US Population Rank
US Pop Rank
|
City |
1850 Population
|
1 |
New York, New York
|
515,547
|
2 |
Baltimore, Maryland
|
169,054
|
3 |
Boston, Massachusetts
|
136,881
|
4 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
121,376
|
5 |
New Orleans, Louisiana
|
116,375
|
6 |
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
115,435
|
7 |
Brooklyn, New York
|
96,838
|
8 |
St. Louis, Missouri
|
77,860
|
9 |
Spring Garden district, Pennsylvania
|
58,894
|
10 |
Albany, New York
|
50,763
|
11 |
Northern Liberties district, Pennsylvania
|
47,223
|
12 |
Kensington district, Pennsylvania
|
46,774
|
13 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
46,601
|
14 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
43,194
|
15 |
Charleston, South Carolina
|
42,985
|
16 |
Buffalo, New York
|
42,261
|
17 |
Providence, Rhode Island
|
41,513
|
18 |
Washington, District of Columbia
|
40,001
|
19 |
Newark, New Jersey
|
38,894
|
20 |
Southwark district, Pennsylvania
|
38,799
|
21 |
Rochester, New York
|
36,403
|
22 |
Lowell, Massachusetts
|
33,383
|
23 |
Williamsburgh, New York
|
30,780
|
24 |
Chicago, Illinois
|
29,963
|
25 |
Troy, New York
|
28,785
|
26 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
27,570
|
27 |
Moyamensing district, Pennsylvania
|
26,979
|
28 |
Syracuse, New York
|
22,271
|
29 |
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
|
21,262
|
30 |
Detroit, Michigan
|
21,019
|
31 |
Portland, Maine
|
20,815
|
32 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
20,515
|
33 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
20,345
|
34 |
Salem, Massachusetts
|
20,264
|
35 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
20,061
|
36 |
Roxbury, Massachusetts
|
18,364
|
37 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
17,882
|
38 |
Utica, New York
|
17,565
|
39 |
Charlestown, Massachusetts
|
17,216
|
40 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
17,049
|
41 |
Cleveland, Ohio
|
17,034
|
42 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
16,443
|
43 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
15,743
|
44 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
15,312
|
45 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
15,215
|
46 |
Bangor, Maine
|
14,432
|
47 |
Norfolk, Virginia
|
14,326
|
48 |
Lynn, Massachusetts
|
14,257
|
49 |
Lafayette city (old), Louisiana
|
14,190
|
50 |
Petersburg, Virginia
|
14,010
|
51 |
Wilmington, Delaware
|
13,979
|
52 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
13,932
|
53 |
Hartford, Connecticut
|
13,555
|
54 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
12,369
|
55 |
Oswego, New York
|
12,205
|
56 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
11,766
|
57 |
Fall River, Massachusetts
|
11,524
|
58 |
Poughkeepsie, New York
|
11,511
|
59 |
Wheeling, Virginia
|
11,435
|
60 |
Paterson township, New Jersey
|
11,334
|
61 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
10,977
|
62 |
Taunton, Massachusetts
|
10,441
|
63 |
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee
|
10,165
|
64 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
9,738
|
65 |
Newburyport, Massachusetts
|
9,572
|
66 |
Newport, Rhode Island
|
9,563
|
67 |
Auburn, New York
|
9,548
|
68 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
9,479
|
69 |
Augusta, Georgia
|
9,448
|
70 |
Covington, Kentucky
|
9,408
|
71 |
New London, Connecticut
|
8,991
|
72 |
Schenectady, New York
|
8,921
|
73 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
8,841
|
74 |
Alexandria, Virginia
|
8,734
|
75 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
8,728
|
76 |
Portsmouth, Virginia
|
8,626
|
77 |
Concord, New Hampshire
|
8,576
|
78 |
Nantucket, Massachusetts
|
8,452
|
79 |
Georgetown, District of Columbia
|
8,366
|
80 |
Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
8,291
|
81 |
Lawrence, Massachusetts
|
8,282
|
82 |
Augusta, Maine
|
8,225
|
83 |
Dover, New Hampshire
|
8,196
|
84 |
New Albany, Indiana
|
8,181
|
85 |
Lexington, Kentucky
|
8,159
|
86 |
Danvers, Massachusetts
|
8,109
|
87 |
Indianapolis, Indiana
|
8,091
|
88 |
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
8,071
|
89 |
Bath, Maine
|
8,020
|
90 |
Madison, Indiana
|
8,012
|
91 |
Dorchester, Massachusetts
|
7,969
|
92 |
Zanesville, Ohio
|
7,929
|
93 |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
|
7,834
|
94 |
Gloucester, Massachusetts
|
7,786
|
95 |
Warwick, Rhode Island
|
7,740
|
96 |
North Providence, Rhode Island
|
7,680
|
97 |
West Troy town (Watervliet), New York
|
7,564
|
98 |
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
|
7,515
|
99 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
7,264
|
100 |
Easton, Pennsylvania
|
7,250
|