Table 15. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1920 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Density | | | Land| (average | | | area| popula- | | | (sq.| tion per Rank | Place 1/ |Population| miles)|sq. mile) -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *...... 5,620,048 299.0 18,796 2 Chicago city, IL......... 2,701,705 192.8 14,013 3 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,823,779 128.0 14,248 4 Detroit city, MI......... 993,078 77.9 12,748 5 Cleveland city, OH....... 796,841 56.4 14,128 6 St. Louis city, MO....... 772,897 61.0 12,670 7 Boston city, MA.......... 748,060 43.5 17,197 8 Baltimore city, MD....... 733,826 79.0 9,289 9 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 588,343 39.9 14,745 10 Los Angeles city, CA..... 576,673 365.7 1,577 11 Buffalo city, NY......... 506,775 38.9 13,028 12 San Francisco city, CA... 506,676 42.0 12,064 13 Milwaukee city, WI....... 457,147 25.3 18,069 14 Washington city, DC...... 437,571 60.0 7,293 15 Newark city, NJ.......... 414,524 23.3 17,791 16 Cincinnati city, OH...... 401,247 71.1 5,643 17 New Orleans city, LA..... 387,219 178.0 2,175 18 Minneapolis city, MN..... 380,582 49.7 7,658 19 Kansas City city, MO..... 324,410 58.4 5,555 20 Seattle city, WA......... 315,312 58.6 5,381 21 Indianapolis city, IN.... 314,194 43.6 7,206 22 Jersey City city, NJ..... 298,103 13.0 22,931 23 Rochester city, NY....... 295,750 29.5 10,025 24 Portland city, OR........ 258,288 63.2 4,087 25 Denver city, CO.......... 256,491 57.9 4,430 26 Toledo city, OH.......... 243,164 28.1 8,654 27 Providence city, RI...... 237,595 17.8 13,348 28 Columbus city, OH........ 237,031 22.6 10,488 29 Louisville city, KY...... 234,891 22.4 10,486 30 St. Paul city, MN........ 234,698 52.2 4,496 31 Oakland city, CA......... 216,261 45.7 4,732 32 Akron city, OH........... 208,435 22.7 9,182 33 Atlanta city, GA......... 200,616 26.2 7,657 34 Omaha city, NE........... 191,601 36.9 5,192 35 Worcester city, MA....... 179,754 37.1 4,845 36 Birmingham city, AL...... 178,806 49.0 3,649 37 Syracuse city, NY........ 171,717 18.4 9,332 38 Richmond city, VA........ 171,667 24.0 7,153 39 New Haven city, CT....... 162,537 17.9 9,080 40 Memphis city, TN......... 162,351 23.4 6,938 41 San Antonio city, TX..... 161,379 35.7 4,520 42 Dallas city, TX.......... 158,976 22.8 6,973 43 Dayton city, OH.......... 152,559 15.8 9,656 44 Bridgeport city, CT...... 143,555 14.6 9,833 45 Houston city, TX......... 138,276 36.5 3,788 46 Hartford city, CT........ 138,036 15.9 8,682 47 Scranton city, PA........ 137,783 19.3 7,139 48 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 137,634 17.5 7,865 49 Paterson city, NJ........ 135,875 8.1 16,775 50 Youngstown city, OH...... 132,358 24.8 5,337 51 Springfield city, MA..... 129,614 32.0 4,050 52 Des Moines city, IA...... 126,468 52.5 2,409 53 New Bedford city, MA..... 121,217 19.1 6,346 54 Fall River city, MA...... 120,485 33.9 3,554 55 Trenton city, NJ......... 119,289 7.0 17,041 56 Nashville city, TN....... 118,342 18.0 6,575 57 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 118,110 51.1 2,311 58 Camden city, NJ.......... 116,309 7.7 15,105 59 Norfolk city, VA......... 115,777 7.5 15,437 60 Albany city, NY.......... 113,344 18.6 6,094 61 Lowell city, MA.......... 112,759 13.0 8,674 62 Wilmington city, DE...... 110,168 7.0 15,738 63 Cambridge city, MA....... 109,694 6.3 17,412 64 Reading city, PA......... 107,784 9.5 11,346 65 Fort Worth city, TX...... 106,482 16.5 6,453 66 Spokane city, WA......... 104,437 38.8 2,692 67 Kansas City city, KS..... 101,177 15.8 6,404 68 Yonkers city, NY......... 100,176 20.1 4,984 69 Lynn city, LA............ 99,148 10.5 9,443 70 Duluth city, MN.......... 98,917 62.4 1,585 71 Tacoma city, WA.......... 96,965 39.3 2,467 72 Elizabeth city, NJ....... 95,783 9.7 9,875 73 Lawrence city, MA........ 94,270 6.7 14,070 74 Utica city, NY........... 94,156 16.3 5,776 75 Erie city, PA............ 93,372 19.5 4,788 76 Somerville city, MA...... 93,091 3.9 23,869 77 Waterbury city, CT....... 91,715 28.1 3,264 78 Flint city, MI........... 91,599 28.3 3,237 79 Jacksonville city, FL.... 91,558 15.4 5,945 80 Oklahoma City city, OK... 91,295 17.0 5,370 81 Schenectady city, NY..... 88,723 7.8 11,375 82 Canton city, OH.......... 87,091 12.3 7,081 83 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 86,549 15.6 5,548 84 Evansville city, IN...... 85,264 8.7 9,800 85 Savannah city, GA........ 83,252 7.0 11,893 86 Manchester city, NH...... 78,384 32.1 2,442 87 St. Joseph city, MO...... 77,939 13.3 5,860 88 Knoxville city, TN....... 77,818 26.7 2,915 89 El Paso city, TX......... 77,560 12.1 6,410 90 Bayonne city, NJ......... 76,754 4.0 19,189 91 Peoria city, IL.......... 76,121 9.4 8,098 92 Harrisburg city, PA...... 75,917 5.9 12,867 93 San Diego city, CA....... 74,683 78.8 948 94 Wilkes-Barre city, PA.... 73,833 5.2 14,199 95 Allentown city, PA....... 73,502 9.8 7,500 96 Wichita city, KS......... 72,217 19.6 3,685 97 Tulsa city, OK........... 72,075 7.8 9,240 98 Troy city, NY............ 71,996 10.4 6,923 99 Sioux City city, IA...... 71,227 43.8 1,626 100 South Bend city, IN...... 70,983 15.4 4,609 -------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places. 1/ Excludes Honolulu CDP (population 83,327) before Hawaii became a state.