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United States Census, 1950
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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]
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[2]
| 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://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0027/tab18.txt
External links
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