U.S. Population, Land Area and Density, 1790-2000

In the first century of its existence, the United States added regularly to its store of undeveloped land through acquisitions such as the Louisiana Purchaes and conquest, which brought in a great deal of land that had formerly belonged to Mexico. However, the corresponding increases in population resulted in a regular rise in the number of Americans per square mile in every decade except 1810 and 1850, when the aforementioned actions were taken. Even the purchase of Alaska was not able to reverse the increase in density. Since 1870, when the total land area reached about three and a half million square miles, the population density has risen at the same rate as the growth in population.

Census Year	Total Population	Land Area (sq. mi.)	Density (Persons per sq. mi.)
1790	3,929,214	864,746	4.5
1800	5,308,483	864,746	6.1
1810	7,239,881	1,681,828	4.3
1820	9,638,453	1,749,462	5.5
1830	12,860,702	1,749,462	7.4
1840	17,063,353	1,749,462	9.8
1850	23,191,876	2,940,042	7.9
1860	31,443,321	2,969,640	10.6
1870	38,558,371	3,540,705	10.9
1880	50,189,209	3,540,705	14.2
1890	62,979,766	3,540,705	17.8
1900	76,212,168	3,547,314	21.5
1910	92,228,496	3,547,045	26.0
1920	106,021,537	3,546,931	29.9
1930	123,202,624	3,551,608	34.7
1940	132,164,569	3,554,608	37.2
1950	151,325,798	3,552,206	42.6
1960	179,323,175	3,540,911	50.6
1970	203,302,031	3,536,855	57.5
1980	226,542,199	3,539,289	64.0
1990	248,709,873	3,536,338	70.3
2000	281,421,906	3,537,438	79.6

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