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100 Biggest U.S. Cities in 1930 on a Map

With the help of a map, name the 100 most populous U.S. cities during the Great Depression in 1930.
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
6,930,446
New York
IL
3,376,438
Chicago
PA
1,950,961
Philadelphia
MI
1,568,662
Detroit
CA
1,238,048
Los Angeles
OH
900,429
Cleveland
MO
821,960
St. Louis
MD
804,874
Baltimore
MA
781,188
Boston
PA
669,817
Pittsburgh
CA
634,394
San Francisco
WI
578,249
Milwaukee
NY
573,076
Buffalo
DC
486,869
Washington, D.C.
MN
464,356
Minneapolis
LA
458,762
New Orleans
OH
451,160
Cincinnati
NJ
442,337
Newark
MO
399,746
Kansas City
WA
365,583
Seattle
IN
364,161
Indianapolis
NY
328,132
Rochester
NJ
316,715
Jersey City
KY
307,745
Louisville
OR
301,815
Portland
TX
292,352
Houston
OH
290,718
Toledo
OH
290,564
Columbus
CO
287,861
Denver
CA
284,063
Oakland
MN
271,606
St. Paul
GA
270,366
Atlanta
TX
260,475
Dallas
AL
259,678
Birmingham
State
Population
City
OH
255,040
Akron
TN
253,143
Memphis
RI
252,981
Providence
TX
231,542
San Antonio
NE
214,006
Omaha
NY
209,326
Syracuse
OH
200,982
Dayton
MA
195,311
Worcester
OK
185,389
Oklahoma City
VA
182,929
Richmond
OH
170,002
Youngstown
MI
168,592
Grand Rapids
CT
164,072
Hartford
TX
163,447
Fort Worth
CT
162,655
New Haven
MI
156,492
Flint
TN
153,866
Nashville
MA
149,900
Springfield
CA
147,995
San Diego
CT
146,716
Bridgeport
PA
143,433
Scranton
IA
142,559
Des Moines
CA
142,032
Long Beach
OK
141,258
Tulsa
UT
140,267
Salt Lake City
NJ
138,513
Paterson
NY
134,646
Yonkers
VA
129,710
Norfolk
FL
129,549
Jacksonville
NY
127,412
Albany
NJ
123,356
Trenton
KS
121,857
Kansas City
TN
119,798
Chattanooga
State
Population
City
NJ
118,700
Camden
PA
115,967
Erie
WA
115,514
Spokane
MA
115,274
Fall River
IN
114,946
Fort Wayne
NJ
114,589
Elizabeth
MA
113,643
Cambridge
MA
112,597
New Bedford
PA
111,171
Reading
KS
111,110
Wichita
FL
110,637
Miami
WA
106,817
Tacoma
DE
106,597
Wilmington
TN
105,802
Knoxville
IL
104,969
Peoria
OH
104,906
Canton
IN
104,193
South Bend
MA
103,908
Somerville
TX
102,421
El Paso
MA
102,320
Lynn
IN
102,249
Evansville
NY
101,740
Utica
MN
101,463
Duluth
FL
101,161
Tampa
IN
100,426
Gary
MA
100,234
Lowell
CT
99,902
Waterbury
NY
95,692
Schenectady
CA
93,750
Sacramento
PA
92,563
Allentown
NJ
88,979
Bayonne
PA
86,626
Wilkes-Barre
IL
85,864
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