Table 11. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1880 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank | Place | Population || Rank | Place | Population --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *................ 1,206,299 51 Oakland city, CA................... 34,555 2 Philadelphia city, PA.............. 847,170 52 Utica city, NY..................... 33,914 3 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 566,663 53 Portland city, ME.................. 33,810 4 Chicago city, IL................... 503,185 54 Memphis city, TN................... 33,592 5 Boston city, MA *.................. 362,839 55 Springfield city, MA............... 33,340 6 St. Louis city, MO................. 350,518 56 Manchester city, NH................ 32,630 7 Baltimore city, MD................. 332,313 57 St. Joseph city, MO................ 32,431 8 Cincinnati city, OH................ 255,139 58 Grand Rapids city, MI.............. 32,016 9 San Francisco city, CA............. 233,959 59 Hoboken city, NJ................... 30,999 10 New Orleans city, LA............... 216,090 60 Harrisburg city, NJ................ 30,762 11 Cleveland city, OH................. 160,146 61 Wheeling city, WV.................. 30,737 12 Pittsburgh city, PA *.............. 156,389 62 Savannah city, GA.................. 30,709 13 Buffalo city, NY................... 155,134 63 Omaha city, NE..................... 30,518 14 Washington city, DC *.............. 147,293 64 Trenton city, NJ................... 29,910 15 Newark city, NJ.................... 136,508 65 Covington city, KY................. 29,720 16 Louisville city, KY................ 123,758 66 Evansville city, IN................ 29,280 17 Jersey City city, NJ............... 120,722 67 Peoria city, IL.................... 29,259 18 Detroit city, MI................... 116,340 68 Mobile city, AL.................... 29,132 19 Milwaukee city, WI................. 115,587 69 Elizabeth city, NJ................. 28,229 20 Providence city, RI *.............. 104,857 70 Erie city, PA...................... 27,737 21 Albany city, NY.................... 90,758 71 Bridgeport city, CT................ 27,643 22 Rochester city, NY................. 89,366 72 Salem city, MA..................... 27,563 23 Allegheny city, PA *............... 78,682 73 Quincy city, IL.................... 27,268 24 Indianapolis city, IN.............. 75,056 74 Fort Wayne city, IN................ 26,880 25 Richmond city, VA.................. 63,600 75 New Bedford city, MA............... 26,845 26 New Haven city, CT................. 62,882 76 Terre Haute city, IN............... 26,042 27 Lowell city, MA.................... 59,475 77 Lancaster city, PA................. 25,769 28 Worcester city, MA................. 58,291 78 Somerville city, MA................ 24,933 29 Troy city, NY...................... 56,747 79 Wilkes-Barre city, PA.............. 23,339 30 Kansas City city, MO............... 55,785 80 Des Moines city, IA................ 22,408 31 Cambridge city, MA................. 52,669 81 Dubuque city, IA................... 22,254 32 Syracuse city, NY.................. 51,792 82 Galveston city, TX................. 22,248 33 Columbus city, OH.................. 51,647 83 Norfolk city, VA................... 21,966 34 Paterson city, NJ.................. 51,031 84 Auburn city, NY.................... 21,924 35 Toledo city, OH.................... 50,137 85 Holyoke city, MA................... 21,915 36 Charleston city, SC................ 49,984 86 Augusta city, GA................... 21,891 37 Fall River city, MA................ 48,961 87 Davenport city, IA................. 21,831 38 Minneapolis city, MN............... 46,887 88 Chelsea city, MA................... 21,782 39 Scranton city, PA.................. 45,850 89 Petersburg city, VA................ 21,656 40 Nashville city, TN................. 43,350 90 Sacramento city, CA................ 21,420 41 Reading city, PA................... 43,278 91 Taunton city, MA................... 21,213 42 Wilmington city, DE................ 42,478 92 Oswego city, NY.................... 21,116 43 Hartford city, CT.................. 42,015 93 Salt Lake City city, UT............ 20,768 44 Camden city, NJ.................... 41,659 94 Springfield city, OH............... 20,730 45 St. Paul city, MN.................. 41,473 95 Bay City city, MI.................. 20,693 46 Lawrence city, MA.................. 39,151 96 San Antonio city, TX............... 20,550 47 Dayton city, OH.................... 38,678 97 Elmira city, NY.................... 20,541 48 Lynn city, MA...................... 38,274 98 Newport city, KY................... 20,433 49 Atlanta city, GA................... 37,409 99 Poughkeepsie city, NY.............. 20,207 50 Denver city, CO.................... 35,629 100 Springfield city, IL............... 19,743 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * See Notes for Individual Places.