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Booming Cities Decade-to-Decade, 1830-2010
October 4, 2012
| Cities with change of 200 percent or more between decades | Decade | Percent change | Numeric change |
| Allegheny, PA | 1830-1840 | 260.2 | 7,288.0 |
| Lowell, MA | 1830-1840 | 221.2 | 14,322.0 |
| Mobile, AL | 1830-1840 | 296.7 | 9,478.0 |
| St. Louis, MO | 1830-1840 | 230.9 | 11,492.0 |
| Chicago, IL | 1840-1850 | 570.3 | 25,493.0 |
| Lafayette, LA | 1840-1850 | 342.5 | 10,983.0 |
| Manchester, NH | 1840-1850 | 330.7 | 10,697.0 |
| St. Louis, MO | 1840-1850 | 372.8 | 61,391.0 |
| Chicago, IL | 1850-1860 | 274.4 | 82,209.0 |
| Dubuque, IA | 1850-1860 | 318.3 | 9,892.0 |
| Evansville, IN | 1850-1860 | 255.0 | 8,249.0 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 1850-1860 | 326.3 | 22,370.0 |
| Toledo, OH | 1850-1860 | 259.6 | 9,939.0 |
| Des Moines, IA | 1860-1870 | 203.5 | 8,070.0 |
| East Saginaw, MI | 1860-1870 | 278.2 | 8,349.0 |
| Kansas City, MO | 1860-1870 | 630.2 | 27,842.0 |
| Little Rock, AR | 1860-1870 | 232.2 | 8,653.0 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1860-1870 | 409.6 | 10,502.0 |
| Rome, NY | 1860-1870 | 206.9 | 7,416.0 |
| Scranton, PA | 1860-1870 | 280.5 | 25,869.0 |
| Denver, CO | 1870-1880 | 648.7 | 30,870.0 |
| Long Island City, NY | 1870-1880 | 343.0 | 13,262.0 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1870-1880 | 258.8 | 33,821.0 |
| Oakland, CA | 1870-1880 | 229.1 | 24,055.0 |
| Shenandoah, PA | 1870-1880 | 243.8 | 7,196.0 |
| Asheville, NC | 1880-1890 | 291.2 | 7,619.0 |
| Birmingham, AL | 1880-1890 | 748.3 | 23,092.0 |
| Butte, MT | 1880-1890 | 218.9 | 7,360.0 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 1880-1890 | 238.3 | 8,234.0 |
| Dallas, TX | 1880-1890 | 267.5 | 27,709.0 |
| Duluth, MN | 1880-1890 | 850.8 | 29,632.0 |
| East Portland, OR | 1880-1890 | 259.0 | 7,598.0 |
| Findlay, OH | 1880-1890 | 300.5 | 13,920.0 |
| Fort Smith, AR | 1880-1890 | 265.0 | 8,212.0 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 1880-1890 | 246.3 | 16,413.0 |
| Hastings, NE | 1880-1890 | 382.2 | 10,767.0 |
| Helena, MT | 1880-1890 | 281.7 | 10,210.0 |
| Huntington, WV | 1880-1890 | 218.5 | 6,934.0 |
| Kansas City, KS | 1880-1890 | 1,097.4 | 35,116.0 |
| Laredo, TX | 1880-1890 | 221.5 | 7,798.0 |
| Lincoln, NE | 1880-1890 | 324.2 | 42,151.0 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1880-1890 | 350.6 | 39,212.0 |
| Menominee, MI | 1880-1890 | 223.3 | 7,342.0 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1880-1890 | 251.4 | 117,851.0 |
| Omaha, NE | 1880-1890 | 360.2 | 109,934.0 |
| Pueblo, CO | 1880-1890 | 663.4 | 21,341.0 |
| Saginaw, MI | 1880-1890 | 340.1 | 35,797.0 |
| San Diego, CA | 1880-1890 | 512.8 | 13,522.0 |
| Seattle, WA | 1880-1890 | 1,112.5 | 39,304.0 |
| Sioux City, IA | 1880-1890 | 413.3 | 30,440.0 |
| Springfield, MO | 1880-1890 | 235.0 | 15,328.0 |
| St. Paul, MN | 1880-1890 | 221.1 | 91,683.0 |
| Stamford, CT | 1880-1890 | 309.3 | 7,856.0 |
| Wichita, KS | 1880-1890 | 385.7 | 18,942.0 |
| Great Falls, MT | 1890-1900 | 275.2 | 10,951.0 |
| Greensboro, NC | 1890-1900 | 202.5 | 6,718.0 |
| Lorain, OH | 1890-1900 | 229.6 | 11,165.0 |
| Newport News City, VA | 1890-1900 | 341.3 | 15,186.0 |
| Niagara Falls, NY | 1890-1900 | 253.6 | 13,955.0 |
| South Omaha, NE | 1890-1900 | 222.5 | 17,939.0 |
| Berkeley, CA | 1900-1910 | 206.0 | 27,220.0 |
| Birmingham, AL | 1900-1910 | 245.4 | 94,270.0 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1900-1910 | 211.5 | 216,719.0 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1900-1910 | 539.7 | 54,168.0 |
| Pasadena, CA | 1900-1910 | 232.2 | 21,174.0 |
| Akron, OH | 1910-1920 | 201.8 | 139,368.0 |
| Bethlehem, PA | 1910-1920 | 292.3 | 37,521.0 |
| Cicero, IL | 1910-1920 | 209.1 | 30,438.0 |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1910-1920 | 202.9 | 18,668.0 |
| Gary, IN | 1910-1920 | 229.6 | 38,576.0 |
| Hamtramck, MI | 1910-1920 | 1,266.0 | 45,056.0 |
| Highland Park, MI | 1910-1920 | 1,028.6 | 42,379.0 |
| Long Beach, CA | 1910-1920 | 212.2 | 37,784.0 |
| Miami, FL | 1910-1920 | 440.5 | 24,100.0 |
| Norwalk, CT | 1910-1920 | 299.0 | 20,789.0 |
| Tulsa, OK | 1910-1920 | 296.4 | 53,893.0 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 1910-1920 | 388.8 | 31,879.0 |
| Alhambra, CA | 1920-1930 | 224.0 | 20,376.0 |
| Aliquippa, PA | 1920-1930 | 825.1 | 24,185.0 |
| Berwyn, IL | 1920-1930 | 232.3 | 32,877.0 |
| Cleveland Heights, OH | 1920-1930 | 234.4 | 35,709.0 |
| Glendale, CA | 1920-1930 | 363.5 | 49,200.0 |
| Miami, FL | 1920-1930 | 274.1 | 81,066.0 |
| University City, MO | 1920-1930 | 280.0 | 19,017.0 |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 1920-1930 | 207.3 | 17,951.0 |
| Miami Beach, FL | 1930-1940 | 331.4 | 21,518.0 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 1940-1950 | 261.8 | 90,910.0 |
| Odessa, TX | 1940-1950 | 208.1 | 19,922.0 |
| Richmond, CA | 1940-1950 | 321.1 | 75,903.0 |
| Anaheim, CA | 1950-1960 | 615.7 | 89,628.0 |
| Fullerton, CA | 1950-1960 | 302.5 | 42,222.0 |
| Hayward, CA | 1950-1960 | 409.4 | 58,428.0 |
| Hialeah, FL | 1950-1960 | 240.4 | 47,296.0 |
| Huntsville, AL | 1950-1960 | 340.3 | 55,928.0 |
| Kettering, OH | 1950-1960 | 338.6 | 42,044.0 |
| Livonia, MI | 1950-1960 | 280.4 | 49,168.0 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 1950-1960 | 311.1 | 332,352.0 |
| Roseville, MI | 1950-1960 | 217.4 | 34,379.0 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 1950-1960 | 403.2 | 47,178.0 |
| Skokie, IL | 1950-1960 | 300.2 | 44,532.0 |
| St. Clair Shores, MI | 1950-1960 | 286.7 | 56,834.0 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1950-1960 | 438.2 | 43,069.0 |
| Torrance, CA | 1950-1960 | 354.1 | 78,750.0 |
| Tucson, AZ | 1950-1960 | 368.4 | 167,438.0 |
| West Covina, CA | 1950-1960 | 1,025.7 | 46,146.0 |
| Bellevue, WA | 1960-1970 | 377.8 | 48,387.0 |
| El Monte, CA | 1960-1970 | 431.0 | 56,729.0 |
| Hollywood, FL | 1960-1970 | 203.3 | 71,636.0 |
| Huntington Beach, CA | 1960-1970 | 909.0 | 104,468.0 |
| Overland Park, KS | 1960-1970 | 269.2 | 56,824.0 |
| Scottsdale, AZ | 1960-1970 | 576.5 | 57,797.0 |
| Anchorage, AK | 1970-1980 | 262.8 | 126,350.0 |
| Cerritos, CA | 1970-1980 | 234.4 | 37,164.0 |
| Plano, TX | 1970-1980 | 304.7 | 54,459.0 |
| Sandy, UT | 1970-1980 | 711.0 | 45,772.0 |
| Chandler, AZ | 1980-1990 | 205.1 | 60,860.0 |
| Palm Bay, FL | 1980-1990 | 237.5 | 44,072.0 |
| Palmdale, CA | 1980-1990 | 460.7 | 56,565.0 |
| Peoria, AZ | 1980-1990 | 315.9 | 38,447.0 |
| Port Saint Lucie, FL | 1980-1990 | 280.3 | 41,176.0 |
| Augusta, GA | 1990-2000 | 337.2 | 150,543.0 |
| Flower Mound, TX | 1990-2000 | 226.5 | 35,175.0 |
| Gilbert, AZ | 1990-2000 | 275.8 | 80,509.0 |
| Vancouver, WA | 1990-2000 | 209.5 | 97,180.0 |
| Buckeye, AZ | 2000-2010 | 678.3 | 44,339.0 |
| Frisco, TX | 2000-2010 | 247.0 | 83,275.0 |
| Goodyear, AZ | 2000-2010 | 245.2 | 46,364.0 |
| Surprise, AZ | 2000-2010 | 281.0 | 86,669.0 |
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