1990 United States Census - City Rankings

City Rankings

Rank
City
Population as of
Population as of
Change
Percent
change
1 New York, NY 7,071,639 7,322,564 250,925 3.5%
2 Los Angeles, CA 2,966,850 3,485,398 518,548 17.5%
3 Chicago, IL 3,005,072 2,783,726 -221,346 -7.4%
4 Houston, TX 1,595,138 1,630,553 35,415 2.2%
5 Philadelphia, PA 1,688,210 1,585,577 -102,633 -6.1%

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