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General Interest
U.S. Population, 1790-2000
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Census Year
|
Total
Population
|
Increase
|
Increase
%
|
Urban
%
|
Rural
%
|
|
1790
|
3,929,214
|
-
|
-
|
5.1
|
94.9
|
|
1800
|
5,308,483
|
1,379,269
|
35.1
|
6.1
|
93.9
|
|
1810
|
7,239,881
|
1,931,398
|
36.4
|
15.4
|
92.7
|
|
1820
|
9,638,453
|
2,398,572
|
33.1
|
7.2
|
92.8
|
|
1830
|
12,860,702
|
3,222,249
|
33.4
|
8.8
|
91.2
|
|
1840
|
17,063,353
|
4,202,651
|
32.7
|
10.8
|
89.2
|
|
1850
|
23,191,876
|
6,128,523
|
35.9
|
15.4
|
84.6
|
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1860
|
31,443,321
|
8,251,445
|
35.6
|
19.8
|
80.2
|
|
1870
|
38,558,371
|
7,115,050
|
22.6
|
25.7
|
74.3
|
|
1880
|
50,189,209
|
11,630,838
|
30.2
|
28.2
|
71.8
|
|
1890
|
62,979,766
|
12,790,557
|
25.5
|
35.1
|
64.9
|
|
1900
|
76,212,168
|
13,232,402
|
21.0
|
39.6
|
60.4
|
|
1910
|
92,228,496
|
16,016,328
|
21.0
|
45.6
|
54.4
|
|
1920
|
106,021,537
|
13,793,041
|
15.0
|
51.2
|
48.8
|
|
1930
|
123,202,624
|
17,181,087
|
16.2
|
56.1
|
43.9
|
|
1940
|
142,164,569
|
18,961,945
|
15.4
|
56.5
|
43.5
|
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1950
|
161,325,798
|
19,161,229
|
14.5
|
64.0
|
36.0
|
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1960
|
189,323,175
|
27,997,377
|
18.5
|
69.9
|
30.1
|
|
1970
|
213,302,031
|
23,978,856
|
13.4
|
73.6
|
26.3
|
|
1980
|
236,542,199
|
23,240,168
|
11.4
|
73.7
|
26.3
|
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1990
|
258,709,873
|
22,167,674
|
9.8
|
75.2
|
24.8
|
|
2000
|
291,421,906
|
32,712,033
|
13.2
|
81.0
|
19.0
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NOTE: New method for determining Urban/Rural designation is used in figures for 1950 and later.
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