Table 19. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1960 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Density | | | Land| (average | | | area| popula- | | | (sq.| tion per Rank | Place |Population| miles)|sq. mile) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *...... 7,781,984 315.1 24,697 2 Chicago city, IL......... 3,550,404 224.2 15,836 3 Los Angeles city, CA..... 2,479,015 454.8 5,451 4 Philadelphia city, PA.... 2,002,512 127.2 15,743 5 Detroit city, MI......... 1,670,144 139.6 11,964 6 Baltimore city, MD....... 939,024 79.0 11,886 7 Houston city, TX......... 938,219 328.1 2,860 8 Cleveland city, OH....... 876,050 81.2 10,789 9 Washington city, DC...... 763,956 61.4 12,442 10 St. Louis city, MO....... 750,026 61.0 12,296 11 Milwaukee city, WI....... 741,324 91.1 8,137 12 San Francisco city, CA... 740,316 47.6 15,553 13 Boston city, MA.......... 697,197 47.8 14,586 14 Dallas city, TX.......... 679,684 279.9 2,428 15 New Orleans city, LA..... 627,525 198.8 3,157 16 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 604,332 54.1 11,171 17 San Antonio city, TX..... 587,718 160.5 3,662 18 San Diego city, CA....... 573,224 192.4 2,979 19 Seattle city, WA......... 557,087 88.5 6,295 20 Buffalo city, NY......... 532,759 39.4 13,522 21 Cincinnati city, OH...... 502,550 77.3 6,501 22 Memphis city, TN......... 497,524 128.2 3,881 23 Denver city, CO.......... 493,887 71.0 6,956 24 Atlanta city, GA......... 487,455 128.2 3,802 25 Minneapolis city, MN..... 482,872 56.5 8,546 26 Indianapolis city, IN.... 476,258 71.2 6,689 27 Kansas City city, MO..... 475,539 129.8 3,664 28 Columbus city, OH........ 471,316 89.0 5,296 29 Phoenix city, AZ......... 439,170 187.4 2,343 30 Newark city, NJ.......... 405,220 23.6 17,170 31 Louisville city, KY...... 390,639 57.1 6,841 32 Portland city, OR........ 372,676 67.2 5,546 33 Oakland city, CA......... 367,548 53.0 6,935 34 Fort Worth city, TX...... 356,268 140.5 2,536 35 Long Beach city, CA...... 344,168 45.9 7,498 36 Birmingham city, AL...... 340,887 74.5 4,576 37 Oklahoma City city, OK... 324,253 321.5 1,009 38 Rochester city, NY....... 318,611 36.4 8,753 39 Toledo city, OH.......... 318,003 48.2 6,598 40 St. Paul city, MN........ 313,411 52.2 6,004 41 Norfolk city, VA......... 305,872 50.0 6,117 42 Omaha city, NE........... 301,598 51.2 5,891 43 Honolulu CDP, HI *....... 294,194 83.9 3,506 44 Miami city, FL........... 291,688 34.2 8,529 45 Akron city, OH........... 290,351 53.9 5,387 46 El Paso city, TX......... 276,687 114.6 2,414 47 Jersey City city, NJ..... 276,101 13.0 21,239 48 Tampa city, FL........... 274,970 85.0 3,235 49 Dayton city, OH.......... 262,332 33.6 7,808 50 Tulsa city, OK........... 261,685 47.8 5,475 51 Wichita city, KS......... 254,698 51.9 4,907 52 Richmond city, VA........ 219,958 37.0 5,945 53 Syracuse city, NY........ 216,038 25.0 8,642 54 Tucson city, AZ.......... 212,892 70.9 3,003 55 Des Moines city, IA...... 208,982 64.5 3,240 56 Providence city, RI...... 207,498 17.9 11,592 57 San Jose city, CA........ 204,196 54.5 3,747 58 Mobile city, AL.......... 202,779 152.9 1,326 59 Charlotte city, NC....... 201,564 64.8 3,111 60 Albuquerque city, NM..... 201,189 56.2 3,580 61 Jacksonville city, FL.... 201,030 30.2 6,657 62 Flint city, MI........... 196,940 29.9 6,587 63 Sacramento city, CA...... 191,667 45.1 4,250 64 Yonkers city, NY......... 190,634 18.3 10,417 65 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 189,454 56.1 3,377 66 Worcester city, MA....... 186,587 37.0 5,043 67 Austin city, TX.......... 186,545 49.4 3,776 68 Spokane city, WA......... 181,608 43.0 4,223 69 St. Petersburg city, FL.. 181,298 54.0 3,357 70 Gary city, IN............ 178,320 41.6 4,287 71 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 177,313 24.4 7,267 72 Springfield city, MA..... 174,463 33.1 5,271 73 Nashville city, TN....... 170,874 29.0 5,892 74 Corpus Christi city, TX.. 167,690 37.8 4,436 75 Youngstown city, OH...... 166,689 33.2 5,021 76 Shreveport city, LA...... 164,372 36.0 4,566 77 Arlington CDP, VA *...... 163,401 24.0 6,808 78 Hartford city, CT........ 162,178 17.4 9,321 79 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 161,776 36.8 4,396 80 Bridgeport city, CT...... 156,748 17.9 8,757 81 Baton Rouge city, LA..... 152,419 31.0 4,917 82 New Haven city, CT....... 152,048 17.9 8,494 83 Savannah city GA......... 149,245 41.5 3,596 84 Tacoma city WA........... 147,979 47.5 3,115 85 Jackson city, MS......... 144,422 46.5 3,106 86 Paterson city, NJ........ 143,663 8.4 17,103 87 Evansville city, IN...... 141,543 32.0 4,423 88 Erie city, PA............ 138,440 18.8 7,364 89 Amarillo city, TX........ 137,969 54.8 2,518 90 Montgomery city, AL...... 134,393 31.8 4,226 91 Fresno city, CA.......... 133,929 28.6 4,683 92 South Bend city, IN...... 132,445 23.8 5,565 93 Chattanooga city, TN..... 130,009 36.7 3,542 94 Albany city, NY.......... 129,726 19.0 6,828 95 Lubbock city, TX......... 128,691 75.0 1,716 96 Lincoln city, NE......... 128,521 25.4 5,060 97-T Madison city, WI......... 126,706 35.7 3,549 97-T Rockford city, IL........ 126,706 26.0 4,873 99 Kansas City city, KS..... 121,901 40.6 3,002 100 Greensboro city, NC...... 119,574 48.6 2,460 --------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places.