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500 Largest U.S. Cities in 1950 (with map)

The top cities list has changed a lot during the U.S.'s existence! With the help of a map, can you name the 500 most populated U.S. cities in the year 1950?
Excludes Alaska and Hawaii as they were not yet states
Includes boroughs and villages but excludes townships
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NY
7,891,957
New York City
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
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
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
164,448
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
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
127,207
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
AL
106,525
Montgomery
CA
104,577
Pasadena
MN
104,511
Duluth
CT
104,477
Waterbury
MA
102,351
Somerville
AR
102,213
Little Rock
NY
101,531
Utica
MA
99,738
Lynn
CA
99,545
Richmond
NE
98,884
Lincoln
MS
98,271
Jackson
MA
97,249
Lowell
NM
96,815
Albuquerque
FL
96,738
St. Petersburg
WI
96,056
Madison
CA
95,702
Glendale
CA
95,280
San Jose
MI
94,994
Dearborn
TX
94,014
Beaumont
IL
92,927
Rockford
MI
92,918
Saginaw
MI
92,129
Lansing
VA
91,921
Roanoke
NY
91,785
Schenectady
CA
91,669
Fresno
NY
90,872
Niagara Falls
PA
89,544
Harrisburg
NC
87,811
Winston-Salem
IN
87,595
Hammond
SC
86,914
Columbia
WV
86,353
Huntington
TX
84,706
Waco
IA
83,991
Sioux City
MA
83,835
Quincy
NH
82,732
Manchester
IL
82,295
East St. Louis
MA
81,994
Newton
IL
81,628
Springfield
RI
81,436
Pawtucket
NY
80,674
Binghamton
MA
80,536
Lawrence
VA
80,039
Portsmouth
GA
79,611
Columbus
NJ
79,340
East Orange
KS
78,791
Topeka
MO
78,588
St. Joseph
CA
78,577
Burbank
OH
78,508
Springfield
ME
77,634
Portland
NJ
77,203
Bayonne
PA
77,177
Altoona
PA
76,826
Wilkes-Barre
IA
74,549
Davenport
NC
74,389
Greensboro
CT
74,293
Stamford
TX
74,246
Amarillo
CT
73,726
New Britain
MI
73,681
Pontiac
IL
73,641
Evanston
WV
73,501
Charleston
NY
72,311
Troy
IA
72,296
Cedar Rapids
NY
71,899
Mount Vernon
TX
71,747
Lubbock
CA
71,595
Santa Monica
GA
71,508
Augusta
NC
71,311
Durham
WI
71,193
Racine
CA
70,853
Stockton
GA
70,252
Macon
SC
70,174
Charleston
OH
68,071
Lakewood
TX
68,042
Wichita Falls
IL
67,544
Cicero
MO
66,731
Springfield
TX
66,568
Galveston
PA
66,340
Bethlehem
IL
66,269
Decatur
MA
66,113
Medford
PA
66,089
Chester
NC
65,679
Raleigh
IA
65,198
Waterloo
NJ
64,511
Clifton
KY
64,452
Covington
CA
64,430
Alameda
IN
64,214
Terre Haute
PA
63,774
Lancaster
CO
63,685
Pueblo
IL
63,529
Oak Park
PA
63,232
Johnstown
CA
63,058
San Bernardino
MA
62,860
Brockton
VA
61,787
Alexandria
NJ
61,657
Atlantic City
PA
59,953
York
MA
59,804
Malden
NY
59,725
New Rochelle
OH
59,141
Cleveland Heights
WV
58,891
Wheeling
IN
58,479
Muncie
SC
58,161
Greenville
OH
57,951
Hamilton
MI
57,704
Kalamazoo
NJ
57,702
Passaic
TX
57,530
Port Arthur
UT
57,112
Ogden
AL
55,725
Gadsden
NJ
55,537
Union City
KY
55,534
Lexington
RI
55,060
Cranston
MA
54,661
Holyoke
WI
54,368
Kenosha
IN
54,263
East Chicago
MA
53,348
Pittsfield
NC
53,000
Asheville
WI
52,735
Green Bay
SD
52,696
Sioux Falls
MI
52,523
Bay City
FL
52,367
Orlando
TX
52,093
San Angelo
TX
51,910
Laredo
IL
51,601
Joliet
PA
51,502
McKeesport
CA
51,359
Alhambra
IL
51,280
Berwyn
OH
51,202
Lorain
CA
51,116
South Gate
MI
51,088
Jackson
NJ
50,676
Hoboken
IL
50,576
Aurora
OH
50,246
Lima
RI
50,211
Woonsocket
OH
49,856
Warren
NY
49,716
Elmira
IA
49,671
Dubuque
CT
49,460
Norwalk
MA
49,211
Chicopee
PA
48,834
New Castle
IL
48,710
Rock Island
MI
48,666
Battle Creek
MI
48,429
Muskegon
MI
48,251
Ann Arbor
CA
47,991
Compton
AR
47,942
Fort Smith
VA
47,727
Lynchburg
WI
47,535
La Crosse
MA
47,280
Haverhill
MA
47,187
Waltham
MI
46,898
Royal Oak
IN
46,820
Anderson
CA
46,764
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AL
46,396
Tuscaloosa
MI
46,393
Highland Park
FL
46,282
Miami Beach
CA
46,185
Inglewood
MA
45,982
Everett
TX
45,570
Abilene
CA
45,533
Santa Ana
CO
45,472
Colorado Spriings
AZ
45,454
Tucson
IA
45,429
Council Bluffs
PA
45,047
Williamsport
NC
45,043
Wilmington
CA
44,854
Santa Barbara
IL
44,223
Elgin
AR
44,097
North Little Rock
CT
44,088
Meriden
OH
43,564
Mansfield
MI
43,555
Hamtramck
FL
43,479
Pensacola
NY
43,466
White Plains
NY
43,354
Jamestown
FL
43,162
West Palm Beach
OR
43,140
Salem
RI
43,028
Warwick
WI
42,959
West Allis
MA
42,691
Fitchburg
MI
42,653
Warren
NJ
42,366
Plainfield
WI
42,365
Sheboygan
VA
42,358
Newport News
MS
41,893
Meridian
MA
41,880
Salem
CA
41,782
San Mateo
NY
41,682
Rome
WA
41,664
Vancouver
IL
41,450
Quincy
OH
41,396
Euclid
NJ
41,330
Perth Amboy
LA
41,272
Lake Charles
WI
41,084
Oshkosh
NY
41,023
Poughkeepsie
ME
40,974
Lewiston
OH
40,517
Zanesville
MA
40,109
Taunton
OH
40,047
East Cleveland
NC
39,973
High Point
NJ
39,952
Kearny
MO
39,892
University City
IL
39,563
Champaign
IN
39,539
Richmond
MT
39,214
Great Falls
TX
38,968
Tyler
IL
38,946
Waukegan
MA
38,912
Chelsea
NJ
38,811
New Brunswick
MO
38,711
Joplin
IN
38,672
Kokomo
LA
38,572
Monroe
WA
38,486
Yakima
ND
38,256
Fargo
PA
38,126
Norristown
IL
37,864
Danville
NJ
37,683
West New York
MD
37,679
Cumberland
RI
37,564
Newport
MS
37,425
Biloxi
MA
37,329
Watertown
OK
37,289
Muskogee
AR
37,162
Pine Bluff
MO
36,963
Independence
MI
36,846
Wyandotte
OH
36,798
Portsmouth
SC
36,795
Spartanburg
MA
36,763
Revere
NY
36,722
Auburn
FL
36,328
Fort Lauderdale
MD
36,260
Hagerstown
WI
36,058
Eau Claire
OK
36,017
Enid
CT
35,961
Bristol
OR
35,879
Eugene
OH
35,872
Steubenville
MI
35,725
Port Huron
IN
35,646
Elkhart
PA
35,632
Easton
IN
35,558
Lafayette
PA
35,491
Hazleton
CA
35,405
Pomona
WI
35,325
Superior
TX
35,086
Brownsville
VA
35,066
Danville
VA
35,054
Petersburg
OH
35,001
Norwood
LA
34,913
Alexandria
CA
34,784
Bakersfield
OK
34,757
Lawton
NC
34,715
Fayetteville
NH
34,669
Nashua
ID
34,393
Boise
NY
34,350
Watertown
OH
34,275
Newark
IL
34,163
Bloomington
WA
34,112
Bellingham
WI
34,010
Appleton
WA
33,849
Everett
OH
33,817
Marion
OH
33,695
Middletown
KY
33,651
Owensboro
IA
33,631
Ottumwa
KS
33,575
Hutchinson
LA
33,541
Lafayette
WI
33,324
Wauwatosa
MT
33,251
Butte
VT
33,155
Burlington
IN
32,918
Mishawaka
KY
32,828
Paducah
IL
32,721
Belleville
MA
32,690
Weymouth
IL
32,574
Moline
IL
32,550
Alton
NV
32,407
Reno
NY
32,240
Amsterdam
WV
32,014
Clarksburg
MO
31,974
Columbia
NY
31,956
Newburgh
WY
31,935
Cheyenne
MT
31,834
Billings
ME
31,558
Bangor
IL
31,425
Galesburg
PA
31,418
Wilkinsburg
GA
31,155
Albany
KY
31,131
Ashland
AL
31,066
Anniston
KY
31,044
Newport
FL
30,851
Lakeland
NJ
30,644
Linden
IA
30,613
Burlington
CT
30,551
New London
MI
30,407
Westland
WI
30,386
Wausau
IA
30,379
Clinton
CT
30,337
Danbury
OH
30,307
Elyria
TN
30,207
Jackson
FL
30,187
Daytona Beach
IN
30,081
Marion
WI
29,936
Fond du Lac
MS
29,936
Greenville
MN
29,885
Rochester
CT
29,711
Middletown
WV
29,684
Parkersburg
MI
29,675
Ferndale
GA
29,615
Rome
OH
29,594
Massillon
WI
29,590
Beloit
NJ
29,573
Vineland
TX
29,495
Odessa
MS
29,474
Hattiesburg
IL
29,465
Granite City
CA
29,450
Huntington Park
OH
29,375
Sandusky
IN
29,346
New Albany
WV
29,346
Fairmont
MI
29,310
Lincoln Park
AR
29,307
Hot Springs
NY
29,257
Ithaca
OH
28,222
Shaker Heights
NJ
29,219
Hackensack
OH
29,195
Cuyahoga Falls
NY
29,135
Hempstead
MA
29,063
Northampton
CA
29,032
Beverly Hills
UT
28,937
Provo
OH
28,897
Parma
MA
28,884
Beverly
NY
28,817
Kingston
AL
28,445
Bessemer
MN
28,410
St. Cloud
IN
28,395
Michigan City
GA
28,180
Athens
IN
28,160
Bloomington
PA
28,156
Lebanon
NM
27,998
Santa Fe
NH
27,988
Concord
IA
27,980
Mason City
MS
27,948
Vicksburg
TN
27,864
Johnson City
OH
27,820
Barberton
CT
27,820
Torrington
NC
27,697
Rocky Mount
WA
27,678
Bremerton
NY
27,658
Lackawanna
WI
27,598
Manitowoc
NJ
27,550
Garfield
CA
27,542
San Leandro
IL
27,473
Maywood
FL
27,237
Tallahassee
IA
27,212
Iowa City
OK
27,006
Norman
MA
26,988
Melrose
CT
26,870
Milford
FL
26,861
Gainesville
NY
26,854
Valley Stream
ND
26,836
Grand Forks
PA
26,454
Sharon
FL
26,433
Key West
PA
26,280
Washington
KS
26,176
Salina
OH
26,161
Alliance
PA
26,132
Aliquippa
ID
26,131
Pocatello
CA
26,038
Vallejo
VA
25,969
Charlottesville
IL
25,856
Kankakee
CA
25,823
Lynwood
FL
25,814
Panama City
NM
25,738
Roswell
CA
25,544
Redwood City
WV
25,525
Morgantown
CA
25,475
Palo Alto
TX
25,467
Temple
SD
25,310
Rapid City
CA
25,226
Redondo Beach
MA
25,167
Gloucester
PA
25,146
New Kensington
NY
25,133
Lockport
IA
25,115
Fort Dodge
MO
25,099
Jefferson City
MS
25,038
Laurel
MN
25,031
Winona
GA
25,025
LaGrange
WI
24,899
Janesville
TX
24,753
Texarkana
NY
24,731
North Tonawanda
NY
24,680
Freeport
NV
24,624
Las Vegas
NC
24,560
Burlington
IL
24,551
Chicago Heights
SC
24,502
Rock Hill
TX
24,502
Longview
MA
24,477
Methuen
TX
24,275
University Park
OH
24,217
East Liverpool
OH
24,180
Lancaster
WA
24,102
Walla Walla
MA
24,075
Leominster
WV
24,005
Weirton
NY
23,970
Port Chester
NJ
23,885
Fair Lawn
AL
23,879
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