State
|
Year
|
Population (2020)
|
Answer
|
Alabama
|
1817-1819
|
415
|
St. Stephens
|
1819-1820
|
215,006
|
Huntsville
|
1820-1826
|
0
|
Cahawba
|
1826-1846
|
99,600
|
Tuscaloosa
|
1846-
|
200,603
|
Montgomery
|
Alaska
|
1912-1956
|
32,255
|
Juneau
|
1956-
|
Arizona
|
1864
|
0
|
Fort Whipple
|
1864-1867
|
45,827
|
Prescott
|
1867-1877
|
542,629
|
Tucson
|
1877-1889
|
45,827
|
Prescott
|
1889-1912
|
1,608,139
|
Phoenix
|
1912-
|
Arkansas
|
1819
|
0
|
Arkansas Post
|
1821-1836
|
202,591
|
Little Rock
|
1836-
|
California
|
1850-1852
|
1,013,240
|
San José
|
1852-1853
|
126,090
|
Vallejo
|
1853-1854
|
27,131
|
Benicia
|
1854-
|
524,943
|
Sacramento
|
Colorado
|
1861-1862
|
715,522
|
Denver
|
1862
|
2,237
|
Colorado City
|
1862-1867
|
20,399
|
Golden
|
1867-1876
|
715,522
|
Denver
|
1876-
|
Connecticut
|
1776-1875
|
134,023
|
New Haven
|
121,054
|
Hartford
|
1875-
|
121,054
|
Delaware
|
1776
|
5,551
|
New Castle
|
1777-
|
39,403
|
Dover
|
Florida
|
1824-1845
|
196,169
|
Tallahassee
|
1845-
|
Georgia
|
1776-1778
|
147,780
|
Savannah
|
1778-1780
|
202,081
|
Augusta
|
1780-1781
|
3,754
|
Washington-Wilkes
|
1781-1782
|
202,081
|
Augusta
|
1782
|
147,780
|
Savannah
|
1782-1784
|
0
|
Ebenezer
|
1784
|
147,780
|
Savannah
|
1786
|
202,081
|
Augusta
|
1796
|
2,381
|
Louisville
|
1807-1864
|
17,070
|
Milledgeville
|
1864-1865
|
157,346
|
Macon
|
1865-1868
|
17,070
|
Milledgeville
|
1868-
|
498,715
|
Atlanta
|
Hawaii
|
1898-1959
|
350,964
|
Honolulu
|
1959-
|
Idaho
|
1863-1865
|
34,203
|
Lewiston
|
1865-1890
|
235,684
|
Boise
|
1890-
|
Illinois
|
1809-1818
|
21
|
Kaskaskia
|
1818-1820
|
1820-1839
|
7,458
|
Vandalia
|
1839-
|
114,394
|
Springfield
|
Indiana
|
1800-1813
|
16,759
|
Vincennes
|
1813-1816
|
3,153
|
Corydon
|
1816-1825
|
1825-1838
|
887,642
|
Indianapolis
|
1838-
|
Iowa
|
1838-1841
|
23,982
|
Burlington
|
1841-1846
|
74,828
|
Iowa City
|
1846-1857
|
1857-
|
214,133
|
Des Moines
|
Kansas
|
1855
|
0
|
Pawnee
|
1855
|
0
|
Shawnee Mission
|
1856-1858
|
588
|
Lecompton
|
1856-1858
|
126,587
|
Topeka
|
1858-1861
|
0
|
Minneola
|
1861-
|
126,587
|
Topeka
|
Kentucky
|
1792-
|
28,602
|
Frankfort
|
Louisiana
|
1812-1830
|
383,997
|
New Orleans
|
1830-1831
|
6,695
|
Donaldsonville
|
1831-1849
|
383,997
|
New Orleans
|
1849-1862
|
227,470
|
Baton Rouge
|
1862-1863
|
15,786
|
Opelousas
|
1863-1865
|
187,593
|
Shreveport
|
1865-1882
|
383,997
|
New Orleans
|
1882-
|
227,470
|
Baton Rouge
|
Maine
|
1820-1832
|
68,408
|
Portland
|
1832-
|
18,899
|
Augusta
|
Maryland
|
1776-
|
40,812
|
Annapolis
|
Massachusetts
|
1776-
|
675,647
|
Boston
|
Michigan
|
1837-1847
|
639,111
|
Detroit
|
1847-
|
112,644
|
Lansing
|
Minnesota
|
1849-1858
|
311,527
|
St. Paul
|
1858-
|
Mississippi
|
1798-1802
|
14,520
|
Natchez
|
1802-1817
|
1,334
|
Washington
|
1817-1821
|
14,520
|
Natchez
|
1821-
|
153,701
|
Jackson
|
Missouri
|
1821-1826
|
70,493
|
St. Charles
|
1826-
|
43,228
|
Jefferson City
|
Montana
|
1864-1865
|
0
|
Bannack
|
1865
|
219
|
Virginia City
|
1875-1889
|
32,091
|
Helena
|
1889-
|
Nebraska
|
1854-1867
|
486,051
|
Omaha
|
1867-
|
291,082
|
Lincoln
|
Nevada
|
1861
|
1,343
|
Genoa
|
1861-1864
|
58,639
|
Carson City
|
1864-
|
New Hampshire
|
1776-1808
|
10,109
|
Exeter
|
1808-
|
43,976
|
Concord
|
New Jersey
|
1776-1784
|
55,436
|
Perth Amboy
|
9,743
|
Burlington
|
1784-
|
90,871
|
Trenton
|
New Mexico
|
1850-1912
|
87,505
|
Santa Fe
|
1912-
|
New York
|
1776-1777
|
8,804,190
|
New York
|
1777
|
24,069
|
Kingston
|
1777
|
3,346
|
Hurley
|
1777-1778
|
31,577
|
Poughkeepsie
|
1788-1797
|
8,804,190
|
New York
|
1797-
|
99,224
|
Albany
|
North Carolina
|
1776-1789
|
31,291
|
New Bern
|
1789-1794
|
208,501
|
Fayetteville
|
1794-
|
467,665
|
Raleigh
|
North Dakota
|
1883-1889
|
73,622
|
Bismarck
|
1889-
|
Ohio
|
1778-1800
|
13,385
|
Marietta
|
1800-1803
|
22,059
|
Chillicothe
|
1803-1810
|
1810-1812
|
24,765
|
Zanesville
|
1812-1816
|
22,059
|
Chillicothe
|
1816-
|
905,748
|
Columbus
|
Oklahoma
|
1889-1907
|
10,749
|
Guthrie
|
1907-1910
|
1910-
|
681,054
|
Oklahoma City
|
Oregon
|
1848-1851
|
37,572
|
Oregon City
|
1851-1855
|
175,535
|
Salem
|
1855
|
59,922
|
Corvallis
|
1855-1859
|
175,535
|
Salem
|
1859-
|
Pennsylvania
|
1776-1799
|
1,603,797
|
Philadelphia
|
1799-1812
|
58,039
|
Lancaster
|
1812-
|
50,099
|
Harrisburg
|
Rhode Island
|
1776-1854
|
22,493
|
Bristol
|
14,312
|
East Greenwich
|
25,163
|
Newport
|
190,934
|
Providence
|
31,931
|
South Kingstown
|
1854-1900
|
25,163
|
Newport
|
190,934
|
Providence
|
1900-2020
|
Providence
|
2020-
|
South Carolina
|
1776-1786
|
150,227
|
Charleston
|
1786-
|
136,632
|
Columbia
|
South Dakota
|
1861-1883
|
15,411
|
Yankton
|
1883-1889
|
73,622
|
Bismarck
|
1889-
|
14,091
|
Pierre
|
Tennessee
|
1790
|
0
|
Rocky Mount
|
1791-1796
|
190,740
|
Knoxville
|
1796-1807
|
1807
|
5,953
|
Kingston
|
1807-1812
|
190,740
|
Knoxville
|
1812-1817
|
689,447
|
Nashville
|
1817-1818
|
190,740
|
Knoxville
|
1818-1826
|
152,769
|
Murfreesboro
|
1826-
|
689,447
|
Nashville
|
Texas
|
1836
|
0
|
Washington-on-the-Brazos
|
1836
|
53,695
|
Galveston
|
1836
|
0 (Merged)
|
Harrisburg
|
1836
|
0 (Merged)
|
Velasco
|
1836-1837
|
3,644
|
Columbia
|
1837-1839
|
2,304,580
|
Houston
|
1839-1845
|
961,855
|
Austin
|
1845-
|
Utah
|
1850
|
2,592
|
Fillmore
|
1858-1896
|
199,723
|
Salt Lake City
|
1896-
|
Vermont
|
1777-1791
|
2,139
|
Windsor
|
1791-1805
|
1805-
|
8,074
|
Montpelier
|
Virginia
|
1776-1780
|
15,425
|
Williamsburg
|
1780-
|
226,610
|
Richmond
|
Washington
|
1853-1889
|
55,605
|
Olympia
|
1889-
|
West Virginia
|
1863-1870
|
27,052
|
Wheeling
|
1870-1875
|
48,864
|
Charleston
|
1875-1885
|
27,052
|
Wheeling
|
1885-
|
48,864
|
Charleston
|
Wisconsin
|
1836-1837
|
989
|
Belmont
|
1837-1838
|
23,982
|
Burlington
|
1838-1848
|
269,840
|
Madison
|
1848-
|
Wyoming
|
1869-1890
|
65,132
|
Cheyenne
|
1890-
|
|