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[[preprinted]]POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES

Preliminary Figures of the Seventeenth (1950) Census of the U.S.

*Indicates State Capital.

Figures immediately following the name of each state denote the land area and population of that state.
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                 1940    1950
ALABAMA
51,279 Sq. Mi.-3,052,754
Anniston......  25,523  31,150
Bessemer......  22,826  28,471
Birmingham.... 267,583 298,720
Dothan........  17,194  21,556
Florence......  15,043  23,832
Gadsden.......  36,975  55,528
Mobile........  78,720 127,151
*Montgomery...  78,084 105,098
Phenix........  15,351  23,285
Selma.........  19,834  22,629
Tuscaloosa....  27,493  46,364

ARIZONA
113,810 Sq. Mi.-745,259
*Phoenix......  65,414 105,442
Tucson........  36,818  45,064

ARKANSAS
52,525 Sq. Mi.-1,901,631
El Dorado.....  15,858  23,047
Fort Smith....  36,584  47,864
Hot Springs...  21,370  29,298
*Little Rock..  88,039 101,387
N. Little Rock  21,137  42,142
Pine Bluff....  21,290  37,147

CALIFORNIA
155,652 Sq. Mi.-10,490,070
Alameda.......  36,256  63,425
Alhambra......  38,935  51,284
Arcadia.......   9,122  23,041 
Bakersfield...  29,252  34,540
Berkeley......  85,547 113,217
Beverly Hills.  26,823  28,915
Burbank.......  34,337  78,318
Compton.......  16,198  47,893
East Bakersfield        38,020
Eureka........  17,055  22,913
Fresno........  60,685  90,618
Glendale......  82,582  95,398   
Huntington Pk.  28,648  29,376 
Inglewood.....  30,114  46,046
Long Beach.... 164,271 244,072
Los Angeles 1,504,277 1,957,692
Lynwood.......  10,982  25,534
Monrovia......  12,807  20,274
Montebello....   8,016  21,754
Monterey Pk...   8,531  20,113
National City.  10,344  21,132 
Oakland....... 302,163 380,576 
Ontario.......  14,197  22,823
Oxnard........   8,519  21,519
Palo Alto.....  16,774  25,290
Pasadena......  81,864 104,087 
Pomona........  23,539  35,157
Redondo Beach.  13,092  25,208
  
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                  1940    1950
Redwood City..  12,453  25,342
Richmond......  23,642  99,218
Riverside.....  34,696  46,399
*Sacramento... 105,958 135,761
San Bernardino  43,646  62,792
San Diego..... 203,341 321,485 
San Francisco. 634,536 760,753
San Gabriel...  11,867  20,204
San Jose......  68,457  95,044
San Leandro...  14,601  27,498
San Mateo.....  19,403  41,536
Santa Ana.....  31,921  45,534
Santa Barbara.  34,958  44,764
Santa Cruz....  16,896  21,848
Santa Monica..  53,500  71,299
South Gate....  26,945  50,684 
Stockton......  54,714  71,660
Torrance......   9,950  22,206
Vallejo.......  20,072  23,164
Whittier......  16,115  23,866  

COLORADO
103,658 Sq. Mi.-1,318,048
Colo. Springs.  36,789  45,268
*Denver....... 322,412 412,856
Greeley.......  15,995  20,286        
Pueblo........  52,162  63,561

CONNECTICUT
4,820 Sq. Mi.-1,995,263
Bridgeport.... 147,121 159,352
Bristol.......  30,167  35,873
Danbury.......  22,339  22,424
Fairfield.....  21,135  30,370
Greenwich.....  35,509  40,546
Hamden........  23,373  29,311
*Hartford..... 166,267 177,073
Manchester....  23,799  33,906
Meridan.......  39,494  43,747
Middletown....  26,495  29,665
Milford.......  16,439  26,345
New Britain...  68,685  73,663
New Haven..... 160,605 163,344
New London....  30,456  30,367
Norwalk.......  39,849  49,458
Norwich.......  23,652  23,382
Stamford......  47,938  73,584
Statford......  22,580  33,620
Torrington....  26,988  27,770
Waterbury.....  99,314 104,242
West Hartford.  33,776  44,401
West Haven....  30,021  31,876

DELAWARE
1,965 Sq. Mi.-316,609
*Dover........   5,517   6,322
Wilmington.... 112,504 109,907

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Population of Principal Cities-Continued
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                  1940    1950
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
62 Sq. Mi.-797,670
Washington.... 663,091 797,670

FLORIDA
54,861 Sq. Mi.-2,743,736
Daytona Beach   22,584  29,254
Fort Lauderdale 17,996  36,000
Gainesville.... 13,757  26,577
Jacksonville...173,065 203,404
Key West....... 12,927  21,724
Lakeland....... 22,068  30,846
Miami..........172,172 246.983
Miami Beach.... 28,012  45,541
Orlando........ 36,736  51,826
Panama City.... 11,610  26,248
Pensacola...... 37,449  43,293
St. Petersburg. 60,812  95,712
*Tallahassee... 16,240  27,158
Tampa..........108,391 124,073
W.Palm B'ch.... 33,693  43,053

GEORGIA
58,725 Sq. Mi.-3,433,190
Albany........  19,055  30,987
Athens........  20.650  28,102
*Atlanta...... 302,288 327,090
Augusta.......  65,919  71,507
Columbus......  53,280  79,510
Decatur.......  16,561  21,626
East Point....  12,403  21,628
La Grange.....  21,983  24,954
Macon.........  57,865  70,106
Marietta......   8,667  20,688
Rome..........  26,282  29,617
Savannah......  95,996 119,689
Valdosta......  15,595  20,004

IDAHO
83,354 Sq. Mi.-585,092
*Boise City.... 26,130  34,152
Pocatello...... 18,133  25,882

ILLINOIS
56,043 Sq. Mi.-8,684,513
Alton.........  31,255  32,176     
Aurora........  47,170  50,508
Belleville....  28,405  32,701
Berwyn........  48,451  51,176
Bloomington...  32,868  34,048
Champaign.....  23,302  39,397
Chicago..  3,396,808 3,606,436
Chicago Hgts..  22,461  24,369
Cicero........  64,712  67,195
Danville......  36,919  37,892
Decatur.......  59,305  67,801
East St.Louis.  75,609  81,950
Elgin.........  38,333  43,534
Elmhurst......  15,458  21,204
Evanston......  65,389  73,030
Freeport......  22,366  22,425
Galesburg.....  28,876  31,357
Granite City..  22,974  29,139
Harvey........  17,878  20,636
Jacksonville..  19,844  20,374
Joliet........  42,365  52,460

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                  1940    1950
Kankakee.....   22,241  25,873
Maywood......   26,648  27,409
Moline.......   34,608  37,296
Oak Park.....   66,015  63,175
Pekin........   19,407  21,912
Peoria.......  105,087 111,523
Quincy.......   40,469  41,402
Rockford.....   84,637  92,503
Rock Island..   42,775  48,594
*Springfield.   75,503  80,832
Urbana.......   14,064  22,995
Waukegan.....   34,241  39,099

INDIANA
36,045 Sq. Mi.-3,921,213
Anderson......  41,572  46,809
Bloomington...  20,870  28,191
East Chicago..  54,637  54,124
Elkhart.......  33,434  35,556
Evansville....  97,062 109,869
Fort Wayne.... 118,410 132,840
Gary.......... 111,719 132,496
Hammond.......  70,184  87,423
*Indianapolis. 386,972 424,683
Kokomo........  33,795  38,600
Lafayette.....  28,798  35,508
Logansport....  20,177  20,933
Marion........  26,767  30,059
Michigan City.  26,476  28,379
Mishawaka.....  28,298  32,878
Muncie........  49,720  58,364
New Albany....  25,414  29,297
Richmond......  35,147  39,504
South Bend.... 101,268 115,698
Terre Haute...  62,693  64,047

IOWA
55,586 Sq.Mi.-2,612,598
Ames.........   12,555  23,105
Burlington...   25,832  30,639
Cedar Rapids.   62,120  72,149
Clinton......   26,270  30,151
Council Bluffs  41,439  45,184
Davenport....   66,039  73,640
*Des Moines..  159,819 176,954
Dubuque......   43,892  49,528
Fort Dodge...   22,904  25,025
Iowa City....   17,182  27,018
Mason City...   27,080  27,593
Ottumwa......   31,570  33,640   
Sioux City...   82,364  84,035
Waterloo.....   51,743  64,354

KANSAS
81,774 Sq. Mi.-1,894,390
Hutchinson....  30,013  33,524
Kansas City... 121,458 129,583
Lawrence......  14,390  23,292
Leavenworth...  19,220  20,543
Salina........  21,073  26,141  
*Topeka.......  67,833  77,827
Wichita....... 114,966 166,306

KENTUCKY
40,181 Sq. Mi-2,921,708
Ashland.......  29,537  31,228