XI--POPULATION LIVING IN URBAN AND RURAL TERRITORY 1890-1910.
URBAN TERRITORY INCLUDES CITIES OF 2,500 OR OVER
| 1910 | 1900 | 1890 | Per Cent | ||||||
| CLASSIFICATION | Number of places | Population | Number of places | Population | Number of places | Population | 1910 | 1900 | 1890 |
| Totalpopulation | | 91,972,266 | | 75,994,575 | | 62,947,714 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Urban territory | 2,405 | 42,623,383 | 1,894 | 30,797,185 | 1,510 | 22,720,223 | 46.3 | 40.6 | 36.1 |
| 1,000,000 or more | 3 | 8,501,174 | 3 | 6,429,474 | 3 | 3,662,115 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| 500,000 to 1,000,000 | 5 | 3,010,667 | 3 | 1,645,087 | 1 | 806,343 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| 250,000 to 500,000 | 11 | 3,949,839 | 9 | 2,861,296 | 7 | 2,447,608 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 100,000 to 250,000 | 31 | 4,840,458 | 23 | 3,272,490 | 17 | 2,781,894 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 50,000 to 100,000 | 59 | 4,178,915 | 41 | 2,760,477 | 30 | 2,027,569 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 25,000 to 50,000 | 120 | 4,062,763 | 82 | 2,785,667 | 67 | 2,298,765 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 10,000 to 25,000 | 374 | 5,609,208 | 286 | 4,409,900 | 232 | 3,487,139 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 5,000 to 10,000 | 629 | 4,364,703 | 477 | 3,278,518 | 361 | 2,495,594 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| 2,500 to 5,000 | 1,173 | 4,105,656 | 970 | 3,354,276 | 792 | 2,713,196 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Ruralterritory | 49,348,883 | 45,197,390 | 40,227,491 | 53.7 | 59.5 | 63.9 | |||
| Incorporated towns of less than 2,500 inhabitants | 11,784 | 8,119,528 | 8,892 | 6,247,645 | 6,466 | 4,719,835 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
| Other rural territory | 41,229,355 | 38,949,745 | 35,507,656 | 44.8 | 51.3 | 56.4 | |||
XII--TWENTY-FIVE LARGEST CITIES FROM 1880 TO 1910.
ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR RANK
| 1910 | 1900 | 1890 | 1880 | |||||
| Rank | City | Population | City | Population | City | Population | City | Population |
| 1 | New York | 4,766,883 | NewYork | 3,437,202 | NewYork | 1,515,301 | NewYork | 1,206,299 |
| 2 | Chicago | 2,185,283 | Chicago | 1,698,575 | Chicago | 1,099,850 | Philadelphia | 847,170 |
| 3 | Philadelphia | 1,549,008 | Philadelphia | 1,293,697 | Philadelphia | 1,046,964 | Brooklyn | 566,663 |
| 4 | St. Louis | 687,029 | St.Louis | 575,238 | Brooklyn | 806,343 | Chicago | 503,185 |
| 5 | Boston | 670,585 | Boston | 560,892 | St. Louis | 451,770 | Boston | 362,839 |
| 6 | Cleveland | 560,663 | Baltimore | 508,957 | Boston | 448,477 | St. Louis | 350,518 |
| 7 | Baltimore | 558,485 | Cleveland | 381,768 | Baltimore | 434,439 | Baltimore | 332,313 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 533,905 | Buffalo | 352,387 | SanFrancisco | 298,997 | Cincinnati | 255,139 |
| 9 | Detroit | 465,766 | San Francisco | 342,782 | Cincinnati | 296,908 | San Francisco | 233,959 |
| 10 | Buffalo | 423,715 | Cincinnati | 325,902 | Cleveland | 261,353 | NewOrleans | 216,090 |
| 11 | San Francisco | 416,912 | Pittsburgh | 321,616 | Buffalo | 255,664 | Washington | 177,624 |
| 12 | Milwaukee | 373,857 | NewOrleans | 287,104 | New Orleans | 242,039 | Cleveland | 160,146 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 363,591 | Detroit | 285,704 | Pittsburgh | 238,617 | Pittsburgh | 156,389 |
| 14 | Newark | 347,469 | Milwaukee | 285,315 | Washington | 230,392 | Buffalo | 155,134 |
| 15 | New Orleans | 339,075 | Washington | 278,718 | Detroit | 205,876 | Newark | 136,508 |
| 16 | Washington | 331,069 | Newark | 246,070 | Milwaukee | 204,468 | Louisville | 123,758 |
| 17 | Los Angeles | 319,198 | JerseyCity | 206,433 | Newark | 181,830 | Jersey City | 120,722 |
| 18 | Minneapolis | 301,408 | Louisville | 204,731 | Minneapolis | 164,738 | Detroit | 116,340 |
| 19 | Jersey City | 267,779 | Minneapolis | 202,718 | JerseyCity | 163,003 | Milwaukee | 115,587 |
| 20 | Kansas City | 248,381 | Providence | 175,597 | Louisville | 161,129 | Providence | 104,857 |
| 21 | Seattle | 237,194 | Indianapolis | 169,164 | Omaha | 140,452 | Albany | 90,758 |
| 22 | Indianapolis | 233,650 | KansasCity | 163,752 | Rochester | 133,896 | Rochester | 89,366 |
| 23 | Providence | 224,326 | St.Paul | 163,065 | St.Paul | 133,156 | Allegheny | 78,682 |
| 24 | Louisville | 223,928 | Rochester | 162,608 | KansasCity | 132,716 | Indianapolis | 75,056 |
| 25 | Rochester | 218,149 | Denver | 133,859 | Providence | 132,146 | Richmond | 63,600 |