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The Seventeenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 150,520,798, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 132,164,569 persons enumerated during the 1940 Census.[1]
Census Questions
The 1950 census collected the following information[2]:
- address
- whether house is on a farm
- name
- relationship to head of household
- race
- sex
- age
- marital status
- birthplace
- if foreign born, whether naturalized
- employment status
- hours worked in week
- occupation, industry and class of worker
State rankings
1950 U.S. State Population Rankings
| Rank |
State |
Population |
| 1 |
New York |
14,909,000 |
| 2 |
California |
10,674,000 |
| 3 |
Pennsylvania |
10,520,000 |
| 4 |
Illinois |
8,754,000 |
| 5 |
Ohio |
7,998,000 |
| 6 |
Texas |
7,748,000 |
| 7 |
Michigan |
6,421,000 |
| 8 |
New Jersey |
4,860,000 |
| 9 |
Massachusetts |
4,690,000 |
| 10 |
North Carolina |
4,060,000 |
| 11 |
Indiana |
3,952,000 |
| 12 |
Missouri |
3,946,000 |
| 13 |
Georgia |
3,451,000 |
| 14 |
Wisconsin |
3,449,000 |
| 15 |
Tennessee |
3,304,000 |
| 16 |
Virginia |
3,262,000 |
| 17 |
Alabama |
3,060,000 |
| 18 |
Minnesota |
2,995,000 |
| 19 |
Kentucky |
2,957,000 |
| 20 |
Florida |
2,821,000 |
| 21 |
Louisiana |
2,701,000 |
| 22 |
Iowa |
2,621,000 |
| 23 |
Washington |
2,386,000 |
| 24 |
Maryland |
2,376,000 |
| 25 |
Oklahoma |
2,193,000 |
| 26 |
Mississippi |
2,169,000 |
| 27 |
South Carolina |
2,119,000 |
| 28 |
Connecticut |
2,007,280 |
| 29 |
West Virginia |
2,006,000 |
| 30 |
Kansas |
1,915,000 |
| 31 |
Arkansas |
1,906,000 |
| 32 |
Oregon |
1,532,000 |
| 33 |
Colorado |
1,337,000 |
| 34 |
Nebraska |
1,324,000 |
| 35 |
Maine |
911,000 |
| x |
District of Columbia |
814,000 |
| 36 |
Rhode Island |
779,000 |
| 37 |
Arizona |
756,000 |
| 38 |
Utah |
696,000 |
| 39 |
New Mexico |
687,000 |
| 40 |
South Dakota |
652,000 |
| 41 |
North Dakota |
616,000 |
| 42 |
Montana |
598,000 |
| 43 |
Idaho |
592,000 |
| 44 |
New Hampshire |
531,000 |
| x |
Hawaii |
491,000 |
| 45 |
Vermont |
377,000 |
| 46 |
Delaware |
321,000 |
| 47 |
Wyoming |
292,000 |
| 48 |
Nevada |
162,000 |
| x |
Alaska |
138,000 |
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City rankings
1950 U.S. City Population Rankings[3]
| Rank |
City |
State |
Population |
| 1 |
New York |
New York |
7,891,957 |
| 2 |
Chicago |
Illinois |
3,620,962 |
| 3 |
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
2,071,605 |
| 4 |
Los Angeles |
California |
1,970,358 |
| 5 |
Detroit |
Michigan |
1,849,568 |
| 6 |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
949,708 |
| 7 |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
914,808 |
| 8 |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
856,796 |
| 9 |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
802,178 |
| 10 |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
801,444 |
| 11 |
San Francisco |
California |
775,357 |
| 12 |
Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania |
676,806 |
| 13 |
Milwaukee |
Wisconsin |
637,392 |
| 14 |
Houston |
Texas |
596,163 |
| 15 |
Buffalo |
New York |
580,132 |
| 16 |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
570,445 |
| 17 |
Minneapolis |
Minnesota |
521,718 |
| 18 |
Cincinnati |
Ohio |
503,998 |
| 19 |
Seattle |
Washington |
467,591 |
| 20 |
Kansas City |
Missouri |
456,622 |
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See also
References
- ^ "Population and Area (Historical Censuses)". United States Census Bureau. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1991-02.pdf.
- ^ "Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925". New York State Library. October 1981. p. 45 (p. 51 of PDF). http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270.
- ^ http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0027/tab18.txt
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