Originally Posted by Docere
Metropolitan area populations, 1940 (500,000+)
1. New York 11,690,520 /20,140,470
2. Chicago 4,499,126 /9,618,502
3. Los Angeles 2,904,596 /13,200,998
4. Philadelphia 2,898,644 /6,245,051
5. Boston 2,350,514 /4,941,632
6. Detroit 2,295,867 /4,392,041
7. Pittsburgh 1,994,060 /2,370,930
8. San Francisco 1,428,525 /4,749,008
9. St. Louis 1,367,977 /2,820,253
10. Cleveland 1,214,945 /2,088,251
11. Montreal 1,145,282 /4,291,732
12. Baltimore 1,046,692 /2,844,510
13. Minneapolis 911,077 /3,690,261
14. Toronto 909,928 /6,202,225
15. Washington 907,816 /6,385,162
16. Buffalo 857,719 /1,166,902
17. Milwaukee 790,336 /1,574,731
18. Cincinnati 789,309 /2,256,884
19. Providence 711,500 /1,676,579
20. Kansas City 634,093 /2,192,035
21. Scranton 629,581 /567,559
22. New Orleans 540,030 /1,271,845
23. Houston 510,397 /7,122,240
24. Hartford 502,193 /1,213,531
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