Can you name the most populous US cities in 1850?

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  • Source: US Census
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PopulationCityState
515,547New York
169,054Maryland
136,881Massachusetts
121,376Pennsylvania
116,375Louisiana
115,435Ohio
96,838New York
77,860Missouri
58,894Pennsylvania
50,763New York
47,223Pennsylvania
46,774Pennsylvania
46,601Pennsylvania
43,194Kentucky
42,985South Carolina
42,261New York
41,513Rhode Island
40,001District of Columbia
38,894New Jersey
38,799Pennsylvania
36,403New York
34,776 in 1852California (records for the 1850 Census were destroyed in a fire)
33,383Massachusetts
30,780New York
29,963Illinois
28,785New York
27,570Virginia
26,979Pennsylvania
22,271New York
21,262Pennsylvania
21,019Michigan
20,815Maine
20,515Alabama
20,345Connecticut
PopulationCityState
20,264Massachusetts
20,061Wisconsin
18,364Massachusetts
17,882Ohio
17,565New York
17,216Massachusetts
17,049Massachusetts
17,034Ohio
16,443Massachusetts
15,743Pennsylvania
15,312Georgia
15,215Massachusetts
14,432Maine
14,326Virginia
14,257Massachusetts
14,190Louisiana
14,010Virginia
13,979Delaware
13,932New Hampshire
13,555Connecticut
12,369Pennsylvania
12,205New York
11,766Massachusetts
11,524Massachusetts
11,511New York
11,435Virginia
11,334New Jersey
10,977Ohio
10,441Massachusetts
10,165Tennessee
9,738New Hampshire
9,572Massachusetts
9,563Rhode Island
9,548New York
PopulationCityState
9,479New Jersey
9,448Georgia
9,408Kentucky
8,991Connecticut
8,921New York
8,841Tennessee
8,734Virginia
8,728Alabama
8,626Virginia
8,576New Hampshire
8,452Massachusetts
8,366District of Columbia
8,291Massachusetts
8,282Massachusetts
8,225Maine
8,196New Hampshire
8,181Indiana
8,159Kentucky
8,109Massachusetts
8,091Indiana
8,071Virginia
8,020Maine
8,112Indiana
7,969Massachusetts
7,929Ohio
7,834Pennsylvania
7,786Massachusetts
7,740Rhode Island
7,680Rhode Island
7,564New York
7,515Pennsylvania
7,264North Carolina
7,250Pennsylvania
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US Populous Cities 1850 Quiz

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  • Created Apr 20, 2010 in Geography
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