100 Biggest U.S. Cities in 1950 on a Map

With the help of a map, name the 100 most populous U.S. cities in 1950.

Source: census.gov. Original page was removed, so I used this Wayback Machine link.

Cities from Alaska & Hawaii are not included as they were not states at the time

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State	Population	City
NY	7,891,957	New York
IL	3,620,962	Chicago
PA	2,071,605	Philadelphia
CA	1,970,358	Los Angeles
MI	1,849,568	Detroit
MD	949,708	Baltimore
OH	914,808	Cleveland
MO	856,796	St. Louis
DC	802,178	Washington, D.C.
MA	801,444	Boston
CA	775,357	San Francisco
PA	676,806	Pittsburgh
WI	637,392	Milwaukee
TX	596,163	Houston
NY	580,132	Buffalo
LA	570,445	New Orleans
MN	521,718	Minneapolis
OH	503,998	Cincinnati
WA	467,591	Seattle
MO	456,622	Kansas City
NJ	438,776	Newark
TX	434,462	Dallas
IN	427,173	Indianapolis
CO	415,786	Denver
TX	408,442	San Antonio
TN	396,000	Memphis
CA	384,575	Oakland
OH	375,901	Columbus
OR	373,628	Portland
KY	369,129	Louisville
CA	334,387	San Diego
NY	332,488	Rochester
GA	331,314	Atlanta
AL	326,037	Birmingham

State	Population	City
MN	311,349	St. Paul
OH	303,616	Toledo
NJ	299,017	Jersey City
TX	278,778	Fort Worth
OH	274,605	Akron
NE	251,117	Omaha
CA	250,767	Long Beach
FL	249,276	Miami
RI	248,674	Providence
OH	243,872	Dayton
OK	243,504	Oklahoma City
VA	230,310	Richmond
NY	220,583	Syracuse
VA	213,513	Norfolk
FL	204,517	Jacksonville
MA	203,486	Worcester
OK	182,740	Tulsa
UT	182,121	Salt Lake City
IA	177,965	Des Moines
CT	177,397	Hartford
MI	176,515	Grand Rapids
TN	174,307	Nashville
OH	168,330	Youngstown
KS	168,279	Wichita
CT	164,443	New Haven
MI	163,143	Flint
MA	162,399	Springfield
WA	161,721	Spokane
CT	158,709	Bridgeport
NY	152,798	Yonkers
WA	143,673	Tacoma
NJ	139,336	Paterson
CA	137,572	Sacramento

State	Population	City
VA	135,449	Arlington
NY	134,995	Albany
NC	134,042	Charlotte
IN	133,911	Gary
IN	133,607	Fort Wayne
TX	132,459	Austin
TN	131,041	Chattanooga
PA	130,803	Erie
TX	130,485	El Paso
KS	129,553	Kansas City
AL	129,009	Mobile
IN	128,636	Evansville
NJ	128,009	Trenton
LA	127,206	Shreveport
LA	125,629	Baton Rouge
PA	125,536	Scranton
TN	124,769	Knoxville
FL	124,681	Tampa
NJ	124,555	Camden
MA	120,740	Cambridge
GA	119,638	Savannah
OH	116,912	Canton
IN	115,911	South Bend
CA	113,805	Berkeley
NJ	112,817	Elizabeth
MA	111,963	Fall River
IL	111,856	Peoria
DE	110,356	Wilmington
PA	109,320	Reading
MA	109,189	New Bedford
TX	108,287	Corpus Christi
AZ	106,818	Phoenix
PA	106,756	Allentown