... 7,965
Valparaiso, Ind...... 6,280
Van Wert, Ohio..... 6,422
Vicksburg, Miss..... 14,834
Vincennes, Ind...... 10.249
 
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