In 1870, the largest city in the US was New York, with a population of 942,292. The second largest city was Philadelphia, with a population of 674,022. The third largest US city in 1870 was Brooklyn, with a population of 396,099.
The total population of the United States in 1870 was 38,558,371. In 1870, the top 10 largest cities held 9.6% of the population of the country. The top 100 cities accounted for 17.5% of the entire country's population.
The racial demographics of the United States in 1870 were as follows: White population of 33,584,341 (87.1%), Black population of 4,896,913 (12.7%), Asian and Pacific Islander population of 77,116 (0.2%), American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut population of 38,558 (0.1%).
The overall population of the world in 1870 was around 1,347,000,000. In 1870 the United States population accounted for about 2.9% of the world's total population.
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