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Biggest US Cities By Population - Year 1860
Top 1,000 Nationwide - 1860 Populations
US Population
Rank
City
State
1860 Population
1
New York
New York
813,669
2
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
565,529
3
Brooklyn
New York
266,661
4
Baltimore
Maryland
212,418
5
Boston
Massachusetts
177,840
6
New Orleans
Louisiana
168,675
7
Cincinnati
Ohio
161,044
8
St. Louis
Missouri
160,773
9
Chicago
Illinois
112,172
10
Buffalo
New York
81,129
11
Newark
New Jersey
71,941
12
Louisville/Jefferson County
Kentucky
68,033
13
Albany
New York
62,367
14
Washington
District of Columbia
61,122
15
San Francisco
California
56,802
16
Providence
Rhode Island
50,666
17
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
49,221
18
Rochester
New York
48,204
19
Detroit
Michigan
45,619
20
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
45,246
21
Cleveland
Ohio
43,417
22
Charleston
South Carolina
40,522
23
New Haven
Connecticut
39,267
24
Troy
New York
39,235
25
Richmond
Virginia
37,910
26
Lowell
Massachusetts
36,827
27
Mobile
Alabama
29,258
28
Jersey City
New Jersey
29,226
29
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
28,702
30
Syracuse
New York
28,119
31
Hartford
Connecticut
26,917
32
Portland
Maine
26,341
33
Cambridge
Massachusetts
26,060
34
Roxbury
Massachusetts
25,137
35
Charlestown
Massachusetts
25,065
36
Worcester
Massachusetts
24,960
37
Reading
Pennsylvania
23,162
38
Memphis
Tennessee
22,623
39
Utica
New York
22,529
40
New Bedford
Massachusetts
22,300
41
Savannah
Georgia
22,292
42
Salem
Massachusetts
22,252
43
Wilmington
Delaware
21,258
44
Manchester
New Hampshire
20,107
45
Dayton
Ohio
20,081
46
Paterson
New Jersey
19,586
47
Lynn
Massachusetts
19,083
48
Indianapolis
Indiana
18,611
49
Columbus
Ohio
18,554
50
Petersburg
Virginia
18,266
51
Lawrence
Massachusetts
17,639
52
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
17,603
53
Trenton
New Jersey
17,228
54
Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee
16,988
55
Oswego
New York
16,816
56
Covington
Kentucky
16,471
57
Bangor
Maine
16,407
58
Taunton
Massachusetts
15,376
59
Springfield
Massachusetts
15,199
60
Poughkeepsie
New York
14,726
61
Norfolk
Virginia
14,620
62
Camden
New Jersey
14,358
63
Wheeling
Virginia
14,083
64
Norwich
Connecticut
14,048
65
Peoria
Illinois
14,045
66
Fall River
Massachusetts
14,026
67
Sacramento
California
13,785
68
Toledo
Ohio
13,768
69
Quincy
Illinois
13,718
70
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
13,405
71
Newburyport
Massachusetts
13,401
72
Chelsea
Massachusetts
13,395
73
Dubuque
Iowa
13,000
74
Alexandria
Virginia
12,652
75
New Albany
Indiana
12,647
76
Newburgh
New York
12,578
77
Augusta
Georgia
12,493
78
Bridgeport
Connecticut
12,106
79
North Providence
Rhode Island
11,818
80
Elizabeth
New Jersey
11,567
81
Evansville
Indiana
11,484
82
Davenport
Iowa
11,267
83
New Brunswick
New Jersey
11,256
84
Auburn
New York
10,986
85
Gloucester
Massachusetts
10,904
86
Concord
New Hampshire
10,896
87
Lockport
New York
10,871
88
Newport
Rhode Island
10,508
89
St. Paul
Minnesota
10,401
90
New London
Connecticut
10,115
91
Nashua
New Hampshire
10,065
92
Newport
Kentucky
10,046
93
Waterbury
Connecticut
10,004
94
Haverhill
Massachusetts
9,995
95
Dorchester
Massachusetts
9,769
96
Hoboken
New Jersey
9,662
97
Columbus
Georgia
9,621
98
Schenectady
New York
9,579
99
Atlanta
Georgia
9,554
100
Wilmington
North Carolina
9,552
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