Estimated U. S. Population, 1945-1980 Source: United States Bureau of the Census The estimates for age groups are rounded to the nearest thousand; totals are obtained by rounding the exact totals, and are not always equal to the sum of the figures shown by age groups. Estimates for 1945 to 1980 adapted from National Resources Committee. These estimates, made prior to the 1940 Census, assume medium fertility and mortality and no net immigration. UNITED STATES POPULATION-MALE AND FEMALE, BY STATES, 1930 In 1930, males 21 years of age and over numbered 37,056,757; females, 35,886,867. 1,806,501 100.9 244,378 120.0 United States... 62,137,080 60,637,966 102.5 Number of Inhabitants Per Sq. Mile in U. S.-Land Area Only Source: United States Bureau of the Census The areas and population of Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in 1900, 1910, and 1920, of Alaska and Hawaii in 1890, and of Indian Territory in 1860, 1870, and 1880, are not considered. 1940 State 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 State 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 The District of Columbia (1940) has a land area of 61 square miles. 30.9 35.5 41.31 44.2 Number of inhabitants per sq. mile in U. S. (1790) 4.5; (1800) 6.1; (1810) 4.3; (1820) 5.5; (1830) 7.3; (1840) 9.7; (1850) 7.9; (1860) 10.6; (1870) 13.0; (1880) 16.9. For number of inhabitants per square mile by states. 1800-1870. see 1934 World Almanac. Page 251. All families in the United States, including 75,178 quasi-families in hotels, institutions, boarding houses, construction camps, etc., numbered 29,980,146 in 1930. Dwellings in this country in 1930 totaled 25,204,976, of which 22,833,110 were one-family homes. United States Population (Official Census), 1870-1940 Source: United States Bureau of the Census North Dakota. 190,983 319,146 Georgia. 1,184,109 1,542,180 1,837,353 184,735 202,322 223,003 238,380 266,505 331,069 437,571 486,869 663,091 752,619 968.470 1,468,211 1,897,414 2,609,121 3,123,723 Idaho.. Illinois. Indiana.. Iowa.. Kansas Kentucky.. Louisiana. Maine Maryland Michigan.. Minnesota. 14,999 32,610 88,548 2,529,891 3,077,871 3,826,352 4,821,550 1,680,637 1,978,301 2,192,404 2,516,462 1,194,020 1,624,615 1,912,297 2,231,853 364,399 996,096 1,428,108 1,470,495 1,321,011 1,648,690 1,858,635 2,147,174 726,915 939,946 1,118,588 1,381,625 626,915 648,936 661,086 780,894 934,943 1,042,390 Massachusetts. 1,457,351 1,783,085 2,238,947 2,805,346 3,366,416 1,184,059 1,636,937 2,093,890 2,420,982 2,810,173 439,706 780,773 1,310,283 1,751,394 2,075,708 827,922 1,131,597 1,289,600 1,551,270 1,797,114 1,721,295 2,168,380 2,679,185 3,106,665 3,293,335 20,595 39,159 142.924 243,329 376,053 122,993 452,402 1,062,656 1,066,300 1,192,214 62,266 42,335 81,875 411,588 430,572 906,096 1,131,116 1,444,933 1,883,669 2,537,167 91,874 119,565 160,282 195,310 4,382,759 5,082,871 6,003,174 7,268,894 9,113,614 North Carolina 1,071,361 1,399,750 1,617,949 1,893,810 2,206,287 431,866 445,032 524,873 7,630,654 7,897,241 2,700,876 | 2,930,390 3,238,503 3,427,796 2,224,771 2,404,021 2,470,939 2,538,268 1,880,999 1,801,028 2,289,905 1,656,388 1,798,509 2,101,593 2,363,880 1,295,346 847,226 1,821,244 327,301 360,350 423,317 531,818 10.385.227 12,588,066 13,479,142 6,907,612 258,657 790,391 174,768 317,704 413,536 4,282.891 5,258,113 6,302,115 1,657,155 672,765 7,665,111 8,720,017 9,631,350 9,900,180 Rhode Island. South Carolina. 217,353 276,531 345,506 428,556 542,610 713.346 South Dakota.. 14,181 135,177 348,600 636,547 692,849 642.961 2,616,556 Texas.. 818,579 1,591,749 2,235,527 3,048,710 3,896,542 4,663,228 5,824,715 449,396 507,847 Vermont. 330,551 332,286 332,422 343,641 355,956 352,428 359,611 2,915,841 6,414,824 550,310 359,231 2,677,773 Washington. 23,955 75,116 357,232 West Virginia.. Wisconsin.. Wyoming. 1,054,670 1,315,497 1,693,330 1,356,621 1,563,396 3,137,587 250,742 Total U. S... 38,558,371 50.155,783 62,947,714 75,994,575 91,972,266 105,710,620 122,775,046|131,669,275 Population (1940) Alaska, 72,524; American Samoa, 12,908; Guam, 22.290; Hawaii, 433,330; Panama Canal Zone, 51,827; Puerto Rico, 1,869,255; Virgin Islands, 24,889; military and naval services abroad, etc.. 118.933; Philippine Islands, 16,356,000; U. S., and all territories and possessions, 150,621,231. Population (1930) of possessions-Alaska, 59,278; American Samoa, 10.055; Guam, 18,509 (including 1,118 on U. S. Naval reservations and on U. S. ships stationed there); Hawaii, 368.336 (1939-414,991); Canal Zone, 39,467; Puerto Rico, 1,543,913 (estimated, 1,723,534 on Dec. 1, 1935; Virgin Islands, 22,012: military, naval and consular service abroad, 89,453. RANK OF STATES BY POPULATION INCREASE, 1930 TO 1940 518,103 1,141,990 1,736,191 1,901,974 U. S.-Population; Urban and Rural, by States, 1940, 1930 Number 14,129,735 28.2 36,026,048 71.8 UNITED STATES POPULATION IN PLACES IN URBAN AND RURAL TERRITORY Area and class of places 590 U. S.-Population; Sex, Residence, by Ages; Sex Ratios in Cities Population by Ages and by Sex, Color, and Residents, 1940 and 1930 Source: U. S. Bureau of the census. 1940 data are estimates based on a preliminary tabulation of a 5 percent cross-section of the 1940 census returns. Figures for white population in 1930 have been revised to include Mexicans who were classified with "Other races" in the 1930 Census Reports. MALES PER 100 FEMALES IN 1940 AND 1930 IN U. S. CITIES 1940 data are estimates based on a preliminary tabulation of a 5 percent cross-section of the 1940 census returns. 1940 percentages indicated by an asterisk (*) are based on relatively small samples, and are subject to error; this is particularly true of percentages indicated by two asterisks (**). The data on which the 1930 color distribution are based have been revised to include among the white population the Mexicans, who were classified with "Other races" in the 1930 Census Reports. A minus sign (-) denotes decrease. Percentage not shown where less than 0.1. |
