[Transcriber's note--This table has been transposed to make it fit. For
each year, Pop. is the Aggregate Population of all cities in that size
range; % is the percentage of the total Population of the United
States.]
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| Total | Cities of Population: |
|Population| 10,000- 50,000- 100,000- Over |
| of U.S. | 49,999. 99,999. 499,999. 500,000.|Grand total
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1800| 5,308,483|Pop.| 161,134 24,945 60,989 104,113| 351,181
| | % | .03 .0047 .011 .019 | .068
1820| 9,633,822|Pop.| 214,270 43,997 186,293 194,683| 639,243
| | % | .021 .0046 .019 .02 | .069
1830|12,866,020|Pop.| 316,360 83,960 278,067 289,980| 968,367
| | % | .025 .0065 .021 .0225 | .075
1840|17,069,453|Pop.| 461,671 150,682 504,016 447,078| 1,563,487
| | % | .027 .0088 .029 .025 | .091
1850|23,191,876|Pop.| 990,080 314,182 933,039 763,724| 3,001,025
| | % | .043 .013 .04 .033 | .13
1860|31,433,321|Pop.|1,654,183 446,575 1,483,472 1,750,020| 5,334,250
| | % | .052 .014 .047 .055 | .17
1870|38,558,783|Pop.|2,526,432 676,990 2,302,961 2,311,410| 7,817,793
| | % | .066 .017 .059 .06 | .20
1880|50,155,783|Pop.|3,479,658 947,918 3,087,592 3,123,317|10,638,485
| | % | .069 .019 .06 .062 | .21
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The city is not only the growing centre of a growing nation--it is also
the centre of all intellectual growth. The city is the home of the bar,
the hospital, the press, the church, and the state. The city is the
outcome of civilization, for it is the product of commerce and
manufactures, and these mean civilization.
Then if any history be of value, if the record of the past be of any use
in guiding the present and helping toward the future, surely the history
of the city is the most important of all history.