Statistics for First American Cities in History to Reach 100,000 People

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Year	Country	City	% Correct
1500	Mexico	Tenochtitlan	99%
1810	U.S.	New York City	97%
1828	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	93%
1842	U.S.	Boston	91%
1858	U.S.	Chicago	91%
1900	U.S.	Los Angeles	90%
1858	Argentina	Buenos Aires	88%
1843	U.S.	Philadelphia	88%
1884	Canada	Toronto	87%
1893	Brazil	São Paulo	86%
1869	U.S.	Washington D.C.	86%
1825	Cuba	Havana	85%
1859	Chile	Santiago	85%
1864	U.S.	San Francisco	84%
1860	Peru	Lima	82%
1888	Colombia	Bogotá	80%
1866	Canada	Montreal	80%
1877	U.S.	Detroit	79%
1870	Uruguay	Montevideo	75%
1840	U.S.	New Orleans	72%
1839	U.S.	Baltimore	70%
1872	U.S.	Pittsburgh	69%
1872	U.S.	Cleveland	68%
1853	U.S.	St. Louis	68%
1847	U.S.	Cincinnati	64%
1889	U.S.	Indianapolis	64%
1890	U.S.	Denver	63%
1882	U.S.	Minneapolis	62%
1867	U.S.	Buffalo	61%
1894	U.S.	Columbus	61%
1900	Mexico	Guadalajara	61%
1900	U.S.	Memphis	59%
1883	U.S.	Kansas City	57%
1878	U.S.	Milwaukee	55%
1877	U.S.	Providence	48%
1870	U.S.	Louisville	47%
1842	Brazil	Recife	44%
1869	U.S.	Newark	43%
1883	U.S.	Rochester	36%
1850	Brazil	Salvador	36%
1886	U.S.	Saint Paul	35%
1875	U.S.	Jersey City	31%
1887	U.S.	Omaha	31%
1897	Argentina	Rosario	31%
1896	U.S.	Syracuse	31%
1897	U.S.	New Haven	27%
1876	Chile	Valparaíso	26%
1851	U.S.	Brooklyn	24%
1894	U.S.	Worcester	18%
1899	U.S.	Scranton	17%
450	Mexico	Teotihuacán	13%
1569	Bolivia	Potosí	12%
1899	U.S.	Paterson	8%
1889	U.S.	Allegheny	6%
1899	U.S.	Fall River	6%