Statistics for Biggest Cities in the United States in 1850 with a Map

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Answers color-coded by a green-red scale on the quiz's map according to % correct below.

Population	State	City	% Correct
29,963	IL	Chicago	99%
515,547	NY	New York City	99%
136,881	MA	Boston	98%
25,000	CA	San Francisco	98%
21,019	MI	Detroit	97%
116,375	LA	New Orleans	96%
40,001	DC	Washington	96%
169,054	MD	Baltimore	94%
115,435	OH	Cincinnati	94%
121,376	PA	Philadelphia	94%
42,261	NY	Buffalo	93%
77,860	MO	St. Louis	93%
17,034	OH	Cleveland	92%
50,763	NY	Albany	91%
27,570	VA	Richmond	91%
42,985	SC	Charleston	90%
20,061	WI	Milwaukee	90%
17,882	OH	Columbus	89%
46,601	PA	Pittsburgh	88%
15,312	GA	Savannah	88%
41,513	RI	Providence	87%
43,194	KY	Louisville	86%
20,515	AL	Mobile	86%
22,271	NY	Syracuse	79%
36,403	NY	Rochester	77%
96,838	NY	Brooklyn	76%
38,894	NJ	Newark	76%
20,815	ME	Portland	75%
20,345	CT	New Haven	70%
14,326	VA	Norfolk	64%
15,215	MA	Cambridge	58%
14,432	ME	Bangor	57%
20,264	MA	Salem	57%
17,049	MA	Worcester	56%
17,565	NY	Utica	53%
33,383	MA	Lowell	41%
28,785	NY	Troy	38%
16,443	MA	New Bedford	37%
47,223	PA	Northern Liberties	37%
21,262	PA	Allegheny	34%
15,743	PA	Reading	32%
14,257	MA	Lynn	31%
17,216	MA	Charlestown	21%
38,799	PA	Southwark	21%
46,774	PA	Kensington	18%
58,894	PA	Spring Garden	16%
18,364	MA	Roxbury	14%
30,780	NY	Williamsburg	14%
26,979	PA	Moyamensing	10%
15,000	CA	Mokelumne Hill	6%