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  2. List of U.S. states and territories by historical population

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    As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.

  3. 1940 United States census - Wikipedia

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    The 1940 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.6 percent over the 1930 population of 122,775,046 people. The census date of record was April 1, 1940.

  4. Demographic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between 1880 and 1900, the urban population of the United States rose from 28% to 40%, and reached 50% by 1920, in part due to 9,000,000 European immigrants. After 1890 the US rural population began to plummet, as farmers were displaced by mechanization and forced to migrate to urban factory jobs.

  5. List of most populous cities in the United States by decade

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    When the United States declared independence in 1776, Philadelphia was its most populous city. By the time the first U.S. census count was completed in 1790, New York City had already grown to be 14% more populous than Philadelphia (though Philadelphia still had the larger metropolitan population in 1790).

  6. List of U.S. states and territories by population - Wikipedia

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    The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined, and Wyoming, the least populous state, has a population less than any of the 31 most populous U.S. cities. [needs update]

  7. List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by ...

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    This is a list of the largest cities in each U.S. state and territory by historical population, ... State, federal district, or territory 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 ...

  8. United States census - Wikipedia

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    The keyboard is for the 1940 U.S. census population card. ... Most populated state Most populated city Ethnic demographics counted [29] Slaves Notes 1790 [b]

  9. List of most populous cities in Florida by decade - Wikipedia

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    15 1940. 16 1950. 17 1960. 18 1970. 19 ... This list tracks and ranks the population of the ten most populous ... This was the eighth United States census. The ...