10 Largest US Cities by Decade

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1900

  1. New York (NY) – population: 3,437,202
  2. Chicago (IL) – population: 1,698,575
  3. Philadelphia (PA) – population: 1,293,697
  4. St. Louis (MO)- population: 575,238
  5. Boston (MA) – population: 560,892
  6. Baltimore (MD) – population: 508,957
  7. Cleveland (OH) – population: 381,768
  8. Buffalo (NY) – population: 352,387
  9. San Francisco (CA) – population: 342,782
  10. Cincinnati (OH) – population: 325,902

San Francisco has been the largest west coast city for a few consecutive decades by the start of the 20th century, but after the 1906 earthquake and fire, this is Fog City’s last appearance in the top 10. Cincinnati would also fall from the list, never to make it back.

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