Biggest US cities in 1900

How many people lived inside each city's limits when the 1900 census counted them.

Source U.S. Census Bureau (raw data, text file), as of 1 June 1900 · population in 1900

"Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1900" (Working Paper POP-twps0027, 1998). Ranked as published; the table excludes Honolulu, then a territory.

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Rank	Entry	population in 1900
#1	New York, NY	3,437,202
#2	Chicago, IL	1,698,575
#3	Philadelphia, PA	1,293,697
#4	St. Louis, MO	575,238
#5	Boston, MA	560,892
#6	Baltimore, MD	508,957
#7	Cleveland, OH	381,768
#8	Buffalo, NY	352,387
#9	San Francisco, CA	342,782
#10	Cincinnati, OH	325,902
#11	Pittsburgh, PA	321,616
#12	New Orleans, LA	287,104
#13	Detroit, MI	285,704
#14	Milwaukee, WI	285,315
#15	Washington, DC	278,718
#16	Newark, NJ	246,070
#17	Jersey City, NJ	206,433
#18	Louisville, KY	204,731
#19	Minneapolis, MN	202,718
#20	Providence, RI	175,597
#21	Indianapolis, IN	169,164
#22	Kansas City, MO	163,752
#23	St. Paul, MN	163,065
#24	Rochester, NY	162,608
#25	Denver, CO	133,859
#26	Toledo, OH	131,822
#27	Allegheny, PA	129,896
#28	Columbus, OH	125,560
#29	Worcester, MA	118,421
#30	Syracuse, NY	108,374
#31	New Haven, CT	108,027
#32	Paterson, NJ	105,171
#33	Fall River, MA	104,863
#34	St. Joseph, MO	102,979
#35	Omaha, NE	102,555
#36	Los Angeles, CA	102,479
#37	Memphis, TN	102,320
#38	Scranton, PA	102,026
#39	Lowell, MA	94,969
#40	Albany, NY	94,151
#41	Cambridge, MA	91,886
#42	Portland, OR	90,426
#43	Atlanta, GA	89,872
#44	Grand Rapids, MI	87,565
#45	Dayton, OH	85,333
#46	Richmond, VA	85,050
#47	Nashville, TN	80,865
#48	Seattle, WA	80,671
#49	Hartford, CT	79,850
#50	Reading, PA	78,961
#51	Wilmington, DE	76,508
#52	Camden, NJ	75,935
#53	Trenton, NJ	73,307
#54	Bridgeport, CT	70,996
#55	Lynn, MA	68,513
#56	Oakland, CA	66,960
#57	Lawrence, MA	62,559
#58	New Bedford, MA	62,442
#59	Des Moines, IA	62,139
#60	Springfield, MA	62,059
#61	Somerville, MA	61,643
#62	Troy, NY	60,651
#63	Hoboken, NJ	59,364
#64	Evansville, IN	59,007
#65	Manchester, NH	56,987
#66	Utica, NY	56,383
#67	Peoria, IL	56,100
#68	Charleston, SC	55,807
#69	Savannah, GA	54,244
#70	Salt Lake City, UT	53,531
#71	San Antonio, TX	53,321
#72	Duluth, MN	52,969
#73	Erie, PA	52,733
#74	Elizabeth, NJ	52,130
#75	Wilkes-Barre, PA	51,721
#76	Kansas City, KS	51,418
#77	Harrisburg, PA	50,167
#78	Portland, ME	50,145
#79	Yonkers, NY	47,931
#80	Norfolk, VA	46,624
#81	Waterbury, CT	45,859
#82	Holyoke, MA	45,712
#83	Fort Wayne, IN	45,115
#84	Youngstown, OH	44,885
#85	Houston, TX	44,633
#86	Covington, KY	42,938
#87	Akron, OH	42,728
#88	Dallas, TX	42,638
#89	Saginaw, MI	42,345
#90	Lancaster, PA	41,459
#91	Lincoln, NE	40,169
#92	Brockton, MA	40,063
#93	Binghamton, NY	39,647
#94	Augusta, GA	39,441
#95	Pawtucket, RI	39,231
#96	Altoona, PA	38,973
#97	Wheeling, WV	38,878
#98	Mobile, AL	38,469
#99	Birmingham, AL	38,415
#100	Little Rock, AR	38,307

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