San Francisco*   Pop

     1980      678,974
     1970      715,674
     1960      740,316
     1950      775,357
     1940      634,536
     1930      634,394
     1920      506,676
     1910      416,912
     1900      342,782
     1890      298,997
     1880      233,959
     1870      149,473
     1860       56,802

*Returns for San Francisco for 1850 destroyed by fire;
 population in 1852, according to State census of that year, 34,776.



     From 1990 & 1960 Census of Population
     Volume 1, Characteristics of Population
     Part 6, California
     U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

1990 Census Data for Bay Area