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] On April 1, 2022 the United States Census of 1950 data will be released to the public.[dubious – discuss] [edit] Census questions The 1950 census collected the following information from all respondents[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
In addition, a sample of individuals were asked additional questions covering income, marital history, fertility, and other topics. Full documentation on the 1950 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. [edit] Data availability Microdata from the 1950 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System. [edit] 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 | | [edit] 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 | | [edit] See also [edit] 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. pp. 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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