Table 18. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1950 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 *...... 7,891,957 315.1 25,046 2 Chicago city, IL......... 3,620,962 207.5 17,450 3 Philadelphia city, PA.... 2,071,605 127.2 16,286 4 Los Angeles city, CA..... 1,970,358 450.9 4,370 5 Detroit city, MI......... 1,849,568 139.6 13,249 6 Baltimore city, MD....... 949,708 78.7 12,067 7 Cleveland city, OH....... 914,808 75.0 12,197 8 St. Louis city, MO....... 856,796 61.0 14,046 9 Washington city, DC...... 802,178 61.4 13,065 10 Boston city, MA.......... 801,444 47.8 16,767 11 San Francisco city, CA... 775,357 44.6 17,385 12 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 676,806 54.2 12,487 13 Milwaukee city, WI....... 637,392 50.0 12,748 14 Houston city, TX......... 596,163 160.0 3,726 15 Buffalo city, NY......... 580,132 39.4 14,724 16 New Orleans city, LA..... 570,445 199.4 2,861 17 Minneapolis city, MN..... 521,718 53.8 9,697 18 Cincinnati city, OH...... 503,998 75.1 6,711 19 Seattle city, WA......... 467,591 70.8 6,604 20 Kansas City city, MO..... 456,622 80.6 5,665 21 Newark city, NJ.......... 438,776 23.6 18,592 22 Dallas city, TX.......... 434,462 112.0 3,879 23 Indianapolis city, IN.... 427,173 55.2 7,739 24 Denver city, CO.......... 415,786 66.8 6,224 25 San Antonio city, TX..... 408,442 69.5 5,877 26 Memphis city, TN......... 396,000 104.2 3,800 27 Oakland city, CA......... 384,575 53.0 7,256 28 Columbus city, OH........ 375,901 39.4 9,541 29 Portland city, OR........ 373,628 64.1 5,829 30 Louisville city, KY...... 369,129 39.9 9,251 31 San Diego city, CA....... 334,387 99.4 3,364 32 Rochester city, NY....... 332,488 36.0 9,236 33 Atlanta city, GA......... 331,314 36.9 8,979 34 Birmingham city, AL...... 326,037 65.3 4,993 35 St. Paul city, MN........ 311,349 52.2 5,965 36 Toledo city, OH.......... 303,616 38.3 7,927 37 Jersey City city, NJ..... 299,017 13.0 23,001 38 Fort Worth city, TX...... 278,778 93.7 2,975 39 Akron city, OH........... 274,605 53.7 5,114 40 Omaha city, NE........... 251,117 40.7 6,170 41 Long Beach city, CA...... 250,767 34.7 7,227 42 Miami city, FL........... 249,276 34.2 7,289 43 Providence city, RI...... 248,674 17.9 13,892 44 Dayton city, OH.......... 243,872 25.0 9,755 45 Oklahoma City city, OK... 243,504 50.8 4,793 46 Richmond city, VA........ 230,310 37.1 6,208 47 Syracuse city, NY........ 220,583 25.3 8,719 48 Norfolk city, VA......... 213,513 28.2 7,571 49 Jacksonville city, FL.... 204,517 30.2 6,772 50 Worcester city, MA....... 203,486 37.0 5,500 51 Tulsa city, OK........... 182,740 26.7 6,844 52 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 182,121 53.9 3,379 53 Des Moines city, IA...... 177,965 54.9 3,242 54 Hartford city, CT........ 177,397 17.4 10,195 55 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 176,515 23.4 7,543 56 Nashville city, TN....... 174,307 22.0 7,923 57 Youngstown city, OH...... 168,330 32.8 5,132 58 Wichita city, KS......... 168,279 25.7 6,548 59 New Haven city, CT....... 164,443 17.9 9,187 60 Flint city, MI........... 163,143 29.3 5,568 61 Springfield city, MA..... 162,399 31.7 5,123 62 Spokane city WA.......... 161,721 41.5 3,897 63 Bridgeport city, CT...... 158,709 14.6 10,870 64 Yonkers city, NY......... 152,798 17.2 8,884 65 Tacoma city WA........... 143,673 47.9 2,999 66 Paterson city, NJ........ 139,336 8.1 17,202 67 Sacramento city, CA...... 137,572 16.9 8,140 68 Arlington CDP, VA *...... 135,449 24.0 5,644 69 Albany city, NY.......... 134,995 19.0 7,105 70 Charlotte city, NC....... 134,042 30.0 4,468 71 Gary city, IN............ 133,911 41.6 3,219 72 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 133,607 18.8 7,107 73 Austin city, TX.......... 132,459 32.1 4,126 74 Chattanooga city, TN..... 131,041 28.0 4,680 75 Erie city, PA............ 130,803 18.8 6,958 76 El Paso city, TX......... 130,485 25.6 5,097 77 Kansas City city, KS..... 129,553 18.7 6,928 78 Mobile city, AL.......... 129,009 25.4 5,079 79 Evansville city, IN...... 128,636 18.0 7,146 80 Trenton city, NJ......... 128,009 7.2 17,779 81 Shreveport city, LA...... 127,206 24.0 5,300 82 Baton Rouge city, LA..... 125,629 30.2 4,160 83 Scranton city, PA........ 125,536 24.9 5,042 84 Knoxville city, TN....... 124,769 25.4 4,912 85 Tampa city, FL........... 124,681 19.0 6,562 86 Camden city, NJ.......... 124,555 8.6 14,483 87 Cambridge city, MA....... 120,740 6.2 19,474 88 Savannah city, GA........ 119,638 14.6 8,194 89 Canton city, OH.......... 116,912 14.1 8,292 90 South Bend city, IN...... 115,911 20.2 5,738 91 Berkeley city, CA........ 113,805 9.5 11,979 92 Elizabeth city, NJ....... 112,817 11.7 9,642 93 Fall River city, MA...... 111,963 33.9 3,303 94 Peoria city, IL.......... 111,856 12.9 8,671 95 Wilmington city, DE...... 110,356 9.8 11,261 96 Reading city, PA......... 109,320 8.8 12,423 97 New Bedford city, MA..... 109,189 19.1 5,717 98 Corpus Christi city, TX.. 108,287 21.5 5,037 99 Phoenix city, AZ......... 106,818 17.1 6,247 100 Allentown city, PA....... 106,756 15.9 6,714 --------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places. 1/ Excludes Honolulu CDP (population 248,034) before Hawaii became a state.