By 1840, New Orleans had become by far the wealthiest and was ranked as the third most populous city in the nation being
beat by Baltimore by only 119 people
The population of the city doubled in the 1830s, and by 1840 the city's population was over 100,000—one of the
largest cities in the U.S. Population growth was frequently interrupted by
yellow fever epidemics, the last of which occurred in 1905
