Table 25. Distribution of the 10, 25, 50, and 100 Largest Urban Places, by Section and Subsection of the United States: 1790-1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Section | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Subsection |1790|1800|1810|1820|1830|1840|1850|1860|1870|1880|1890|1900|1910|1920|1930|1940|1950|1960|1970|1980|1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 LARGEST United States.......... 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 North.................... 8 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 4 Northeast.............. 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 North Central.......... (X) - - - 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 South.................... 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 Southeast.............. 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 - South Central.......... - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - 1 2 2 3 West..................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) - - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 25 LARGEST United States.......... 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 North.................... 18 19 17 16 18 19 20 18 19 19 20 19 18 17 17 16 15 12 11 9 9 Northeast.............. 18 19 17 15 17 17 17 12 13 12 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 North Central.......... (X) - - 1 1 2 3 6 6 7 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 6 6 South.................... 6 6 8 9 7 6 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 6 8 8 9 10 Southeast.............. 6 6 7 8 5 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 South Central.......... - - 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 West..................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) - 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 4 4 4 5 6 7 6 50 LARGEST United States.......... 24 33 46 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 North.................... 18 24 35 36 36 38 39 38 39 39 39 37 34 33 31 27 26 23 20 18 17 Northeast.............. 18 24 34 35 35 35 32 29 28 26 24 21 19 16 13 11 11 8 7 6 5 North Central.......... (X) - 1 1 1 3 7 9 11 13 15 16 15 17 18 16 15 15 13 12 12 South.................... 6 9 11 14 14 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 9 11 13 16 16 17 19 19 18 Southeast.............. 6 9 9 11 10 9 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 6 7 6 7 6 7 South Central.......... - - 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 7 9 10 9 11 12 13 11 West..................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) - 1 1 2 2 5 7 6 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 100 LARGEST United States.......... 24 33 46 61 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 North.................... 18 24 35 44 65 77 76 77 80 75 74 72 72 69 65 61 55 47 44 36 30 Northeast.............. 18 24 34 43 59 67 64 60 54 48 45 46 45 40 36 33 28 19 16 12 9 North Central.......... (X) - 1 1 6 10 12 17 26 27 29 26 27 29 29 28 27 28 28 24 21 South.................... 6 9 11 17 25 23 24 21 18 20 18 21 19 21 23 27 31 35 35 38 40 Southeast.............. 6 9 9 14 19 18 15 14 11 11 10 10 9 8 9 11 12 13 15 12 16 South Central.......... - - 2 3 6 5 9 7 7 9 8 11 10 13 14 16 19 22 20 26 24 West..................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) - 2 2 5 8 7 9 10 12 12 14 18 21 26 30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (-) Represents zero. (X) Area not enumerated in the census. For information by state, see Table 26.