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Originally Posted by IWant2BeInSTL
At its peak St. Louis City's density was ~25K/sq. mi.
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what year was that?
here are density stats i could find for the major midwest cities in 1950, when most of these cities were at their all-time population peaks (except for the ones that went on major post-war annexation binges - indy, columbus, KC, and milwaukee)
1950 U.S. Census - 10 largest midwest cities, ranked by average density:
- Chicago: 3,620,962 / 207.5 sq. miles = 17,450 ppsm
- St. Louis: 856,796 / 61.0 sq. miles = 14,046 ppsm
- Detroit: 1,849,568 / 139.6 sq. miles = 13,249 ppsm
- Milwaukee: 637,392 / 50.0 sq. miles = 12,748 ppsm
- Cleveland: 914,808 / 75.0 sq. miles = 12,197 ppsm
- Minneapolis: 521,718 / 53.8 sq. miles = 9,697 ppsm
- Columbus: 375,901 / 39.4 sq. miles = 9,541 ppsm
- Indianapolis: 427,173 / 55.2 sq. miles = 7,739 ppsm
- Cincinnati: 503,998 / 75.1 sq. miles = 6,711 ppsm
- Kansas City: 456,622 / 80.6 sq. miles = 5,665 ppsm