Table 17. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1940 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Density | | | Land| (average | | | area| popula- | | | (sq.| tion per Rank | Place 1/ |Population| miles)|sq. mile) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *...... 7,454,995 299.0 24,933 2 Chicago city, IL......... 3,396,808 206.7 16,434 3 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,931,334 127.2 15,183 4 Detroit city, MI......... 1,623,452 137.9 11,773 5 Los Angeles city, CA..... 1,504,277 448.3 3,356 6 Cleveland city, OH....... 878,336 73.1 12,016 7 Baltimore city, MD....... 859,100 78.7 10,916 8 St. Louis city, MO....... 816,048 61.0 13,378 9 Boston city, MA.......... 770,816 46.1 16,721 10 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 671,659 52.1 12,892 11 Washington city, DC...... 663,091 61.4 10,800 12 San Francisco city, CA... 634,536 44.6 14,227 13 Milwaukee city, WI....... 587,472 43.4 13,536 14 Buffalo city, NY......... 575,901 39.4 14,617 15 New Orleans city, LA..... 494,537 199.4 2,480 16 Minneapolis city, MN..... 492,370 53.8 9,152 17 Cincinnati city, OH...... 455,610 72.4 6,293 18 Newark city, NJ.......... 429,760 23.6 18,210 19 Kansas City city, MO..... 399,178 58.6 6,812 20 Indianapolis city, IN.... 386,972 53.6 7,220 21 Houston city, TX......... 384,514 72.8 5,282 22 Seattle city, WA......... 368,302 68.5 5,377 23 Rochester city, NY....... 324,975 34.8 9,338 24 Denver city, CO.......... 322,412 57.9 5,568 25 Louisville city, KY...... 319,077 37.9 8,419 26 Columbus city, OH........ 306,087 39.0 7,848 27 Portland city, OR........ 305,394 63.5 4,809 28 Atlanta city, GA......... 302,288 34.7 8,711 29 Oakland city, CA......... 302,163 52.8 5,723 30 Jersey City city, NJ..... 301,173 14.3 21,061 31 Dallas city, TX.......... 294,734 40.6 7,259 32 Memphis city, TN......... 292,942 45.6 6,424 33 St. Paul city, MN........ 287,736 52.2 5,512 34 Toledo city, OH.......... 282,349 37.1 7,610 35 Birmingham city, AL...... 267,583 50.2 5,330 36 San Antonio city, TX..... 253,854 35.7 7,111 37 Providence city, RI...... 253,504 17.9 14,162 38 Akron city, OH........... 244,791 53.7 4,558 39 Omaha city, NE........... 223,844 38.9 5,754 40 Dayton city, OH.......... 210,718 23.7 8,891 41 Syracuse city, NY........ 205,967 25.3 8,141 42 Oklahoma City city, OK... 204,424 49.8 4,105 43 San Diego city, CA....... 203,341 95.3 2,134 44 Worcester city, MA....... 193,694 37.1 5,221 45 Richmond city, VA........ 193,042 21.4 9,021 46 Fort Worth city, TX...... 177,662 49.8 3,568 47 Jacksonville city, FL.... 173,065 30.2 5,731 48 Miami city, FL........... 172,172 30.3 5,682 49 Youngstown city, OH...... 167,720 32.8 5,113 50 Nashville city, TN....... 167,402 22.0 7,609 51 Hartford city, CT........ 166,267 17.4 9,556 52 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 164,292 23.0 7,143 53 Long Beach city, CA...... 164,271 31.0 5,299 54 New Haven city, CT....... 160,605 17.9 8,972 55 Des Moines city, IA...... 159,819 53.8 2,971 56 Flint city, MI........... 151,543 29.3 5,172 57 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 149,934 52.5 2,856 58 Springfield city, MA..... 149,554 31.7 4,718 59 Bridgeport city, CT...... 147,121 14.6 10,077 60 Norfolk city, VA......... 144,332 28.2 5,118 61 Yonkers city, NY......... 142,598 17.2 8,291 62 Tulsa city, OK........... 142,157 21.4 6,643 63 Scranton city, PA........ 140,404 19.4 7,237 64 Paterson city, NJ........ 139,656 8.1 17,241 65 Albany city, NY.......... 130,577 19.0 6,872 66 Chattanooga city, TN..... 128,163 27.4 4,677 67 Trenton city, NJ......... 124,697 7.2 17,319 68 Spokane city, WA......... 122,001 41.5 2,940 69 Kansas City city, KS..... 121,458 19.2 6,326 70 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 118,410 17.1 6,925 71 Camden city, NJ.......... 117,536 8.7 13,510 72 Erie city, PA............ 116,955 16.2 7,219 73 Fall River city, MA...... 115,428 33.9 3,405 74 Wichita city, KS......... 114,966 21.1 5,449 75 Wilmington city, DE...... 112,504 9.8 11,480 76 Gary city, IN............ 111,719 40.3 2,772 77 Knoxville city, TN....... 111,580 25.4 4,393 78 Cambridge city, MA....... 110,879 6.3 17,600 79 Reading city, PA......... 110,568 8.8 12,565 80 New Bedford city, MA..... 110,341 19.1 5,777 81 Elizabeth city NJ........ 109,912 11.7 9,394 82 Tacoma city, WA.......... 109,408 46.5 2,353 83 Canton city, OH.......... 108,401 13.9 7,799 84 Tampa city, FL........... 108,391 19.0 5,705 85 Sacramento city, CA...... 105,958 13.7 7,734 86 Peoria city, IL.......... 105,087 12.4 8,475 87 Somerville city, MA...... 102,177 4.1 24,921 88 Lowell city, MA.......... 101,389 12.9 7,860 89 South Bend city, IN...... 101,268 19.7 5,141 90 Duluth city, MN.......... 101,065 62.3 1,622 91 Charlotte city, NC....... 100,899 19.3 5,228 92 Utica city, NY........... 100,518 15.8 6,362 93 Waterbury city, CT....... 99,314 27.6 3,598 94 Shreveport city, LA...... 98,167 18.7 5,250 95 Lynn city, MA............ 98,123 10.4 9,435 96 Evansville city, IN...... 97,062 9.7 10,006 97 Allentown city, PA....... 96,904 15.7 6,172 98 El Paso city, TX......... 96,810 13.6 7,118 99 Savannah city, GA........ 95,996 11.1 8,648 100 Little Rock city, AR..... 88,039 17.9 4,918 --------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places. 1/ Excludes Honolulu CDP (population 179,326) before Hawaii became a state.