Table 20. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1970 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Density | | | Land| (average | | | area| popula- | | | (sq.| tion per Rank | Place |Population| miles)|sq. mile) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *...... 7,894,862 299.7 26,343 2 Chicago city, IL......... 3,366,957 222.6 15,126 3 Los Angeles city, CA..... 2,816,061 463.7 6,073 4 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,948,609 128.5 15,164 5 Detroit city, MI......... 1,511,482 138.0 10,953 6 Houston city, TX *....... 1,232,802 433.9 2,841 7 Baltimore city, MD....... 905,759 78.3 11,568 8 Dallas city, TX.......... 844,401 265.6 3,179 9 Washington city, DC...... 756,510 61.4 12,321 10 Cleveland city, OH....... 750,903 75.9 9,893 11 Indianapolis city, IN *.. 744,624 379.4 1,963 12 Milwaukee city, WI....... 717,099 95.0 7,548 13 San Francisco city, CA... 715,674 45.4 15,764 14 San Diego city, CA *..... 696,769 316.9 2,199 15 San Antonio city, TX..... 654,153 184.0 3,555 16 Boston city, MA.......... 641,071 46.0 13,936 17 Memphis city, TN *....... 623,530 217.4 2,868 18 St. Louis city, MO....... 622,236 61.2 10,167 19 New Orleans city, LA *... 593,471 197.1 3,011 20 Phoenix city, AZ......... 581,562 247.9 2,346 21 Columbus city, OH........ 539,677 134.6 4,009 22 Seattle city, WA......... 530,831 83.6 6,350 23 Jacksonville city, FL *.. 528,865 766.0 690 24 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 520,117 55.2 9,422 25 Denver city, CO.......... 514,678 95.2 5,406 26 Kansas City city, MO *... 507,087 316.3 1,603 27 Atlanta city, GA......... 496,973 131.5 3,779 28 Buffalo city, NY......... 462,768 41.3 11,205 29 Cincinnati city, OH...... 452,524 78.1 5,794 30 Nashville-Davidson, TN *. 448,003 507.8 882 31 San Jose city, CA *...... 445,779 136.2 3,273 32 Minneapolis city, MN..... 434,400 55.1 7,884 33 Fort Worth city, TX...... 393,476 205.0 1,919 34 Toledo city, OH.......... 383,818 81.2 4,727 35 Portland city, OR........ 382,619 89.1 4,294 36 Newark city, NJ.......... 382,417 23.5 16,273 37 Oklahoma City city, OK *. 366,481 635.7 576 38 Oakland city, CA......... 361,561 53.4 6,771 39 Louisville city, KY...... 361,472 60.0 6,025 40 Long Beach city, CA...... 358,633 48.7 7,364 41 Omaha city, NE........... 347,328 76.6 4,534 42 Miami city, FL........... 334,859 34.3 9,763 43 Tulsa city, OK *......... 331,638 171.9 1,929 44 Honolulu CDP, HI *....... 324,871 83.9 3,872 45 El Paso city, TX......... 322,261 118.3 2,724 46 St. Paul city, MN........ 309,980 52.2 5,938 47 Norfolk city, VA......... 307,951 52.6 5,855 48 Birmingham city, AL...... 300,910 79.5 3,785 49 Rochester city, NY....... 296,233 36.7 8,072 50 Tampa city, FL........... 277,767 84.5 3,287 51 Wichita city, KS......... 276,554 86.5 3,197 52 Akron city, OH........... 275,425 54.2 5,082 53 Tucson city, AZ.......... 262,933 80.0 3,287 54 Jersey City city, NJ..... 260,545 15.1 17,255 55 Sacramento city, CA...... 254,413 93.8 2,712 56 Austin city, TX.......... 251,808 72.1 3,492 57 Richmond city, VA........ 249,621 60.3 4,140 58 Albuquerque city, NM..... 243,751 82.2 2,965 59 Dayton city, OH.......... 243,601 38.3 6,360 60 Charlotte city, NC....... 241,178 76.0 3,173 61 St. Petersburg city, FL.. 216,232 55.4 3,903 62 Corpus Christi city, TX.. 204,525 100.6 2,033 63 Yonkers city, NY......... 204,297 17.7 11,542 64 Des Moines city, IA...... 200,587 63.2 3,174 65 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 197,649 44.9 4,402 66 Syracuse city, NY........ 197,208 25.8 7,644 67 Flint city, MI........... 193,317 32.8 5,894 68 Mobile city, AL.......... 190,026 116.6 1,630 69 Shreveport city, LA...... 182,064 56.9 3,200 70 Warren city, MI.......... 179,260 34.2 5,242 71 Providence city, RI...... 179,213 18.1 9,901 72 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 177,671 51.5 3,450 73 Worcester city MA........ 176,572 37.4 4,721 74 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 175,885 59.3 2,966 75 Gary city, IN............ 175,415 42.0 4,177 76 Knoxville city, TN....... 174,587 77.0 2,267 77 Arlington CDP, VA *...... 174,284 25.9 6,729 78 Madison city, WI......... 173,258 48.5 3,572 79 Virginia Beach city, VA * 172,106 220.0 782 80 Spokane city, WA......... 170,516 50.8 3,357 81 Kansas City city, KS..... 168,213 56.8 2,961 82 Anaheim city, CA......... 166,701 33.3 5,006 83 Fresno city, CA.......... 165,972 41.8 3,971 84 Baton Rouge city, LA..... 165,963 40.4 4,108 85 Springfield city, MA..... 163,905 31.7 5,171 86 Hartford city, CT........ 158,017 17.4 9,081 87 Santa Ana city, CA....... 156,601 27.0 5,800 88 Bridgeport city, CT...... 156,542 16.1 9,723 89 Tacoma city, WA.......... 154,581 47.7 3,241 90 Columbus city, GA........ 154,168 69.5 2,218 91 Jackson city, MS......... 153,968 50.2 3,067 92 Lincoln city, NE......... 149,518 49.3 3,033 93 Lubbock city TX.......... 149,101 75.7 1,970 94 Rockford city, IL........ 147,370 34.2 4,309 95 Paterson city, NJ........ 144,824 8.4 17,241 96 Greensboro city, NC...... 144,076 54.4 2,648 97 Riverside city, CA....... 140,089 71.5 1,959 98 Youngstown city, OH...... 139,788 33.6 4,160 99 Fort Lauderdale city, FL. 139,590 29.6 4,716 100 Evansville city, IN...... 138,764 36.0 3,855 --------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places.