U.S. Census US Census

For the first time, the 1950 U.S. census counted a population in the United States >150 million people.

State rankings

Rank	State	Population
1	New York	14,830,192
2	California	10,586,223
3	Pennsylvania	10,498,012
4	Illinois	8,712,176
5	Ohio	7,946,627
6	Texas	7,748,000
7	Michigan	6,421,000
8	New Jersey	4,860,000
9	Massachusetts	4,690,000
10	North Carolina	4,060,000
11	Indiana	3,952,000
12	Missouri	3,946,000
13	Georgia	3,451,000
14	Wisconsin	3,449,000
15	Tennessee	3,304,000
16	Virginia	3,262,000
17	Alabama	3,060,000
18	Minnesota	2,995,000
19	Kentucky	2,957,000
20	Florida	2,821,000
21	Louisiana	2,701,000
22	Iowa	2,621,000
23	Washington	2,386,000
24	Maryland	2,376,000
25	Oklahoma	2,193,000
26	Mississippi	2,169,000
27	South Carolina	2,119,000
28	Connecticut	2,007,280
29	West Virginia	2,006,000
30	Kansas	1,915,000
31	Arkansas	1,906,000
32	Oregon	1,532,000
33	Colorado	1,337,000
34	Nebraska	1,324,000
35	Maine	911,000
x	District of Columbia	814,000
36	Rhode Island	779,000
37	Arizona	756,000
38	Utah	696,000
39	New Mexico	687,000
40	South Dakota	652,000
41	North Dakota	616,000
42	Montana	598,000
43	Idaho	592,000
44	New Hampshire	531,000
x	Hawaii	491,000
45	Vermont	377,000
46	Delaware	321,000
47	Wyoming	292,000
48	Nevada	162,000
x	Alaska	138,000

City rankings

Rank	City	State	Population	Region (2016)
01	New York	New York	7,891,957	Northeast
02	Chicago	Illinois	3,620,962	Midwest
03	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	2,071,605	Northeast
04	Los Angeles	California	1,970,358	West
05	Detroit	Michigan	1,849,568	Midwest
06	Baltimore	Maryland	949,708	South
07	Cleveland	Ohio	914,808	Midwest
08	St. Louis	Missouri	856,796	Midwest
09	Washington	District of Columbia	802,178	South
10	Boston	Massachusetts	801,444	Northeast
11	San Francisco	California	775,357	West
12	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	676,806	Northeast
13	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	637,392	Midwest
14	Houston	Texas	596,163	South
15	Buffalo	New York	580,132	Northeast
16	New Orleans	Louisiana	570,445	South
17	Minneapolis	Minnesota	521,718	Midwest
18	Cincinnati	Ohio	503,998	Midwest
19	Seattle	Washington	467,591	West
20	Kansas City	Missouri	456,622	Midwest
21	Newark	New Jersey	438,776	Northeast
22	Dallas	Texas	434,462	South
23	Indianapolis	Indiana	427,173	Midwest
24	Denver	Colorado	415,786	West
25	San Antonio	Texas	408,442	South
26	Memphis	Tennessee	396,000	South
27	Oakland	California	384,575	West
28	Columbus	Ohio	375,901	Midwest
29	Portland	Oregon	373,628	West
30	Louisville	Kentucky	369,129	South
31	San Diego	California	334,387	West
32	Rochester	New York	332,488	Northeast
33	Atlanta	Georgia	331,314	South
34	Birmingham	Alabama	326,037	South
35	Saint Paul	Minnesota	311,349	Midwest
36	Toledo	Ohio	303,616	Midwest
37	Jersey City	New Jersey	299,017	Northeast
38	Fort Worth	Texas	278,778	South
39	Akron	Ohio	274,605	Midwest
40	Omaha	Nebraska	251,117	Midwest
41	Long Beach	California	250,767	West
42	Miami	Florida	249,276	South
43	Providence	Rhode Island	248,674	Northeast
44	Dayton	Ohio	243,872	Midwest
45	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	243,504	South
46	Richmond	Virginia	230,310	South
47	Syracuse	New York	220,583	Northeast
48	Norfolk	Virginia	213,513	South
49	Jacksonville	Florida	204,517	South
50	Worcester	Massachusetts	203,486	Northeast
51	Tulsa	Oklahoma	182,740	South
52	Salt Lake City	Utah	182,121	West
53	Des Moines	Iowa	177,965	Midwest
54	Hartford	Connecticut	177,397	Northeast
55	Grand Rapids	Michigan	176,515	Midwest
56	Nashville	Tennessee	174,307	South
57	Youngstown	Ohio	168,330	Midwest
58	Wichita	Kansas	168,279	Midwest
59	New Haven	Connecticut	164,443	Northeast
60	Flint	Michigan	163,143	Midwest
61	Springfield	Massachusetts	162,399	Northeast
62	Spokane	Washington	161,721	West
63	Bridgeport	Connecticut	158,709	Northeast
64	Yonkers	New York	152,798	Northeast
65	Tacoma	Washington	143,673	West
66	Paterson	New Jersey	139,336	Northeast
67	Sacramento	California	137,572	West
68	Arlington	Virginia	135,449	South
69	Albany	New York	134,995	Northeast
70	Charlotte	North Carolina	134,042	South
71	Gary	Indiana	133,911	Midwest
72	Fort Wayne	Indiana	133,607	Midwest
73	Austin	Texas	132,459	South
74	Chattanooga	Tennessee	131,041	South
75	Erie	Pennsylvania	130,803	Northeast
76	El Paso	Texas	130,485	South
77	Kansas City	Kansas	129,553	Midwest
78	Mobile	Alabama	129,009	South
79	Evansville	Indiana	128,636	Midwest
80	Trenton	New Jersey	128,009	Northeast
81	Shreveport	Louisiana	127,206	South
82	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	125,629	South
83	Scranton	Pennsylvania	125,536	Northeast
84	Knoxville	Tennessee	124,769	South
85	Tampa	Florida	124,681	South
86	Camden	New Jersey	124,555	Northeast
87	Cambridge	Massachusetts	120,740	Northeast
88	Savannah	Georgia	119,638	South
89	Canton	Ohio	116,912	Midwest
90	South Bend	Indiana	115,911	Midwest
91	Berkeley	California	113,805	West
92	Elizabeth	New Jersey	112,817	Northeast
93	Fall River	Massachusetts	111,963	Northeast
94	Peoria	Illinois	111,856	Midwest
95	Wilmington	Delaware	110,356	South
96	Reading	Pennsylvania	109,320	Northeast
97	New Bedford	Massachusetts	109,189	Northeast
98	Corpus Christi	Texas	108,287	South
99	Phoenix	Arizona	106,818	West
100	Allentown	Pennsylvania	106,756	Northeast

U.S. Census

For the first time, the 1950 U.S. census counted a population in the United States >150 million people.

State rankings

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U.S. Census

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State rankings

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