City populations 1970

    1   New York city, NY *......  7,894,862   299.7    26,343
    2   Chicago city, IL.........  3,366,957   222.6    15,126
    3   Los Angeles city, CA.....  2,816,061   463.7     6,073
    4   Philadelphia city, PA....  1,948,609   128.5    15,164
    5   Detroit city, MI.........  1,511,482   138.0    10,953
    6   Houston city, TX *.......  1,232,802   433.9     2,841
    7   Baltimore city, MD.......    905,759    78.3    11,568
   10   Cleveland city, OH.......   (beaten by Columbus)
   11   Indianapolis city, IN *..    744,624   379.4     1,963
   12   Milwaukee city, WI.......    717,099    95.0     7,548

   16   Boston city, MA..........    641,071    46.0    13,936
   17   Memphis city, TN *.......    623,530   217.4     2,868
   18   St. Louis city, MO.......   (beaten by Kansas City)
   19   New Orleans city, LA *...    593,471   197.1     3,011
   20   Phoenix city, AZ.........    581,562   247.9     2,346
   22   Seattle city, WA.........    530,831    83.6     6,350
   23   Jacksonville city, FL *..    528,865   766.0       690
   25   Denver city, CO..........    514,678    95.2     5,406
   27   Atlanta city, GA.........    496,973   131.5     3,779
   32   Minneapolis city, MN.....    434,400    55.1     7,884

   35   Portland city, OR........    382,619    89.1     4,294
   36   Newark city, NJ..........    382,417    23.5    16,273
   37   Oklahoma City city, OK *.    366,481   635.7       576
   39   Louisville city, KY......    361,472    60.0     6,025
   41   Omaha city, NE...........    347,328    76.6     4,534
   44   Honolulu CDP, HI *.......    324,871    83.9     3,872
   47   Norfolk city, VA.........   (beaten by Virginia Beach)
   48   Birmingham city, AL......    300,910    79.5     3,785
   51   Wichita city, KS.........    276,554    86.5     3,197
   58   Albuquerque city, NM.....    243,751    82.2     2,965

   60   Charlotte city, NC.......    241,178    76.0     3,173
   64   Des Moines city, IA......    200,587    63.2     3,174
   71   Providence city, RI......    179,213    18.1     9,901
   74   Salt Lake City city, UT..    175,885    59.3     2,966
   86   Hartford city, CT........   (Beaten by Bridgeport and New Haven)
   91   Jackson city, MS.........    153,968    50.2     3,067

        Little Rock, AR..........    132,483
        Anchorage, AK............    126,835
        Las Vegas, NV............    125,787
        Columbia, SC ............    113,542
 
        Manchester, NH ..........     87,754
        Wilmington, DE ..........     80,381
        Boise, ID ...............     74,990
        Sioux Falls, SD .........     72,488
        Charleston, WV ..........     71,505
        Portland, ME ............     65,116
        Billings, MT ............     61,581
        Fargo, ND ...............     53,365
        Cheyenne, WY .............    41,254
        Burlington, VT ..........     38,633