Table 10. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1870 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank | Place | Population || Rank | Place | Population --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *................ 942,292 51 Springfield city, MA............... 26,703 2 Philadelphia city, PA.............. 674,022 52 Nashville city, TN................. 25,865 3 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 396,099 53 Covington city, KY................. 24,505 4 St. Louis city, MO................. 310,864 54 Salem city, MA..................... 24,117 5 Chicago city, IL................... 298,977 55 Quincy city, IL.................... 24,052 6 Baltimore city, MD................. 267,354 56 Manchester city, NH................ 23,536 7 Boston city, MA *.................. 250,526 57 Harrisburg city, PA................ 23,104 8 Cincinnati city, OH................ 216,239 58 Trenton city, NJ................... 22,874 9 New Orleans city, LA............... 191,418 59 Peoria city, IL.................... 22,849 10 San Francisco city, CA............. 149,473 60 Evansville city, IN................ 21,830 11 Buffalo city, NY................... 117,714 61 Atlanta city, GA................... 21,789 12 Washington city, DC *.............. 109,199 62 New Bedford city, MA............... 21,320 13 Newark city, NJ.................... 105,059 63 Oswego city, NY.................... 20,910 14 Louisville city, KY................ 100,753 64 Elizabeth city, NJ................. 20,832 15 Cleveland city, OH................. 92,829 65 North Providence town, RI *........ 20,495 16 Pittsburgh city, PA *.............. 86,076 66 Hoboken city, NJ................... 20,297 17 Jersey City city, NJ............... 82,546 67 Lancaster city, PA................. 20,233 18 Detroit city, MI................... 79,577 68 Poughkeepsie city, NY.............. 20,080 19 Milwaukee city, WI................. 71,440 69 Camden city, NJ.................... 20,045 20 Albany city, NY.................... 69,422 70 Davenport city, IA................. 20,038 21 Providence city, RI *.............. 68,904 71 St. Paul city, MN.................. 20,030 22 Rochester city, NY................. 62,386 72 Erie city, PA...................... 19,646 23 Allegheny city, PA *............... 53,180 73 St. Joseph city, MO................ 19,565 24 Richmond city, VA.................. 51,038 74 Wheeling city, WV.................. 19,280 25 New Haven city, CT................. 50,840 75 Norfolk city, VA................... 19,229 26 Charleston city, SC................ 48,956 76 Bridgeport city, CT................ 18,969 27 Indianapolis city, IN.............. 48,244 77 Petersburg city, VA................ 18,950 28 Troy city, NY...................... 46,465 78 Taunton city, MA................... 18,629 29 Syracuse city, NY.................. 43,051 79 Chelsea city, MA................... 18,547 30 Worcester city, MA................. 41,105 80 Dubuque city, IA................... 18,434 31 Lowell city, MA.................... 40,928 81 Bangor city, ME.................... 18,289 32 Memphis city, TN................... 40,226 82 Leavenworth city, KS............... 17,873 33 Cambridge city, MA................. 39,634 83 Fort Wayne city, IN................ 17,718 34 Hartford city, CT.................. 37,180 84 Springfield city, IL............... 17,364 35 Scranton city, PA.................. 35,092 85 Auburn city, NY.................... 17,225 36 Reading city, PA................... 33,930 86 Newburgh city, NY.................. 17,014 37 Paterson city, NJ.................. 33,579 87 Norwich city, CT................... 16,653 38 Kansas City city, MO............... 32,260 88 Grand Rapids city, MI.............. 16,507 39 Mobile city, AL.................... 32,034 89 Sacramento city, CA................ 16,283 40 Toledo city, OH.................... 31,584 90 Terre Haute city, IN............... 16,103 41 Portland city, ME.................. 31,413 91 Omaha city, NE..................... 16,083 42 Columbus city, OH.................. 31,274 92 Williamsport city, PA.............. 16,030 43 Wilmington city, DE................ 30,841 93 Elmira city, NY.................... 15,863 44 Dayton city, OH.................... 30,473 94 New Albany city, IN................ 15,396 45 Lawrence city, MA.................. 28,921 95-T Augusta city, GA................... 15,389 46 Utica city, NY..................... 28,804 95-T Gloucester town, MA................ 15,389 47 Charlestown city, MA *............. 28,323 97 Cohoes city, NY.................... 15,357 48 Savannah city, GA.................. 28,235 98 Newport city, KY................... 15,087 49 Lynn city, MA...................... 28,233 99 New Brunswick city, NJ............. 15,058 50 Fall River city, MA................ 26,766 100 Burlington city, IA................ 14,930 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * See Notes for Individual Places.