Most Populated U.S. Cities by Year - 1950

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Population	State	Answer
7,892,000	New York	New York City
3,621,000	Illinois	Chicago
2,072,000	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
1,970,000	California	Los Angeles
1,850,000	Michigan	Detroit
950,000	Maryland	Baltimore
915,000	Ohio	Cleveland
857,000	Missouri	St. Louis
802,000	District of Columbia	Washington
801,000	Massachusetts	Boston

Population	State	Answer
775,000	California	San Francisco
677,000	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
637,000	Wisconsin	Milwaukee
596,000	Texas	Houston
580,000	New York	Buffalo
570,000	Louisiana	New Orleans
522,000	Minnesota	Minneapolis
504,000	Ohio	Cincinnati
468,000	Washington	Seattle
457,000	Missouri	Kansas City