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3rd Largest US Cities by Decade

Name the cities that were the third most populous in the United States during any census from 1790 onward.
Some cities no longer exist!
2020 data from World Population Review
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Last updated: February 20, 2020
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Year
City
Population
1790
Boston
18,320
1800
Baltimore
26,514
1810
Baltimore
46,555
1820
Baltimore
62,738
1830
Philadelphia
80,462
1840
New Orleans
102,193
1850
Boston
136,881
1860
Brooklyn
266,661
1870
Brooklyn
396,099
1880
Brooklyn
566,663
1890
Philadelphia
1,046,964
1900
Philadelphia
1,293,697
Year
City
Population
1910
Philadelphia
1,549,008
1920
Philadelphia
1,823,779
1930
Philadelphia
1,950,961
1940
Philadelphia
1,931,334
1950
Philadelphia
2,071,605
1960
Los Angeles
2,479,015
1970
Los Angeles
2,816,061
1980
Los Angeles
2,966,850
1990
Chicago
2,783,726
2000
Chicago
2,896,016
2010
Chicago
2,695,598
2020
Chicago
2,670,406
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Dec 24, 2015
Wow, that was a hard quiz!!