First City to Reach 10k by U.S. State

By year of first records to record a population of a town or city above 10k in a given state, district, or territory.

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Hawaii not included due to a lack of data

Many Spanish and French settlements excluded due to a lack of data

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State	Year	Answer
Massachusetts	1722	Boston
Pennsylvania	1731	Philadelphia
New York	1737	New York
South Carolina	1770	Charleston
Maryland	1790	Baltimore
Louisiana	1810	New Orleans
Rhode Island	1810	Providence
District of Columbia	1820	Washington
Virginia	1820	Richmond
New Jersey	1830	Newark
Connecticut	1830	New Haven
Maine	1830	Portland
Ohio	1830	Cincinnati
Kentucky	1830	Louisville
Georgia	1840	Savannah
Alabama	1840	Mobile
Missouri	1840	Saint Louis
California	1849	San Francisco
Illinois	1850	Chicago
West Virginia	1850	Wheeling
New Hampshire	1850	Manchester
Michigan	1850	Detroit
Wisconsin	1850	Milwaukee
Delaware	1850	Wilmington
Tennessee	1850	Nashville

State	Year	Answer
Indiana	1860	New Albany/Indianapolis
Minnesota	1860	Saint Paul
Iowa	1860	Dubuque
Vermont	1870	Burlington
Utah	1870	Salt Lake City
Nebraska	1870	Omaha
North Carolina	1870	Wilmington
Texas	1870	Galveston/San Antonio
Arkansas	1870	Little Rock
Nevada	1870	Virginia City
Mississippi	1870	Vicksburg
Kansas	1870	Leavenworth
Oregon	1880	Portland
South Dakota	1880	Deadwood
Colorado	1880	Denver/Leadville
Florida	1890	Key West
Montana	1890	Helena
Washington	1890	Seattle/Tacoma
Wyoming	1890	Cheyenne
Alaska	1900	Nome
Oklahoma	1900	Oklahoma City
Idaho	1910	Boise
New Mexico	1910	Albuquerque
Arizona	1910	Tucson
North Dakota	1910	Fargo