Biggest Cities of the United States controlled by Spain in 1800

    1. Nueva Orleans (New Orleans)					8,000				(1)
    2. Alburquerque (Albuquerque)					4,600				(2)
    3. Santa Fé								4,500				(2)
    4. Zuni Pueblo							2,700				(27)
    5. Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Santa Cruz)				2,600				(2)
    6. San Juan de los Caballeros (Ohkay Owingeh)			2,100				(2)
    7. San Antonio de Béjar	 (San Antonio)				2,000				(3)
    8. Santa Clara Pueblo						2,000				(2)
    9. Abiquiú								1,700				(2)
    10. Los Nachitochas (Natchitoches)					1,700				(6)
    11. Santo Domingo Pueblo						1,700				(2)
    12. San Agustín (St. Augustine)					1,600				(4)
    13. Misión San Diego de Alcalá (San Diego)				1,512				(26)
    14. Belen								1,500				(2)
    15. Bastón Rojo (Baton Rouge)					1,400				(12)
    16. La Bahía (Goliad)						1,400				(3)
    17. Misión Santa Clara de Asís (Santa Clara)			1,318				(26)
    18. Taos								1,300				(2)
    19. Santa Genoveva (Ste. Genevieve)					1,163				(7)
    20. Misión de San Gabriel Arcángel (San Gabriel)			1,136				(26)
    21. Misión de San Antonio de Padua (Jolon)				1,114				(26)
    22. Misión San Juan Capistrano (San Juan Capistrano)		1,046				(23)
    23. San Luis (St. Louis)						1,039				(8)
    24. Tucsón (Tucson)							1,000				(14)
    25. Misión de La Purísima Concepción (Lompoc)			961					(26)
    26. Cochiti Pueblo							900					(2)
    27. Laredo								900					(15) interpolated
    28. Misión de Santa Bárbara (Santa Barbara)				864					(26)
    29. Laguna Pueblo							800					(2)
    30. Mauvila (Mobile)						800					(10)
    31. Picuriés Pueblo							800					(2)
    32. Pensacola							769					(9)
    33. Acoma Pueblo							750					(27)
    34. Misión San Carlos (Carmel-by-the-Sea)				747					(26)
    35. Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (San Luis Obispo)		724					(26)
    36. Misión San Buenaventura (Ventura)				722					(26)
    37. San Felipe Pueblo						700					(2)
    38. Santa Ana Pueblo						700					(2)
    39. Nacogdoches							660					(11)
    40. Misión San Francisco de Asís (San Francisco)			635					(26)

    • (1) https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Orleans-Louisiana/History
    • (2) https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1701788
    • (3) https://archive.org/details/1830citizensofte0000whit/page/238
    • (4) https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2665&context=fhq
    • (6) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4234002
    • (7) https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-stegenevieve/#:~:text=In%201800%2C%20the%20population%20was,principal%20port%20and%20commercial%20center.
    • (8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_St._Louis_%281763%E2%80%931803%29?utm_source=chatgpt.com#Transfer_to_France_and_the_United_States
    • (9) https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3641&context=fhq
    • (10) https://archive.org/details/colonialmobilehi00hami
    • (11) https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nacogdoches-county
    • (12) https://archive.org/details/historyofbatonro0000meye/page/62
    • (14) https://southernarizonaguide.com/history-of-tucson-by-people-who-lived-it/
    • (15) https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/webb-county
    • (26) https://www.jstor.org/stable/41169333
    • (27) https://www.jstor.org/stable/3630572