Table 16. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1930 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 *...... 6,930,446 299.0 23,179 2 Chicago city, IL......... 3,376,438 201.9 16,723 3 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,950,961 128.0 15,242 4 Detroit city, MI......... 1,568,662 137.9 11,375 5 Los Angeles city, CA..... 1,238,048 440.3 2,812 6 Cleveland city, OH....... 900,429 70.8 12,718 7 St. Louis city, MO....... 821,960 61.0 13,475 8 Baltimore city, MD....... 804,874 78.7 10,227 9 Boston city, MA.......... 781,188 43.9 17,795 10 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 669,817 51.3 13,057 11 San Francisco city, CA... 634,394 42.0 15,105 12 Milwaukee city, WI....... 578,249 41.1 14,069 13 Buffalo city, NY......... 573,076 38.9 14,732 14 Washington city, DC...... 486,869 62.0 7,853 15 Minneapolis city, MN..... 464,356 55.4 8,382 16 New Orleans city, LA..... 458,762 196.0 2,341 17 Cincinnati city, OH...... 451,160 71.4 6,319 18 Newark city, NJ.......... 442,337 23.6 18,743 19 Kansas City city, MO..... 399,746 58.6 6,822 20 Seattle city, WA......... 365,583 68.5 5,337 21 Indianapolis city, IN.... 364,161 54.2 6,719 22 Rochester city, NY....... 328,132 34.2 9,595 23 Jersey City city, NJ..... 316,715 13.0 24,363 24 Louisville city, KY...... 307,745 36.0 8,548 25 Portland city, OR........ 301,815 63.5 4,753 26 Houston city, TX......... 292,352 71.8 4,072 27 Toledo city, OH.......... 290,718 33.0 8,810 28 Columbus city, OH........ 290,564 38.5 7,547 29 Denver city, CO.......... 287,861 58.0 4,963 30 Oakland city, CA......... 284,063 53.2 5,340 31 St. Paul city, MN........ 271,606 52.2 5,203 32 Atlanta city, GA......... 270,366 34.8 7,769 33 Dallas city, TX.......... 260,475 41.8 6,231 34 Birmingham city, AL...... 259,678 50.3 5,163 35 Akron city, OH........... 255,040 37.6 6,783 36 Memphis city, TN......... 253,143 45.7 5,539 37 Providence city, RI...... 252,981 17.8 14,212 38 San Antonio city, TX..... 231,542 35.7 6,486 39 Omaha city, NE........... 214,006 39.1 5,473 40 Syracuse city, NY........ 209,326 25.3 8,274 41 Dayton city, OH.......... 200,982 18.1 11,104 42 Worcester city, MA....... 195,311 37.2 5,250 43 Oklahoma City city, OK... 185,389 30.4 6,098 44 Richmond city, VA........ 182,929 24.0 7,622 45 Youngstown city, OH...... 170,002 33.8 5,030 46 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 168,592 23.0 7,330 47 Hartford city, CT........ 164,072 15.9 10,319 48 Fort Worth city, TX...... 163,447 46.4 3,523 49 New Haven city, CT....... 162,655 17.9 9,087 50 Flint city, MI........... 156,492 29.7 5,269 51 Nashville city, TN....... 153,866 26.0 5,918 52 Springfield city, MA..... 149,900 31.7 4,729 53 San Diego city, CA....... 147,995 93.6 1,581 54 Bridgeport city, CT...... 146,716 14.6 10,049 55 Scranton city, PA........ 143,433 19.3 7,432 56 Des Moines city, IA...... 142,559 54.0 2,640 57 Long Beach city, CA...... 142,032 28.5 4,984 58 Tulsa city, OK........... 141,258 21.6 6,540 59 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 140,267 52.0 2,697 60 Patterson city, NJ....... 138,513 8.1 17,100 61 Yonkers city, NY......... 134,646 20.1 6,699 62 Norfolk city, VA......... 129,710 28.0 4,633 63 Jacksonville city, FL.... 129,549 26.4 4,907 64 Albany city, NY.......... 127,412 18.9 6,741 65 Trenton city, NJ......... 123,356 7.2 17,133 66 Kansas City city, KS..... 121,857 20.5 5,944 67 Chattanooga city, TN..... 119,798 16.2 7,395 68 Camden city, NJ.......... 118,700 8.7 13,644 69 Erie city, PA............ 115,967 19.3 6,009 70 Spokane city, WA......... 115,514 40.4 2,859 71 Fall River city, MA...... 115,274 32.9 3,504 72 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 114,946 17.2 6,683 73 Elizabeth city, NJ....... 114,589 9.7 11,813 74 Cambridge city, MA....... 113,643 6.2 18,330 75 New Bedford city, MA..... 112,597 19.0 5,926 76 Reading city, PA......... 111,171 9.5 11,702 77 Wichita city, KS......... 111,110 20.7 5,368 78 Miami city, FL........... 110,637 43.0 2,573 79 Tacoma city, WA.......... 106,817 46.4 2,302 80 Wilmington city, DE...... 106,597 7.2 14,805 81 Knoxville city, TN....... 105,802 26.4 4,008 82 Peoria city, IL.......... 104,969 12.3 8,534 83 Canton city, OH.......... 104,906 13.6 7,714 84 South Bend, IN........... 104,193 16.9 6,165 85 Somerville city, MA...... 103,908 3.9 26,643 86 El Paso city, TX......... 102,421 13.5 7,587 87 Lynn city, MA............ 102,320 10.5 9,745 88 Evansville city, IN...... 102,249 8.7 11,753 89 Utica city, NY........... 101,740 21.2 4,799 90 Duluth city, MN.......... 101,463 62.3 1,629 91 Tampa city, FL........... 101,161 19.0 5,324 92 Gary city, IN............ 100,426 40.3 2,492 93 Lowell city, MA.......... 100,234 13.4 7,480 94 Waterbury city, CT....... 99,902 28.1 3,555 95 Schenectady city, NY..... 95,692 10.4 9,201 96 Sacramento city, CA...... 93,750 13.7 6,843 97 Allentown city, PA....... 92,563 11.4 8,120 98 Bayonne city, NJ......... 88,979 4.4 20,223 99 Wilkes-Barre city, PA.... 86,626 7.0 12,375 100 Rockford city, IL........ 85,864 11.7 7,339 ---------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places. 1/ Excludes Honolulu CDP (population 137,582) before Hawaii became a state.