Table 24. Population at Selected Ranks from 1st to 100th of the Largest Urban Places: 1790-1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rank |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year | 1st| 2nd| 3rd| 4th| 5th| 10th| 15th| 20th| 25th --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1790.... 33,131 28,522 18,320 16,359 13,503 5,661 4,620 2,959 (X) 1800.... 60,515 41,220 26,514 24,937 18,824 6,926 5,339 5,150 4,292 1810.... 96,373 53,722 46,555 33,787 24,711 10,762 7,907 6,807 5,668 1820.... 123,706 63,802 62,738 43,298 27,176 12,731 8,581 7,327 7,147 1830.... 202,589 80,620 80,462 61,392 46,082 20,581 13,394 11,140 9,207 1840.... 312,710 102,313 102,193 93,665 93,383 29,261 22,314 20,153 15,218 1850.... 515,547 169,054 136,881 121,376 116,375 50,763 42,985 38,799 28,785 1860.... 813,669 565,529 266,661 212,418 177,840 81,129 56,802 45,246 37,910 1870.... 942,292 674,022 396,099 310,864 298,977 149,473 92,829 69,422 50,840 1880.... 1,206,299 847,170 566,663 503,185 362,839 216,090 136,508 104,857 63,600 1890.... 1,515,301 1,099,850 1,046,964 806,343 451,770 261,353 205,876 161,129 132,146 1900.... 3,437,202 1,698,575 1,293,697 575,238 560,892 325,902 278,718 175,597 133,859 1910.... 4,766,883 2,185,283 1,549,008 687,029 670,585 423,715 339,075 248,381 218,149 1920.... 5,620,048 2,701,705 1,823,779 993,078 796,841 576,673 414,524 315,312 256,491 1930.... 6,930,446 3,376,438 1,950,961 1,568,662 1,238,048 669,817 464,356 365,583 301,815 1940.... 7,454,995 3,396,808 1,931,334 1,623,452 1,504,277 671,659 494,537 386,972 319,077 1950.... 7,891,957 3,620,962 2,071,605 1,970,358 1,849,568 801,444 580,132 456,622 408,442 1960.... 7,781,984 3,550,404 2,479,015 2,002,512 1,670,144 750,026 627,525 532,759 482,872 1970.... 7,894,862 3,366,957 2,816,061 1,948,609 1,511,482 750,903 654,153 581,562 514,678 1980.... 7,071,639 3,005,072 2,966,850 1,688,210 1,595,138 786,775 638,333 562,994 455,651 1990.... 7,322,564 3,485,398 2,783,726 1,630,553 1,585,577 935,933 635,230 574,283 488,374 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rank |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year | 30th| 40th| 50th| 60th| 70th| 75th| 80th| 90th| 100th --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1790.... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1800.... 3,521 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1810.... 4,948 3,462 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1820.... 6,591 4,348 3,545 2,633 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1830.... 8,322 6,822 5,566 4,530 4,073 3,529 3,194 2,623 (X) 1840.... 12,672 9,102 7,887 6,738 6,048 5,519 5,207 4,766 4,226 1850.... 21,019 17,049 14,010 11,334 9,408 8,728 8,291 8,012 7,250 1860.... 28,119 22,300 18,266 14,726 13,405 12,647 11,567 10,115 9,552 1870.... 41,105 31,584 26,766 21,830 20,038 19,229 18,434 16,103 14,930 1880.... 55,785 43,350 35,629 30,762 27,737 26,845 22,408 21,420 19,743 1890.... 88,150 74,398 57,458 48,682 42,837 39,385 37,718 33,300 30,801 1900.... 108,374 94,151 78,961 62,059 53,531 51,721 46,624 41,459 38,307 1910.... 168,497 125,600 100,253 88,926 77,403 73,312 69,647 58,833 53,684 1920.... 234,698 162,351 132,358 113,344 98,917 93,372 91,295 76,754 70,983 1930.... 284,063 209,326 156,492 138,513 115,514 112,597 106,597 101,463 85,864 1940.... 301,173 210,718 167,402 144,332 118,410 112,504 110,341 101,065 88,039 1950.... 369,129 251,117 203,486 163,143 134,042 130,803 128,009 115,911 106,756 1960.... 405,220 313,411 261,685 201,189 178,320 166,689 156,748 134,393 119,574 1970.... 448,003 358,633 277,767 241,178 179,260 175,415 170,516 154,168 138,764 1980.... 423,938 354,635 284,413 231,999 203,371 181,843 172,196 164,160 156,804 1990.... 437,319 369,879 328,123 265,968 225,366 207,951 193,187 181,519 170,936 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. Number of urban places in this census year is less than this rank.