Census Trivia #11

That last question was too easy--basically a review of the previous questions--so here's one to wrap up this series:

Name the ten cities that are predicted to be the most populous in the 2010 census.  (Hint:  Nine were also in the 2000 census; Detroit will likely be bumped out by a city in California.)

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #10

What are the four American cities that ranked #2 behind New York from 1790 until 2000?  (That number should hold for 2010.)

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #9

Since the 1790 census, New York's population has steadily risen or exploded from decade to decade.  Only twice did it ever decrease.  What are those two decades?  (Hint:  In the first decline, the city lost only one hundred thousand residents.  In the second, and much worse, New York lost almost one million.) 

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #8

What year's census was the last to see Baltimore in the Top Ten?

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #7

In 1890, what fast-growing city became the third city to reach #2?

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #6

What population barrier was New York the first to surpass in the 1880 census?

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #5

What city reached #3 in 1860 with 266,661?  (Hint:  It would later be absorbed into a larger city.)

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #4

In 1840, what southern city's population exploded, doubling its number from the previous census and joining New York and Baltimore with over 100,000 residents?

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #3

What city in 1830 became only the second city to reach #2, surpassing Philadelphia, and remaining America's second city until the 1860 census?

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #2

In what census did New York City become the first American city to surpass 100,000 residents?

Answer after the jump.

Census Trivia #1: "23" on the Horizon

New York has been the most populous city since the first census was taken in 1790 when our federal government was brand new and our city boasted only 33,131 residents. 

Unless there's a major surprise in this year's census, New York will be the largest city in America for the twenty-third consecutive time.

Today's question:  What is the only other American city that has appeared with New York in the Top Ten in every census from 1790 to 2000?

Answer after the jump.

The Season Is Officially Over

From the 3rd through the 8th of July, my computer was victim to an insidious spyware virus that rendered the machine relatively inoperable, so I didn't get a chance to proclaim that:

TOUR SEASON 2010 HAS COME TO AN END!!!

Thanks to all my groups from California, Texas, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Nevada, Virginia, South Carolina, and Missouri...not to mention the corporate groups from everywhere else.

A Big Apple from the New Lego Store in Rockefeller Center

Trivia Question: More Stores Than the Gap

What is the world's largest clothing retailer?

Manhattan is home to six of these stores as well as the corporate offices for their U.S. division.  Globally, there are 4000 of these stores in 70 countries, having overtaken the Gap in 2008.