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The 1900 United States census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900, [1] determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census. It was the last census to be conducted before the founding of the permanent United States Census Bureau.
This is a list of the largest cities in each U.S. state and territory by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census, starting with the 1790 Census. Data for the tables below is drawn from U.S. Census Bureau reports. For the 1990 Census and earlier, the primary resource is the 2005 Working Paper number POP ...
The United States Census estimates the country's population was 76 million. Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida makes its U.S. debut. [1] January 5 – Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University discovers the cause of the Earth's magnetism. January 8 – President of the United States William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
Interactive semi-log plot of historical population of the 50 states of USA and the District of Columbia from 1900 to 2015 according to Federal Reserve Economic Data categorised by US census region. In theSVGfile , hover over a graph, its state abbreviation, its map or its region label to highlight it (and in SMIL-enabled browsers, click to ...
The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States. It takes place every ten years. The first census after the American Revolution was taken in 1790 under Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. There have been 23 federal censuses since that time. [1]
1900 1939 This is a list of countries by population in 1900 , with colonial possessions being counted towards the ruling country's total (such as Poland counting towards Russia and Cuba counting as part of the United States ).
Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. 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]
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