Equals free-fall acceleration on earth-rotating cylinders

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It has been suggested that rotating cylinders about 9.0 mi long and 6.2 mi in diameter be placed in space and used as colonies. What angular speed must such a cylinder have so that the centripetal acceleration at its surface equals the free-fall acceleration on Earth?

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