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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. [[line]] [[begin 2 columns]] [[column 1]] 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 [[column 2]] 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 [[end page]] [[start page]] Population of Principal Cities-Continued [[line]] [begin 2 columns]] [[column 1]] 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 [[column 2]] 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