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Biggest US cities in 1950

How many people lived inside each city's limits when the 1950 census counted them.

Source U.S. Census Bureau (raw data, text file), as of 1 April 1950 · population in 1950

"Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1950" (Working Paper POP-twps0027, 1998). Ranked as published; #68 Arlington, VA is a census-designated place, and the table excludes Honolulu, then a territory.

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RankEntrypopulation in 1950
#1New York, NY7,891,957
#2Chicago, IL3,620,962
#3Philadelphia, PA2,071,605
#4Los Angeles, CA1,970,358
#5Detroit, MI1,849,568
#6Baltimore, MD949,708
#7Cleveland, OH914,808
#8St. Louis, MO856,796
#9Washington, DC802,178
#10Boston, MA801,444
#11San Francisco, CA775,357
#12Pittsburgh, PA676,806
#13Milwaukee, WI637,392
#14Houston, TX596,163
#15Buffalo, NY580,132
#16New Orleans, LA570,445
#17Minneapolis, MN521,718
#18Cincinnati, OH503,998
#19Seattle, WA467,591
#20Kansas City, MO456,622
#21Newark, NJ438,776
#22Dallas, TX434,462
#23Indianapolis, IN427,173
#24Denver, CO415,786
#25San Antonio, TX408,442
#26Memphis, TN396,000
#27Oakland, CA384,575
#28Columbus, OH375,901
#29Portland, OR373,628
#30Louisville, KY369,129
#31San Diego, CA334,387
#32Rochester, NY332,488
#33Atlanta, GA331,314
#34Birmingham, AL326,037
#35St. Paul, MN311,349
#36Toledo, OH303,616
#37Jersey City, NJ299,017
#38Fort Worth, TX278,778
#39Akron, OH274,605
#40Omaha, NE251,117
#41Long Beach, CA250,767
#42Miami, FL249,276
#43Providence, RI248,674
#44Dayton, OH243,872
#45Oklahoma City, OK243,504
#46Richmond, VA230,310
#47Syracuse, NY220,583
#48Norfolk, VA213,513
#49Jacksonville, FL204,517
#50Worcester, MA203,486
#51Tulsa, OK182,740
#52Salt Lake City, UT182,121
#53Des Moines, IA177,965
#54Hartford, CT177,397
#55Grand Rapids, MI176,515
#56Nashville, TN174,307
#57Youngstown, OH168,330
#58Wichita, KS168,279
#59New Haven, CT164,443
#60Flint, MI163,143
#61Springfield, MA162,399
#62Spokane, WA161,721
#63Bridgeport, CT158,709
#64Yonkers, NY152,798
#65Tacoma, WA143,673
#66Paterson, NJ139,336
#67Sacramento, CA137,572
#68Arlington, VA135,449
#69Albany, NY134,995
#70Charlotte, NC134,042
#71Gary, IN133,911
#72Fort Wayne, IN133,607
#73Austin, TX132,459
#74Chattanooga, TN131,041
#75Erie, PA130,803
#76El Paso, TX130,485
#77Kansas City, KS129,553
#78Mobile, AL129,009
#79Evansville, IN128,636
#80Trenton, NJ128,009
#81Shreveport, LA127,206
#82Baton Rouge, LA125,629
#83Scranton, PA125,536
#84Knoxville, TN124,769
#85Tampa, FL124,681
#86Camden, NJ124,555
#87Cambridge, MA120,740
#88Savannah, GA119,638
#89Canton, OH116,912
#90South Bend, IN115,911
#91Berkeley, CA113,805
#92Elizabeth, NJ112,817
#93Fall River, MA111,963
#94Peoria, IL111,856
#95Wilmington, DE110,356
#96Reading, PA109,320
#97New Bedford, MA109,189
#98Corpus Christi, TX108,287
#99Phoenix, AZ106,818
#100Allentown, PA106,756

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