U. S. Major Seaport City Populations
Year
New York
(Manhattan)
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
Newport +
Providence
Baltimore
Norfolk
New
Orleans
1630
300
1640
400
1,200
96
1650
1,000
2,000
300
1660
1,500
3,000
700
1670
1680
3,000
4,500
700
2,500
1690
3,900
4,000
7,000
1,100
2,600
1700
5,000
5,000
6,700
2,000
2,600
1710
5,700
6,500
9,000
3,000
2,800
1720
7,000
10,000
12,000
3,500
3,800
470
1730
8,600
11,500
13,000
4,500
4,600
1,500
1740
11,000
13,000
16,400
6,800
6,200
1,800
1750
200
1760
18,000
23,800
15,600
8,000
7,500
1770
3,100
1775
25,000
40,000
16,000
12,000
11,000
6,755
3,200
1790
33,131
44,096
18,320
16,359
13,096
13,503
5,500
5,500
1800
60,515
61,559
24,937
18,824
14,353
26,514
6,926
8,000
1810
96,373
87,303
33,787
24,711
17,978
46,555
9,193
17,242
1820
123,706
98,193
43,298
24,780
19,086
62,738
8,478
27,176
1830
202,589
161,271
61,392
30,289
24,843
80,620
9,814
46,082
1840
312,710
220,423
93,383
29,261
31,504
102,313
10,920
102,193
1850
515,547
340,045
136,881
42,985
51,076
169,054
14,326
116,375
1860
813,669
565,529
177,840
40,522
72,992
212,418
14,620
168,675
1870
942,292
674,022
250,526
48,956
68,904
267,354
19,229
191,418
1880
1,026,299
847,170
362,839
49,984
104,857
332,313
21,966
216,090
1890
1,505,301
1,046,964
448,477
54,955
132,146
434,439
34,871
242,039
1900
3,437,202
1,293,697
560,892
55,807
175,587
508,957
46,624
287,104
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