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The 1950 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 151,325,798, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 131,669,275 persons enumerated during the 1940 census. [1] This was the first census in which: More than one state recorded a population of over 10 million
According to 2000 U.S. census data, an increasing number of United States citizens identify simply as "American" on the question of ancestry. [37] [38] [39] The Census Bureau reports the number of people in the United States who reported "American" and no other ancestry increased from 12.4 million in 1990 to 20.2 million in 2000. [40]
The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2] Mexicans were counted as White from 1790 to 1930, unless of apparent non-European extraction. [13]
Personally identifiable 1950 census data will be released on Friday. All detailed census data must, by law, be sequestered for 72 years. After a mandatory 72-year wait, 1950's detailed U.S. census ...
The data is a treasure trove of information, shedding light on what life was like 72 years ago, down to how many people owned TVs (TV was in its infancy then). The data also enables us to track ...
Greek-American communities in the U.S. according to the 5 Year Estimates of the People Reporting Ancestry data (2020 American Community Survey): [43] United States by Ancestry: 1,249,194 United States by Country of Birth: 124,428 Top CSAs by Ancestry: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA: 187,255; Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH ...
Belgian immigrants were first registered in 1820, and until 1910, 104,000 Belgians entered the U.S. and from 1910 to 1950, the number dropped to 62,000. Between 1847 and 1849 when Belgium was plagued with disease and economic hardship, 6,000–7,000 Belgians a year arrived in the United States.
The number of marriages shot up to reach over 2 million in 1946, with a marriage rate of 16.4 per 1,000 people as WWII had ended. The average age at first marriage for both men and women began to fall after WWII, dropping 22.8 for men and 20.3 for women in 1950 and dropping even more to 22.5 and 20.1 years in 1956.