Most Populated U.S. Cities by Year - 1930

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The entire nation was very, very depressed, so there were probably underenumeration problems.

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Population	State	Answer
6,930,400	New York	New York City
3,376,400	Illinois	Chicago
1,951,000	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
1,568,700	Michigan	Detroit
1,238,000	California	Los Angeles
900,400	Ohio	Cleveland
822,000	Missouri	St. Louis
804,900	Maryland	Baltimore
781,200	Massachusetts	Boston
669,800	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh

Population	State	Answer
634,400	California	San Francisco
578,200	Wisconsin	Milwaukee
573,100	New York	Buffalo
486,900	District of Columbia	Washington
464,400	Minnesota	Minneapolis
458,800	Louisiana	New Orleans
451,200	Ohio	Cincinnati
442,300	New Jersey	Newark
399,700	Missouri	Kansas City
365,600	Washington	Seattle