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The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census. [1]
1.2.1 Percent distribution of the total population by age: ... 1980: 226,545,805: ... The United States' population has grown by less than one million people for the ...
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.
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.
In 2020, the median age of the United States is 38.8, up from 37.2 in 2010, [43] 35 in 2000, and 30 in 1980. [56] An increase in median age is seen among all ethnic groups, though European Americans are currently the oldest by that measure, followed by African Americans and Asian Americans (including Amerindians and Native Alaskans); [ 40 ...
According to a 2024 Pew Research Center report, the number of Americans aged 100 or over is likely to quadruple by 2054 as baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, enter retirement age.
Here's the percent change in total population in each state and the District of Columbia between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017: state total population change map Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data ...
The 1980 United States Census begins. There are 226,545,805 United States residents on this day. New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days. April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4 ...