Largest US Cities By Population - Year 1850

Top 1,000 Nationwide - 1850 Populations

City State 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

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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