Monday, January 4, 2010

Saint Louis was #4 largest city in 1910 #52 in 2000 Thanks @tlwriter

Table 14.  Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places:  1910

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  June 15, 1998

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     |                         |          |       |  Density

     |                         |          |   Land| (average

     |                         |          |   area|  popula-

     |                         |          |   (sq.| tion per

Rank | Place                   |Population| miles)|sq. mile)

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   1   New York city, NY *...... 4,766,883   286.8    16,621

   2   Chicago city, IL......... 2,185,283   185.1    11,806

   3   Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,549,008   130.2    11,897

   4   St. Louis city, MO.......   687,029    61.4    11,189

   5   Boston city, MA..........   670,585    41.1    16,316

   6   Cleveland city, OH.......   560,663    45.6    12,295

   7   Baltimore city, MD.......   558,485    30.1    18,554

   8   Pittsburgh city, PA *....   533,905    41.4    12,896

   9   Detroit city, MI.........   465,766    40.8    11,416

  10   Buffalo city, NY.........   423,715    38.7    10,949

  11   San Francisco city, CA...   416,912    46.5     8,966

  12   Milwaukee city, WI.......   373,857    22.8    16,397

  13   Cincinnati city, OH......   363,591    49.8     7,301

  14   Newark city, NJ..........   347,469    23.2    14,977

  15   New Orleans city, LA.....   339,075   196.0     1,730

  16   Washington city, DC......   331,069    60.0     5,518

  17   Los Angeles city, CA.....   319,198    99.2     3,218

  18   Minneapolis city, MN.....   301,408    50.1     6,016

  19   Jersey City city, NJ.....   267,779    13.0    20,598

  20   Kansas City city, MO.....   248,381    58.5     4,246

Note to my Kansas City fans: Kansas City was 20 in 1910 and is #42 in 2000.

Peace,

Mike Baldwin

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