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[[preprinted]] Population of Principal Cities--Continued 1940 1950 Asheville...... 51,310 52,208 Burlington..... 12,310 52,208 Charlotte...... 100,899 133,219 Durham......... 60,195 70,307 Fayetteville... 17,428 34,605 Gastonia....... 21,313 23,003 Goldsboro...... 17,274 21,399 Greensboro..... 59,319 73,703 High Point..... 38,495 39,930 *Raleigh....... 46,897 65,123 Rocky Mount.... 25,568 27,644 Wilmington..... 33,407 44,975 Wilson......... 19,234 22,964 Winston-Salem.. 79,815 86,816 NORTH DAKOTA 70,183 Sq. Mi.-617,965 *Bismark....... 15,496 18,544 Fargo.......... 32,580 37,981 Grand Forks.... 20,228 26,617 Minot.......... 16,577 21,924 OHIO 40,740 Sq. Mi.-7,899,095 Akron.......... 244,791 273,189 Alliance....... 22,405 26,112 Ashtabula...... 21,405 23,093 Barberton...... 24,028 27,893 Canton......... 108,401 116,312 Chillicothe.... 20,129 20,121 Cincinnati..... 455,610 500,510 Cleveland...... 878,336 905,636 Cleveland Hgts. 54,992 58,782 *Columbus...... 306,087 374,770 Cuyahoga Falls. 20,546 29,076 Dayton......... 210,718 243,108 East Cleveland. 39,495 39,875 East Liverpool. 23,555 24,072 Elyria......... 25,120 30,197 Euclid........ 17,866 41,447 Findlay........ 20,228 23,806 Garfield Hgts.. 16,989 21,606 Hamilton....... 50,592 57,717 Lakewood....... 69,160 67,878 Lancaster...... 21,940 24,140 Lima........... 44,711 49,880 Lorain......... 44,125 50,819 Mansfield...... 37,154 43,363 Marion......... 30,817 33,786 Massillon...... 26,644 29, 24 Middletown..... 31,220 33,634 Newark......... 31,487 34,178 Norwood........ 34,010 34,626 Parma.......... 16,365 28,852 Portsmouth..... 40,466 36,663 Sandusky....... 24,874 29,060 Shaker Heights. 23,393 27,980 Springfield.... 70,662 78,029 Steubenville... 37,651 35,695 Toledo......... 282,349 301,358 Warren......... 42,837 49,674 Youngstown..... 167,720 167,643 Zanesville..... 37,500 40,424 OKLAHOMA 69,414 Sq. Mi.-2,223,650 [[end column]] [[start column]] 1940 1950 Enid........... 28,081 35,976 Lawton......... 18,055 34,527 Muskogee....... 32,332 37,255 Norman......... 11,429 26,972 *Oklahoma City. 204,424 242,450 Ponca City..... 16,794 20,185 Shawnee........ 22,053 24,457 Stillwater..... 10,097 20,155 Tulsa.......... 142,157 180,586 OREGON 95,607 Sq. Mi.-1,512,100 Eugene......... 20,838 35,672 Portland....... 305,394 371,011 *Salem......... 30,908 43,064 PENNSYLVANIA 44,832 Sq. Mi.-10,462,628 Aliquippa...... 27,023 26,067 Allentown...... 96,904 106,233 Altoona........ 80,214 76,844 Bethlehem...... 58,490 66,027 Butler......... 24,477 23,511 Chester........ 59,285 65,824 Dunmore........ 23,086 20,302 Easton......... 33,589 34,410 Erie........... 116,955 130,125 *Harrisburg.... 83,893 89,091 Hazelton....... 38,009 35,486 Johnstown...... 66,668 62,723 Kingston....... 20,679 21,061 Lancaster...... 61,345 63,601 Lebanon........ 27,206 28,134 McKeesport..... 55,355 51,223 Nanticoke...... 24,387 20,140 New Castle..... 47,638 48,563 New Kingston... 24,055 25,226 Norristown..... 38,181 38,193 Philadelphia... 1,931,334 2,064,794 Pittsburgh..... 671,659 673,763 Pottstown...... 20,194 22,616 Pottsville..... 24,530 23,642 Reading........ 110,568 109,062 Scranton....... 140,404 124,747 Sharon......... 25,622 26,305 Uniontown...... 21,819 20,423 Washington..... 26,166 25,898 Wilkes-Barre... 86,236 76,638 Wilkinsburg.... 29,853 31,281 Williamsport... 44,355 44,964 York........... 56,712 59,704 RHODE ISLAND 1,067 Sq. Mi.-779,931 Central Falls.. 25,248 23,610 Cranston....... 47,085 55,130 East Providence 32,165 35,791 Newport........ 30,532 32,090 Pawtucket...... 75,797 81,180 *Providence.... 253,504 247,700 Warwick........ 28,757 43,027 Woonsocket..... 49,303 50,186 SOUTH CAROLINA 30,495 Sq. Mi.-2,107,432 Charleston..... 71,275 68,243 [[end column]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Population of Principal Cities - Continued [[column one]] 1940 1950 *Columbia...... 62,396 85,949 Florence....... 16,054 22,378 Greenville..... 34,734 57,932 Rock Hill...... 15,009 24,472 Spartanburg.... 32,249 36,674 SOUTH DAKOTA 76,868 Sq. Mi.-650,029 Aberdeen....... 17,015 20,976 *Pierre........ 4,322 5,690 Rapid City..... 13,844 25,179 Sioux Falls.... 40,832 52,161 TENNESSEE 41,687 Sq. Mi.-3,282,271 Chattanooga.... 128,163 130,333 Jackson........ 24,332 30,098 Johnson City... 25,332 27,778 Knoxville...... 111,580 124,183 Memphis........ 292,942 394,012 *Nashville..... 167,402 173,359 TEXAS 262,398 Sq. Mi.-7,677,832 Abilene........ 26,612 47,102 Amarillo....... 51,686 73,737 *Austin........ 87,930 131,964 Baytown........ 22,927 Beaumont....... 59,061 93,715 Brownsville.... 22,083 36,176 Brownwood...... 13,398 20,140 Corpus Christi. 57,301 108,053 Dallas......... 294,734 432,927 Denton......... 11,192 21,345 El Paso........ 96,810 130,003 Fort Worth..... 177,662 277,047 Galveston...... 60,862 65,898 Harlingen...... 13,306 23,202 Houston........ 384,514 594,321 Laredo......... 39,274 51,694 Longview....... 13,758 24,445 Lubbock........ 31,853 71,390 Marshall....... 18,410 22,255 McAllen........ 11,877 20,005 Midland........ 9,352 21,756 Odessa......... 9,573 29,432 Orange......... 7,472 21,100 Paris.......... 18,678 21,636 Pasadena....... 3,426 22,444 Port Arthur.... 46,140 57,377 San Angelo..... 25,802 51,889 San Antonio.... 253,854 406,811 Sherman........ 17,156 20,073 Temple......... 15,344 24,970 Texarkana...... 17,019 24,657 Tyler.......... 28,279 38,864 University Park 14,458 23,823 Waco........... 55,982 84,300 Wichita Falls.. 45,112 67,709 UTAH 82,184 Sq. Mi.-686,797 Ogden.......... 43,688 56,910 Provo.......... 18,071 28,899 *Salt Lake City 149,934 181,718 VERMONT 9,124 Sq. Mi.-375,833 [[end column]] [[start column]] 1940 1950 Burlington..... 27,686 33,039 *Montpelier.... 8,006 8,585 VIRGINIA 40,262 Sq. Mi.-3,270,322 Alexandria..... 33,523 61,064 Charlottesville. 19,400 25,909 Danville....... 32,749 34,537 Lynchburg...... 44,541 47,639 Newport News... 37,067 41,571 Norfolk........ 144,332 188,601 Petersburg..... 30,631 34,948 Portsmouth..... 50,745 71,294 *Richmond...... 193,042 229,906 Roanoke........ 69,287 91,089 WASHINGTON 66,836 Sq. Mi.-2,363,289 Bellingham..... 29,314 33,934 Bremerton...... 15,134 27,746 Everett........ 30,224 33,807 Longview....... 12,385 20,256 *Olympia....... 13,254 15,711 Seattle........ 368,302 462,440 Spokane........ 122,001 160,484 Tacoma......... 109,408 142,975 Vancouver...... 18,788 41,449 Walla Walla.... 18,109 24,071 Yakima......... 27,221 38,375 WEST VIRGINIA 24,022 Sq. Mi.-1,999,097 Bluefield...... 20,641 21,341 *Charleston.... 67,914 72,818 Clarksburg..... 30,579 31,817 Fairmont....... 23,105 29,273 Huntington..... 78,836 86,160 Morgantown..... 16,655 25,446 Parkersburg.... 30,103 29,510 Weirton........ 24,143 Wheeling....... 61,099 58,447 WISCONSIN 55,256 Sq. Mi.-3,421,316 Appleton....... 28,436 33,892 Beloit......... 25,365 29,541 Eau Claire..... 30,745 35,862 Fond du Lac.... 27,209 29,826 Green Bay...... 46,235 52,443 Janesville..... 22,992 24,829 Kenosha........ 48,765 54,360 La Crosse...... 42,797 47,396 *Madison....... 67,447 95,594 Manitowoc...... 24,404 27,444 Milwaukee...... 587,472 632,651 Oshkosh........ 39,089 40,934 Racine......... 67,195 70,749 Sheboygan...... 40,638 42,485 Superior....... 35,136 35,091 Waukesha....... 19,242 21,186 Wausau......... 27,268 30,386 Wauwatosa...... 27,769 33,300 West Allis..... 36,364 42,945 WYOMING 97,548 Sq. Mi.-288,800 Casper......... 17,964 23,557 *Cheyenne...... 22,474 31,807 [[end column]]