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| Rank |
City | Population | City | Population | City | Population | City | Population |
| 1 | New York | 4,766,883 | New York | 3,437,202 | New York | 1,515,301 | New York | 1,206,299 |
| 2 | Chicago | 2,185,283 | Chicago | 1,698,575 | Chicago | 1,099,850 | Philadelphia | 847,170 |
| 3 | Philadelphia | 1,549,008 | Philadelphia | 1,293,697 | Philadelphia | 1,046,964 | Brooklyn | 566,663 |
| 4 | St. Louis | 687,029 | St. Louis | 575,238 | Brooklyn | 806,343 | Chicago | 503,185 |
| 5 | Boston | 670,585 | Boston | 560,892 | St. Louis | 451,770 | Boston | 362,839 |
| 6 | Cleveland | 560,663 | Baltimore | 508,957 | Boston | 448,477 | St. Louis | 350,518 |
| 7 | Baltimore | 558,485 | Cleveland | 381,768 | Baltimore | 434,439 | Baltimore | 332,313 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 533,905 | Buffalo | 352,387 | San Francisco | 298,997 | Cincinnati | 255,139 |
| 9 | Detroit | 465,766 | San Francisco | 342,782 | Cincinnati | 296,908 | San Francisco | 233,959 |
| 10 | Buffalo | 423,715 | Cincinnati | 325,902 | Cleveland | 261,353 | New Orleans | 216,090 |
| 11 | San Francisco | 416,912 | Pittsburgh | 321,616 | Buffalo | 255,664 | Washington | 177,624 |
| 12 | Milwaukee | 373,857 | New Orleans | 287,104 | New Orleans | 242,039 | Cleveland | 160,146 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 363,591 | Detroit | 285,704 | Pittsburgh |
238,617 | Pittsburgh | 156,389 |
| 14 | Newark | 347,469 | Milwaukee | 285,315 | Washington | 230,392 | Buffalo | 155,134 |
| 15 | New Orleans | 339,075 | Washington | 278,718 | Detroit | 205,876 | Newark | 136,508 |
| 16 | Washington | 331,069 | Newark | 246,070 | Milwaukee | 204,468 | Louisville | 123,758 |
| 17 | Los Angeles | 319,198 | Jersey City | 206,433 | Newark | 181,830 | Jersey City | 120,722 |
| 18 | Minneapolis | 301,408 | Louisville | 204,731 | Minneapolis | 164,738 | Detroit | 116,340 |
| 19 | Jersey City | 267,779 | Minneapolis | 202,718 | Jersey City | 163,003 | Milwaukee | 115,587 |
| 20 | Kansas City | 248,381 | Providence | 175,597 | Louisville | 161,129 | Providence | 104,857 |
| 21 | Seattle | 237,194 | Indianapolis | 169,164 | Omaha | 140,452 | Albany | 90,758 |
| 22 | Indianapolis | 233,650 | Kansas City | 163,752 | Rochester | 133,896 | Rochester | 89,366 |
| 23 | Providence | 224,326 | St. Paul | 163,065 | St. Paul | 133,156 | Allegheny | 78,682 |
| 24 | Louisville | 223,928 | Rochester | 162,608 | Kansas City | 132,716 | Indianapolis | 75,056 |
| 25 | Rochester | 218,149 | Denver | 133,859 | Providence | 132,146 | Richmond | 63,600 |
Index of Volumes I through VI.