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Population of Incorporated Places; Census of 1900 One Hundred Largest Cities
New York, N. T... .3,437,202
Chicago, 111.........1,698,575
Philadelphia, Pa.....1,293,697
St. Louis, Mo....... 575,238
Boston, Mass........ 560,892
Baltimore, Md....... 508.957
Cleveland, Ohio...... 381,768
Buffalo, N. Y........ 352,387
San Francisco, Cal.. 342,782
Cincinnati, Ohio..... 325,902
Pittsburg, Pa....... 321,616
New Orleans, La___ 287.104
Detroit, Mich........ 285,704
Milwaukee, Wis..... 285,315
Washington, D. C... 278,718
Newark, N. J........ 246,070
Jersey City, N. J... 206,433
Louisville, Ky....... 204,731
Minneapolis, Minn... 202,718
Providence, R. 1..... 175,597
Indianapolis, Ind----- 169,164
Kansas City, Mo___ 163,752
St. Paul, Minn...... 163,065
Rochester, N. Y..... 162,608
Denver, Col.......... 133,859
Toledo, Ohio........ 131,822
Allegheny, Pa....... 129,896
Columbus, Ohio..... 125,560
Worcester, Mass..... 118,421
Syracuse, N. Y...... 108,374
New Haven, Ct..... 108,027
Paterson, N. J...... 105,171
Fall River, Mass..... 104,863
St. Joseph, Mo...... 102,979
Omaha, Neb......... 102,555
Los Angeles, Cal___ 102,479
Memphis, Tenn...... 102,320
Scranton, Pa........ 102,026
Lowell. Mass........ 94,969
Albany, N. Y........ 94,151
Cambridge, Mass___ 91,886
Portland, Ore........ 90,426
Atlanta, Ga.......... 89,872
Grand Rapids, Mich. 87,565
Dayton, Ohio........ 85,333
Richmond, Va....... 85,050
Nashville. Tenn...... 80,865
Seattle, Wash....... 80,671
Hartford, Ct........ 79,850
Reading, Pa......... 78,961
Wilmington, Del..... 76,508
Camden, N. J........ 75,935
Trenton, N. J....... 73,307
Troy, N. Y.......... 75,057
Bridgeport, Ct...... 70,996
Lynn, Mass.......... 68,513
Oakland, Cal......... 66,960
Lawrence, Mass..... 62,559
New Bedford, Mas3.. 62,442
Des Moines, Iowa.... 62.139
Springfield, Mass.... 62,059
Somerville, Mass___ 61.643
Hoboken, N. J....... 59,364
Evansville, Ind...... 59,007
Manchester, N. H... 56,987
Utica, N. Y......... 56,383
Peoria. Ill............ 56,100
Charleston, S. C___ 55,807
Savannah, Ga........ 54,244
Salt Lake City, Utah 53,531
San Antonio, Tex... 53,321
Duluth Minn......... 52,969
Erie, Pa............. 52,733
Elizabeth, N. J...... 52,130
Wilkes-Barre, Pa___ 51,721
Kansas City, Kan... 51,418
Harrisburg. Pa...... 50,167
Portland, Me......... 50,145
Yonkers, N. Y....... 47,931
Norfolk, Va.......... 46,624
Waterbury, Ct....... 45,859
Holyoke, Mass....... 45,712
Fort Wayne, Ind___ 45,115
Youngstown, Ohio.. 44,885
Houston, Tex........ 44,633
Covington, Ky....... 42,938
Akron, Ohio......... 42.728
Dallas, Tex.......... 42,638
Saginaw, Mich...... 42,345
Lancaster, Pa....... 41,459
Lincoln, Neb......... 40,169
Brockton. Mass...... 40,063
Binghamton, N. Y... 39,647
Augusta, Ga......... 39,441
Honolulu. Hawaii___ 39,30S
Pawtucket, R. 1..... 39.231
Altoona. Pa.......... 38,973
Wheeling. W. Va.... 38,878
Mobile. Ala.......... 38.469
Birmingham, Ala----- 38,415
Incorporation Places Having 5,000 Inhabitants or More
Adrian, Mich......... 9,654
Akron, Ohio......... 42,728
Alameda, Cal........ 16,464
Albany, N. Y....... 94,151
Albert Lea, Minn... 5,028
Albuquerque, N. M.. 6,238
Alexandria, Ind...... 7,221
Alexandria, La...... 5,648
Alexandria, Va...... 14,528
Allegheny, Pa........ 129,896
Allentown, Pa....... 35,416
Alliance, Ohio....... 8,974
Alpena, Mich........ 11.802
Alton, 111............ 14.210
Altoona, Pa.......... 38,973
Americus, Ga........ 7,674
Amsterdam, N. Y... 20,929
Anaconda, Mont..... 9,453
Anderson, Ind....... 20,178
Anderson, S. C...... 5,498
Annapolis, Md....... 8,525
Ann Arbor, Mich___ 14,509
Anniston, Ala........ 9,695
Ansonia, Ct.......... 12,681
Antigo, Wis......... 5,145
Appleton, Wis....... 15,085
Archbald, Pa........ 5,396
Ardmore, I. T....... 5,681
Argentine, Kan...... 5,878
Arkansas City, Kan. 6,140
Asheville, N. C...... 14,694
Ashland. Ky......... 6,800
Ashland, Pa......... 6,438
Ashland, Wis........ 13,074
Ashtabula. Ohio..... 12,949
Astoria, Ore......... 8,381
Atchison, Kan....... 15,722
Athens, Ga.......... 10,245
Atlanta, Ga......... 89,872
Atlantic City, Iowa. 5,046
Atlantic City, N. J.. 27,838
Auburn, Me.......... 12,951
Auburn, N. Y....... 30,345
Augusta, Ga......... 39,441
Augusta, Me......... 11,683
Aurora, 111........... 24.147
Aurora, Mo.......... 6,191
Austin, Minn........ 5,474
Austin, Tex.......... 22,258
Baker City, Ore..... 6,663
Baltimore, Md....... 508,957
Bangor, Me.......... 21,850
Baraboo. Wis........ 5,751
Barre, Vt............ 8,448
Batavia, N. Y....... 9,180
Bath, Me............. 10,477
Baton Rouge, La----- 11,269
Battle Creek, Mich.. 18,563
Bay City, Mich...... 27,628
Bayonne, N. J...... 32,722
Beatrice, Neb....... 7,875
Beaumont, Tex.'.___ 9,427
Beaverdam. Wis.... 5,128
Beaver Falls, Pa___ 10,054
Bedford, Ind........ 6,115
Bellaire, Ohio........ 9,912
Beliefontaine, Ohio.. 6,649
Belleville, 111........ 17,484
Bellevue, Ky......... 6,332
Beloit, Wis.......... 10.436
Belvidere, N. J...... 6.937
Bennington, Vt...... 5,656
 
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