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The Nineteenth United States Census,
conducted by the Census Bureau, determined
the resident population of the United States to be 203,302,031, an
increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the
1960 Census.
Census
questions
The 1970 census collected the following information from all
respondents (the same as that collected in 1960)[1]:
- address
- name
- relationship to head of household
- sex
- race
- age
- marital status
Approximately 20 percent of households received a "long form" of
the 1970 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full
documentation on the 1970 census, including census forms and a
procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Data
availability
Microdata from the 1970 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.
State
rankings
1970 U.S. State Population Rankings
| Rank |
State |
Population |
| 1 |
California |
19,953,000 |
| 2 |
New York |
18,237,000 |
| 3 |
Pennsylvania |
11,794,000 |
| 4 |
Texas |
11,197,000 |
| 5 |
Illinois |
11,114,000 |
| 6 |
Ohio |
10,652,000 |
| 7 |
Michigan |
8,875,000 |
| 8 |
New Jersey |
7,168,000 |
| 9 |
Florida |
6,789,000 |
| 10 |
Massachusetts |
5,689,000 |
| 11 |
Indiana |
5,194,000 |
| 12 |
North
Carolina |
5,082,000 |
| 13 |
Missouri |
4,677,000 |
| 14 |
Virginia |
4,648,000 |
| 15 |
Georgia |
4,590,000 |
| 16 |
Wisconsin |
4,418,000 |
| 17 |
Tennessee |
3,924,000 |
| 18 |
Maryland |
3,922,000 |
| 19 |
Minnesota |
3,805,000 |
| 20 |
Louisiana |
3,641,000 |
| 21 |
Alabama |
3,444,000 |
| 22 |
Washington |
3,409,000 |
| 23 |
Kentucky |
3,219,000 |
| 24 |
Connecticut |
3,032,000 |
| 25 |
Iowa |
2,825,000 |
| 26 |
South
Carolina |
2,591,000 |
| 27 |
Oklahoma |
2,559,000 |
| 28 |
Kansas |
2,247,000 |
| 29 |
Mississippi |
2,217,000 |
| 30 |
Colorado |
2,207,000 |
| 31 |
Oregon |
2,091,000 |
| 32 |
Arkansas |
1,923,000 |
| 33 |
Arizona |
1,771,000 |
| 34 |
West
Virginia |
1,744,000 |
| 35 |
Nebraska |
1,483,000 |
| 36 |
Utah |
1,059,000 |
| 37 |
New Mexico |
1,016,000 |
| 38 |
Maine |
992,000 |
| 39 |
Rhode
Island |
947,000 |
| 40 |
Hawaii |
789,000 |
| 41 |
New
Hampshire |
788,000 |
| x |
District of Columbia |
757,000 |
| 42 |
Idaho |
713,000 |
| 43 |
Montana |
694,000 |
| 44 |
South
Dakota |
666,000 |
| 45 |
North
Dakota |
618,000 |
| 46 |
Delaware |
548,000 |
| 47 |
Nevada |
489,000 |
| 48 |
Vermont |
444,000 |
| 49 |
Wyoming |
332,000 |
| 50 |
Alaska |
300,000 |
Conclusions
California took over as the most populous state, New York had
previously been ranked number one. While the entire country
increased to more than 204 million persons, four states lost
population with West Virginia leading the list, down 8 and a half
percent from 1960.[2]
Notes
- ^
"Library Bibliography Bulletin
88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925". New
York State Library. October 1981. pp. 46 (p. 52 of PDF). http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270.
- ^
http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1970/Apollo-13/12303235577467-2/#title
"1970 Year in Review, UPI.com". Accessed 2009-04-08. Archived 2009-05-04.
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