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Test your knowledge of the largest cities in the US in 1950 with this fun choose number quiz. How well do you know the population of these major cities?

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US Largest Cities In 1950 – Choose Number

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First choose a number of answers by typing ’50’, ‘100’, ‘250’ or ‘all’ (all being 500) – then name the largest cities in the US according to the 1950 census. Population and state shown.

Enter '50', '100', '250' or 'all' to begin.

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prcstntr

1 year ago

Wow. I knew some cities had shrunk, but I didn’t realize how many, or how much. Next quiz – US cities with most growth / most shrinkage since 1950? Could be interesting with percent change or absolute change.

prcstntr

1 year ago

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Or cities with the LEAST change since 1950 — might also be interesting!

anonymous

1 year ago

Reply to prcstntr

yep, and same for Europe, please.