Biggest US Cities By Population - Year 1980

US Population Rank	City	State	1980 Population
1	New York	New York	7,071,639
2	Chicago	Illinois	3,005,072
3	Los Angeles	California	2,966,850
4	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,688,210
5	Houston	Texas	1,595,138
6	Detroit	Michigan	1,203,339
7	Dallas	Texas	904,078
8	San Diego	California	875,538
9	Phoenix	Arizona	789,704
10	Baltimore	Maryland	786,775
11	San Antonio	Texas	785,880
12	Indianapolis	Indiana	700,807
13	San Francisco	California	678,974
14	Memphis	Tennessee	646,356
15	Washington	District of Columbia	638,333
16	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	636,212
17	San Jose	California	629,442
18	Cleveland	Ohio	573,822
19	Columbus	Ohio	564,871
20	Boston	Massachusetts	562,994
21	New Orleans	Louisiana	557,515
22	Jacksonville	Florida	540,920
23	Seattle	Washington	493,846
24	Denver	Colorado	492,365
25	Nashville-Davidson	Tennessee	455,651
26	St. Louis	Missouri	453,085
27	Kansas City	Missouri	448,159
28	El Paso	Texas	425,259
29	Atlanta	Georgia	425,022
30	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	423,938
31	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	403,213
32	Cincinnati	Ohio	385,457
33	Fort Worth	Texas	385,164
34	Minneapolis	Minnesota	370,951
35	Portland	Oregon	366,383
36	Honolulu	Hawaii	365,048
37	Long Beach	California	361,334
38	Tulsa	Oklahoma	360,919
39	Buffalo	New York	357,870
40	Toledo	Ohio	354,635
41	Miami	Florida	346,865
42	Austin	Texas	345,496
43	Oakland	California	339,337
44	Albuquerque	New Mexico	331,767
45	Tucson	Arizona	330,537
46	Newark	New Jersey	329,248
47	Charlotte	North Carolina	314,447
48	Omaha	Nebraska	314,255
49	Louisville/Jefferson County	Kentucky	298,451
50	Birmingham	Alabama	284,413
51	Wichita	Kansas	279,272
52	Sacramento	California	275,741
53	Tampa	Florida	271,523
54	St. Paul	Minnesota	270,230
55	Norfolk	Virginia	266,979
56	Virginia Beach	Virginia	262,199
57	Rochester	New York	241,741
58	St. Petersburg	Florida	238,647
59	Akron	Ohio	237,177
60	Corpus Christi	Texas	231,999
61	Jersey City	New Jersey	223,532
62	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	219,419
63	Anaheim	California	219,311
64	Richmond	Virginia	219,214
65	Fresno	California	218,202
66	Colorado Springs	Colorado	215,150
67	Shreveport	Louisiana	205,820
68	Lexington-Fayette	Kentucky	204,165
69	Santa Ana	California	203,713
70	Dayton	Ohio	203,371
71	Jackson	Mississippi	202,895
72	Mobile	Alabama	200,452
73	Yonkers	New York	195,351
74	Des Moines	Iowa	191,003
75	Grand Rapids	Michigan	181,843
76	Montgomery	Alabama	177,857
77	Knoxville	Tennessee	175,030
78	Anchorage	Alaska	174,431
79	Lubbock	Texas	173,979
80	Fort Wayne	Indiana	172,196
81	Lincoln	Nebraska	171,932
82	Spokane	Washington	171,300
83	Riverside	California	170,876
84	Madison	Wisconsin	170,616
85	Huntington Beach	California	170,505
86	Syracuse	New York	170,105
87	Chattanooga	Tennessee	169,565
88	Columbus	Georgia	169,441
89	Las Vegas	Nevada	164,674
90	Metairie	Louisiana	164,160
91	Salt Lake City	Utah	163,033
92	Worcester	Massachusetts	161,799
93	Warren	Michigan	161,134
94	Kansas City	Kansas	161,087
95	Arlington	Texas	160,113
96	Flint	Michigan	159,611
97	Aurora	Colorado	158,588
98	Tacoma	Washington	158,501
99	Little Rock	Arkansas	158,461
100	Providence	Rhode Island	156,804

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