┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ —POPULATION IN PLACES OF 8,000 INHABITANTS OR MORE: │ │ 1790-1920. │ ╞═══════╤════════════╦════════════════════════════════════╡ │ │ ║PLACES OF 8,000 INHABITANTS OR MORE.│ │ │ ║ —————————————————————————————————— │ │CENSUS │ Total ║Population. │Number of │Per cent of │ │ YEAR. │Population. ║ │ places. │ total │ │ │ ║ │ │population. │ ├───────┼────────────╫────────────┼──────────┼────────────┤ │1920 │ 105,710,620║ 46,307,640│ 924│ 43.8│ │1910 │ 91,972,256║ 35,570,334│ 768│ 38.7│ │1900 │ 75,994,575║ 25,018,335│ 547│ 32.9│ │1890 │ 62,947,714║ 18,244,239│ 445│ 29.0│ │1880 │ 50,155,783║ 11,365,698│ 285│ 22.7│ │1870 │ 38,558,371║ 8,071,875│ 226│ 20.9│ │1860 │ 31,443,321║ 5,072,256│ 141│ 16.1│ │1850 │ 23,191,876║ 2,897,586│ 85│ 12.5│ │1840 │ 17,069,453║ 1,453,994│ 44│ 8.5│ │1830 │ 12,866,020║ 864,509│ 26│ 6.7│ │1820 │ 9,638,453║ 475,135│ 13│ 4.9│ │1810 │ 7,239,881║ 356,920│ 11│ 4.9│ │1800 │ 5,308,483║ 210,873│ 6│ 4.0│ │1790 │ 3,929,214║ 131,472│ 6│ 3.3│ └───────┴────────────╨────────────┴──────────┴────────────┘ [Illustration: POPULATION IN PLACES OF 8,000 INHABITANTS OR MORE AT EACH CENSUS: 1790-1920.] ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Sidenote: Why American cities have grown so rapidly.]