12th US national census
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Population schedule from the 1900 census
General information Country United States Authority Census Office Results Total population 76,212,168 ( Most populous New York Least populous Nevada
The1900 United States census , conducted by theCensus Office on June 1, 1900,[ 1] population of theUnited States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 personsenumerated during the1890 census . It was the last census to be conducted before the founding of the permanent United States Census Bureau.
The census saw the nation's largest city,New York City , more than double in size due to theconsolidation with Brooklyn , becoming in the process the first U.S. city to record a population growth of over three million —Brooklyn was previously the 4th largest city in the United States on its own.
Oversight of the statistics was by Frederick Howard Wines andWalter F. Willcox .[ 2]
The 1900 census collected the following information:[ 3]
address name relationship to head of family sex race (listed as "Color or race" on the census) age, month and year born marital status and, if married, number of years married for women, number of children born and number now living place of birth of person, and their parents if foreign born, year of immigration and whether naturalized occupation months not employed school ability to speak English whether on a farm home owned or rented, and, if owned, whether mortgaged Full documentation for the 1900 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from theIntegrated Public Use Microdata Series .
StatisticianFrederick Ludwig Hoffman criticized the conduct of the census.[ 4] [ 5]
The original census enumeration sheets weremicrofilmed by the Census Bureau in the 1940s, after which the original sheets were destroyed.[ 6] National Archives and Records Administration . Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices.
Microdata from the 1900 census are freely available throughIPUMS .Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from theNational Historical Geographic Information System .
Rank State Population as of[ 7] Population as of Change Percent 1 New York 7,268,894 6,003,174 1,265,720 21.1% 2 Pennsylvania 6,302,115 5,258,113 1,044,002 19.9% 3 Illinois 4,821,550 3,826,352 995,198 26.0% 4 Ohio 4,157,545 3,672,329 485,216 13.2% 5 Missouri 3,106,665 2,679,185 427,480 16.0% 6 Texas 3,048,710 2,235,527 813,183 36.4% 7 Massachusetts 2,805,346 2,238,947 566,399 25.3% 8 Indiana 2,516,462 2,192,404 324,058 14.8% 9 Michigan 2,420,982 2,093,890 327,092 15.6% 10 Iowa 2,231,853 1,912,297 319,556 16.7% 11 Georgia 2,216,331 1,837,353 378,978 20.6% 12 Kentucky 2,147,174 1,858,635 288,539 15.5% 13 Wisconsin 2,069,042 1,693,330 375,712 22.2% 14 Tennessee 2,020,616 1,767,518 253,098 14.3% 15 North Carolina 1,893,810 1,617,949 275,861 17.0% 16 New Jersey 1,883,669 1,444,933 438,736 30.4% 17 Virginia 1,854,184 1,655,980 198,204 12.0% 18 Alabama 1,828,697 1,513,401 315,296 20.8% 19 Minnesota 1,751,394 1,310,283 441,111 33.7% 20 Mississippi 1,551,270 1,289,600 261,670 20.3% 21 California 1,485,053 1,213,398 271,655 22.4% 22 Kansas 1,470,495 1,428,108 42,387 3.0% 23 Louisiana 1,381,625 1,118,588 263,037 23.5% 24 South Carolina 1,340,316 1,151,149 189,167 16.4% 25 Arkansas 1,311,564 1,128,211 183,353 16.3% 26 Maryland 1,188,044 1,042,390 145,654 14.0% 27 Nebraska 1,066,300 1,062,656 3,644 0.3% 28 West Virginia 958,800 762,794 196,006 25.7% 29 Connecticut 908,420 746,258 162,162 21.7% – Oklahoma [ 8] 790,391 258,657 531,734 205.6% 30 Maine 694,466 661,086 33,380 5.0% 31 Colorado 539,700 413,249 126,451 30.6% 32 Florida 528,542 391,422 137,120 35.0% 33 Washington 518,103 357,232 160,871 45.0% 34 Rhode Island 428,556 345,506 83,050 24.0% 35 Oregon 413,536 317,704 95,832 30.2% 36 New Hampshire 411,588 376,530 35,058 9.3% 37 South Dakota 401,570 348,600 52,970 15.2% 38 Vermont 343,641 332,422 11,219 3.4% 39 North Dakota 319,146 190,983 128,163 67.1% – District of Columbia 278,718 230,392 48,326 21.0% 40 Utah 276,749 210,779 65,970 31.3% 41 Montana 243,329 142,924 100,405 70.3% – New Mexico 195,310 160,282 35,028 21.9% 42 Delaware 184,735 168,493 16,242 9.6% 43 Idaho 161,772 88,548 73,224 82.7% – Hawaii 154,001 89,990 64,011 71.1% – Arizona 122,931 88,243 34,688 39.3% 44 Wyoming 92,531 62,555 29,976 47.9% – Alaska 63,592 32,052 31,540 98.4% 45 Nevada 42,335 47,355 -5,020 -10.6% United States 76,212,168 62,979,766 13,232,402 21.0%
Rank City State Population[ 9] Region (2016) [ 10] 01 New York New York 3,437,202 Northeast 02 Chicago Illinois 1,698,575 Midwest 03 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,293,697 Northeast 04 St. Louis Missouri 575,238 Midwest 05 Boston Massachusetts 560,892 Northeast 06 Baltimore Maryland 508,957 South 07 Cleveland Ohio 391,768 Midwest 08 Buffalo New York 352,387 Northeast 09 San Francisco California 342,782 West 10 Cincinnati Ohio 325,902 Midwest 11 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 321,616 Northeast 12 New Orleans Louisiana 287,104 South 13 Detroit Michigan 285,704 Midwest 14 Milwaukee Wisconsin 285,315 Midwest 15 Washington District of Columbia 278,718 South 16 Newark New Jersey 246,070 Northeast 17 Jersey City New Jersey 206,433 Northeast 18 Louisville Kentucky 204,731 South 19 Minneapolis Minnesota 202,718 Midwest 20 Providence Rhode Island 175,597 Northeast 21 Indianapolis Indiana 169,164 Midwest 22 Kansas City Missouri 163,752 Midwest 23 Saint Paul Minnesota 163,065 Midwest 24 Rochester New York 162,608 Northeast 25 Denver Colorado 133,859 West 26 Toledo Ohio 131,822 Midwest 27 Allegheny Pennsylvania 129,896 Northeast 28 Columbus Ohio 125,560 Midwest 29 Worcester Massachusetts 118,421 Northeast 30 Syracuse New York 108,374 Northeast 31 New Haven Connecticut 108,027 Northeast 32 Paterson New Jersey 105,171 Northeast 33 Fall River Massachusetts 104,863 Northeast 34 St. Joseph Missouri 102,979 Midwest 35 Omaha Nebraska 102,555 Midwest 36 Los Angeles California 102,479 West 37 Memphis Tennessee 102,320 South 38 Scranton Pennsylvania 102,026 Northeast 39 Lowell Massachusetts 94,969 Northeast 40 Albany New York 94,151 Northeast 41 Cambridge Massachusetts 91,886 Northeast 42 Portland Oregon 90,426 West 43 Atlanta Georgia 89,872 South 44 Grand Rapids Michigan 87,565 Midwest 45 Dayton Ohio 85,333 Midwest 46 Richmond Virginia 85,050 South 47 Nashville Tennessee 80,865 South 48 Seattle Washington 80,671 West 49 Hartford Connecticut 79,850 Northeast 50 Reading Pennsylvania 78,961 Northeast 51 Wilmington Delaware 76,508 South 52 Camden New Jersey 75,935 Northeast 53 Trenton New Jersey 73,307 Northeast 54 Bridgeport Connecticut 70,996 Northeast 55 Lynn Massachusetts 68,513 Northeast 56 Oakland California 66,960 West 57 Lawrence Massachusetts 62,559 Northeast 58 New Bedford Massachusetts 62,442 Northeast 59 Des Moines Iowa 62,139 Midwest 60 Springfield Massachusetts 62,059 Northeast 61 Somerville Massachusetts 61,643 Northeast 62 Troy New York 60,651 Northeast 63 Hoboken New Jersey 59,364 Northeast 64 Evansville Indiana 59,007 Midwest 65 Manchester New Hampshire 56,987 Northeast 66 Utica New York 56,383 Northeast 67 Peoria Illinois 56,100 Midwest 68 Charleston South Carolina 55,807 South 69 Savannah Georgia 54,244 South 70 Salt Lake City Utah 53,531 West 71 San Antonio Texas 53,321 South 72 Duluth Minnesota 52,969 Midwest 73 Erie Pennsylvania 52,733 Northeast 74 Elizabeth New Jersey 52,130 Northeast 75 Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania 51,721 Northeast 76 Kansas City Kansas 51,418 Midwest 77 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 50,167 Northeast 78 Portland Maine 50,145 Northeast 79 Yonkers New York 47,931 Northeast 80 Norfolk Virginia 46,624 South 81 Waterbury Connecticut 45,859 Northeast 82 Holyoke Massachusetts 45,712 Northeast 83 Fort Wayne Indiana 45,115 Midwest 84 Youngstown Ohio 44,885 Midwest 85 Houston Texas 44,633 South 86 Covington Kentucky 42,938 South 87 Akron Ohio 42,728 Midwest 88 Dallas Texas 42,638 South 89 Saginaw Michigan 42,345 Midwest 90 Lancaster Pennsylvania 41,459 Northeast 91 Lincoln Nebraska 40,169 Midwest 92 Brockton Massachusetts 40,063 Northeast 93 Binghamton New York 39,647 Northeast 94 Augusta Georgia 39,441 South 95 Pawtucket Rhode Island 39,231 Northeast 96 Altoona Pennsylvania 38,973 Northeast 97 Wheeling West Virginia 38,878 South 98 Mobile Alabama 38,469 South 99 Birmingham Alabama 38,415 South 100 Little Rock Arkansas 38,307 South
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Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Texas
Massachusetts
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Georgia
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Tennessee
North Carolina
New Jersey
Virginia
Alabama
Minnesota
Mississippi
California
Kansas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Arkansas
Maryland
Nebraska
West Virginia
Connecticut
Oklahoma[8]
Maine
Colorado
Florida
Washington
Rhode Island
Oregon
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Vermont
North Dakota
District of Columbia
Utah
Montana
New Mexico
Delaware
Idaho
Hawaii
Arizona
Wyoming
Alaska
Nevada
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