Largest US Cities By Population - Year 1980

Top 1,000 Nationwide - 1980 Populations

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

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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