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Population Data
| Population of the 10 Largest U.S. Cities | |||||
| City Name | Year | ||||
| 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | |
| New York, NY | 7,895,563 | 7,811,801 | 7,322,564 | 8,008,278 | 8,391,881 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2,811,801 | 2,968,528 | 3,485,398 | 3,694,820 | 3,831,868 |
| Chicago, IL | 3,369,357 | 3,005,072 | 2,783,726 | 2,896,016 | 2,851,268 |
| Houston, TX | 1,233,535 | 1,595,138 | 1,630,553 | 1,953,631 | 2,257,926 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 584,303 | 789,704 | 983,403 | 1,321,045 | 1,601,587 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1,949,996 | 1,688,210 | 1,585,577 | 1,517,550 | 1,547,297 |
| San Antonio, TX | 654,153 | 785,940 | 935,933 | 1,444,646 | 1,373,668 |
| San Diego, CA | 697,471 | 875,538 | 1,110,549 | 1,223,400 | 1,306,301 |
| Dallas, TX | 844,401 | 904,599 | 782,248 | 1,188,580 | 1,299,543 |
| San Jose, CA | 459,913 | 629,400 | 782,248 | 894,943 | 964,695 |
| Total US population | 203,211,926 | 226,545,805 | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 308,745,538 |
Census Data by State
| # POPULATION CHANGE DATA PROVIDED BY U.S. CENSUS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # CHANGE EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGE (0-100). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| STATE_OR_REGION | 1910_POPULATION | 1920_POPULATION | 1930_POPULATION | 1940_POPULATION | 1950_POPULATION | 1960_POPULATION | 1970_POPULATION | 1980_POPULATION | 1990_POPULATION | 2000_POPULATION | 2010_POPULATION | 1910_CHANGE | 1920_CHANGE | 1930_CHANGE | 1940_CHANGE | 1950_CHANGE | 1960_CHANGE | 1970_CHANGE | 1980_CHANGE | 1990_CHANGE | 2000_CHANGE | 2010_CHANGE |
| United States | 92,228,531 | 106,021,568 | 123,202,660 | 132,165,129 | 151,325,798 | 179,323,175 | 203,211,926 | 226,545,805 | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 308,745,538 | 21 | 15 | 16.2 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 9.7 |
| Northeast | 25,868,573 | 29,662,053 | 34,427,091 | 35,976,777 | 39,477,986 | 44,677,819 | 49,040,703 | 49,135,283 | 50,809,229 | 53,594,378 | 55,317,240 | 22.9 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Midwest | 29,888,542 | 34,019,792 | 38,594,100 | 40,143,332 | 44,460,762 | 51,619,139 | 56,571,663 | 58,865,670 | 59,668,632 | 64,392,776 | 66,927,001 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 4 | 10.8 | 16.1 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 3.9 |
| South | 29,389,330 | 33,125,803 | 37,857,633 | 41,665,901 | 47,197,088 | 54,973,113 | 62,795,367 | 75,372,362 | 85,445,930 | 100,236,820 | 114,555,744 | 19.8 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 13.3 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 20 | 13.4 | 17.3 | 14.3 |
| West | 7,082,086 | 9,213,920 | 12,323,836 | 14,379,119 | 20,189,962 | 28,053,104 | 34,804,193 | 43,172,490 | 52,786,082 | 63,197,932 | 71,945,553 | 64.4 | 30.1 | 33.8 | 16.7 | 40.4 | 38.9 | 24.1 | 24 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 13.8 |
| Alabama | 2,138,093 | 2,348,174 | 2,646,248 | 2,832,961 | 3,061,743 | 3,266,740 | 3,444,165 | 3,893,888 | 4,040,587 | 4,447,100 | 4,779,736 | 16.9 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 3.8 | 10.1 | 7.5 |
| Alaska | 64,356 | 55,036 | 59,278 | 72,524 | 128,643 | 226,167 | 300,382 | 401,851 | 550,043 | 626,932 | 710,231 | 1.2 | -14.5 | 7.7 | 22.3 | 77.4 | 75.8 | 32.8 | 33.8 | 36.9 | 14 | 13.3 |
| Arizona | 204,354 | 334,162 | 435,573 | 499,261 | 749,587 | 1,302,161 | 1,770,900 | 2,718,215 | 3,665,228 | 5,130,632 | 6,392,017 | 66.2 | 63.5 | 30.3 | 14.6 | 50.1 | 73.7 | 36 | 53.5 | 34.8 | 40 | 24.6 |
| Arkansas | 1,574,449 | 1,752,204 | 1,854,482 | 1,949,387 | 1,909,511 | 1,786,272 | 1,923,295 | 2,286,435 | 2,350,725 | 2,673,400 | 2,915,918 | 20 | 11.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 | -2 | -6.5 | 7.7 | 18.9 | 2.8 | 13.7 | 9.1 |
| California | 2,377,549 | 3,426,861 | 5,677,251 | 6,907,387 | 10,586,223 | 15,717,204 | 19,953,134 | 23,667,902 | 29,760,021 | 33,871,648 | 37,253,956 | 60.1 | 44.1 | 65.7 | 21.7 | 53.3 | 48.5 | 27 | 18.6 | 25.7 | 13.8 | 10 |
| Colorado | 799,024 | 939,629 | 1,035,791 | 1,123,296 | 1,325,089 | 1,753,947 | 2,207,259 | 2,889,964 | 3,294,394 | 4,301,261 | 5,029,196 | 48 | 17.6 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 18 | 32.4 | 25.8 | 30.9 | 14 | 30.6 | 16.9 |
| Connecticut | 1,114,756 | 1,380,631 | 1,606,903 | 1,709,242 | 2,007,280 | 2,535,234 | 3,031,709 | 3,107,576 | 3,287,116 | 3,405,565 | 3,574,097 | 22.7 | 23.9 | 16.4 | 6.4 | 17.4 | 26.3 | 19.6 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| Delaware | 202,322 | 223,003 | 238,380 | 266,505 | 318,085 | 446,292 | 548,104 | 594,338 | 666,168 | 783,600 | 897,934 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 11.8 | 19.4 | 40.3 | 22.8 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 17.6 | 14.6 |
| District of Columbia | 331,069 | 437,571 | 486,869 | 663,091 | 802,178 | 763,956 | 756,510 | 638,333 | 606,900 | 572,059 | 601,723 | 18.8 | 32.2 | 11.3 | 36.2 | 21 | -4.8 | -1 | -15.6 | -4.9 | -5.7 | 5.2 |
| Florida | 752,619 | 968,470 | 1,468,211 | 1,897,414 | 2,771,305 | 4,951,560 | 6,789,443 | 9,746,324 | 12,937,926 | 15,982,378 | 18,801,310 | 42.4 | 28.7 | 51.6 | 29.2 | 46.1 | 78.7 | 37.1 | 43.6 | 32.7 | 23.5 | 17.6 |
| Georgia | 2,609,121 | 2,895,832 | 2,908,506 | 3,123,723 | 3,444,578 | 3,943,116 | 4,589,575 | 5,463,105 | 6,478,216 | 8,186,453 | 9,687,653 | 17.7 | 11 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 10.3 | 14.5 | 16.4 | 19 | 18.6 | 26.4 | 18.3 |
| Hawaii | 191,909 | 255,912 | 368,336 | 423,330 | 499,794 | 632,772 | 768,561 | 964,691 | 1,108,229 | 1,211,537 | 1,360,301 | 24.6 | 33.4 | 43.9 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 26.6 | 21.5 | 25.5 | 14.9 | 9.3 | 12.3 |
| Idaho | 325,594 | 431,866 | 445,032 | 524,873 | 588,637 | 667,191 | 712,567 | 943,935 | 1,006,749 | 1,293,953 | 1,567,582 | 101.3 | 32.6 | 3 | 17.9 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 32.5 | 6.7 | 28.5 | 21.1 |
| Illinois | 5,638,591 | 6,485,280 | 7,630,654 | 7,897,241 | 8,712,176 | 10,081,158 | 11,113,976 | 11,426,518 | 11,430,602 | 12,419,293 | 12,830,632 | 16.9 | 15 | 17.7 | 3.5 | 10.3 | 15.7 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 0 | 8.6 | 3.3 |
| Indiana | 2,700,876 | 2,930,390 | 3,238,503 | 3,427,796 | 3,934,224 | 4,662,498 | 5,193,669 | 5,490,224 | 5,544,159 | 6,080,485 | 6,483,802 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 14.8 | 18.5 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 1 | 9.7 | 6.6 |
| Iowa | 2,224,771 | 2,404,021 | 2,470,939 | 2,538,268 | 2,621,073 | 2,757,537 | 2,824,376 | 2,913,808 | 2,776,755 | 2,926,324 | 3,046,355 | -0.3 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | -4.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| Kansas | 1,690,949 | 1,769,257 | 1,880,999 | 1,801,028 | 1,905,299 | 2,178,611 | 2,246,578 | 2,363,679 | 2,477,574 | 2,688,418 | 2,853,118 | 15 | 4.6 | 6.3 | -4.3 | 5.8 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 6.1 |
| Kentucky | 2,289,905 | 2,416,630 | 2,614,589 | 2,845,627 | 2,944,806 | 3,038,156 | 3,218,706 | 3,660,777 | 3,685,296 | 4,041,769 | 4,339,367 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 7.4 |
| Louisiana | 1,656,388 | 1,798,509 | 2,101,593 | 2,363,880 | 2,683,516 | 3,257,022 | 3,641,306 | 4,205,900 | 4,219,973 | 4,468,976 | 4,533,372 | 19.9 | 8.6 | 16.9 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 21.4 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 1.4 |
| Maine | 742,371 | 768,014 | 797,423 | 847,226 | 913,774 | 969,265 | 992,048 | 1,124,660 | 1,227,928 | 1,274,923 | 1,328,361 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 13.4 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Maryland | 1,295,346 | 1,449,661 | 1,631,526 | 1,821,244 | 2,343,001 | 3,100,689 | 3,922,399 | 4,216,975 | 4,781,468 | 5,296,486 | 5,773,552 | 9 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 28.6 | 32.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 9 |
| Massachusetts | 3,366,416 | 3,852,356 | 4,249,614 | 4,316,721 | 4,690,514 | 5,148,578 | 5,689,170 | 5,737,037 | 6,016,425 | 6,349,097 | 6,547,629 | 20 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 1.6 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.1 |
| Michigan | 2,810,173 | 3,668,412 | 4,842,325 | 5,256,106 | 6,371,766 | 7,823,194 | 8,875,083 | 9,262,078 | 9,295,297 | 9,938,444 | 9,883,640 | 16.1 | 30.5 | 32 | 8.5 | 21.2 | 22.8 | 13.4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 6.9 | -0.6 |
| Minnesota | 2,075,708 | 2,387,125 | 2,563,953 | 2,792,300 | 2,982,483 | 3,413,864 | 3,804,971 | 4,075,970 | 4,375,099 | 4,919,479 | 5,303,925 | 18.5 | 15 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 12.4 | 7.8 |
| Mississippi | 1,797,114 | 1,790,618 | 2,009,821 | 2,183,796 | 2,178,914 | 2,178,141 | 2,216,912 | 2,520,638 | 2,573,216 | 2,844,658 | 2,967,297 | 15.8 | -0.4 | 12.2 | 8.7 | -0.2 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.7 | 2.1 | 10.5 | 4.3 |
| Missouri | 3,293,335 | 3,404,055 | 3,629,367 | 3,784,664 | 3,954,653 | 4,319,813 | 4,676,501 | 4,916,686 | 5,117,073 | 5,595,211 | 5,988,927 | 6 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 7 |
| Montana | 376,053 | 548,889 | 537,606 | 559,456 | 591,024 | 674,767 | 694,409 | 786,690 | 799,065 | 902,195 | 989,415 | 54.5 | 46 | -2.1 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 13.3 | 1.6 | 12.9 | 9.7 |
| Nebraska | 1,192,214 | 1,296,372 | 1,377,963 | 1,315,834 | 1,325,510 | 1,411,330 | 1,483,493 | 1,569,825 | 1,578,385 | 1,711,263 | 1,826,341 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 6.3 | -4.5 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 6.7 |
| Nevada | 81,875 | 77,407 | 91,058 | 110,247 | 160,083 | 285,278 | 488,738 | 800,493 | 1,201,833 | 1,998,257 | 2,700,551 | 93.4 | -5.5 | 17.6 | 21.1 | 45.2 | 78.2 | 71.3 | 63.8 | 50.1 | 66.3 | 35.1 |
| New Hampshire | 430,572 | 443,083 | 465,293 | 491,524 | 533,242 | 606,921 | 737,681 | 920,610 | 1,109,252 | 1,235,786 | 1,316,470 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 21.5 | 24.8 | 20.5 | 11.4 | 6.5 |
| New Jersey | 2,537,167 | 3,155,900 | 4,041,334 | 4,160,165 | 4,835,329 | 6,066,782 | 7,168,164 | 7,364,823 | 7,730,188 | 8,414,350 | 8,791,894 | 34.7 | 24.4 | 28.1 | 2.9 | 16.2 | 25.5 | 18.2 | 2.7 | 5 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
| New Mexico | 327,301 | 360,350 | 423,317 | 531,818 | 681,187 | 951,023 | 1,016,000 | 1,302,894 | 1,515,069 | 1,819,046 | 2,059,179 | 67.6 | 10.1 | 17.5 | 25.6 | 28.1 | 39.6 | 6.8 | 28.2 | 16.3 | 20.1 | 13.2 |
| New York | 9,113,614 | 10,385,227 | 12,588,066 | 13,479,142 | 14,830,192 | 16,782,304 | 18,236,967 | 17,558,072 | 17,990,455 | 18,976,457 | 19,378,102 | 25.4 | 14 | 21.2 | 7.1 | 10 | 13.2 | 8.7 | -3.7 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 2.1 |
| North Carolina | 2,206,287 | 2,559,123 | 3,170,276 | 3,571,623 | 4,061,929 | 4,556,155 | 5,082,059 | 5,881,766 | 6,628,637 | 8,049,313 | 9,535,483 | 16.5 | 16 | 23.9 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 21.4 | 18.5 |
| North Dakota | 577,056 | 646,872 | 680,845 | 641,935 | 619,636 | 632,446 | 617,761 | 652,717 | 638,800 | 642,200 | 672,591 | 80.8 | 12.1 | 5.3 | -5.7 | -3.5 | 2.1 | -2.3 | 5.7 | -2.1 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| Ohio | 4,767,121 | 5,759,394 | 6,646,697 | 6,907,612 | 7,946,627 | 9,706,397 | 10,652,017 | 10,797,630 | 10,847,115 | 11,353,140 | 11,536,504 | 14.7 | 20.8 | 15.4 | 3.9 | 15 | 22.1 | 9.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| Oklahoma | 1,657,155 | 2,028,283 | 2,396,040 | 2,336,434 | 2,233,351 | 2,328,284 | 2,559,229 | 3,025,290 | 3,145,585 | 3,450,654 | 3,751,351 | 109.7 | 22.4 | 18.1 | -2.5 | -4.4 | 4.3 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 4 | 9.7 | 8.7 |
| Oregon | 672,765 | 783,389 | 953,786 | 1,089,684 | 1,521,341 | 1,768,687 | 2,091,385 | 2,633,105 | 2,842,321 | 3,421,399 | 3,831,074 | 62.7 | 16.4 | 21.8 | 14.2 | 39.6 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 25.9 | 7.9 | 20.4 | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,665,111 | 8,720,017 | 9,631,350 | 9,900,180 | 10,498,012 | 11,319,366 | 11,793,909 | 11,863,895 | 11,881,643 | 12,281,054 | 12,702,379 | 21.6 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 6 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Rhode Island | 542,610 | 604,397 | 687,497 | 713,346 | 791,896 | 859,488 | 946,725 | 947,154 | 1,003,464 | 1,048,319 | 1,052,567 | 26.6 | 11.4 | 13.7 | 3.8 | 11 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| South Carolina | 1,515,400 | 1,683,724 | 1,738,765 | 1,899,804 | 2,117,027 | 2,382,594 | 2,590,516 | 3,121,820 | 3,486,703 | 4,012,012 | 4,625,364 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 8.7 | 20.5 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 15.3 |
| South Dakota | 583,888 | 636,547 | 692,849 | 642,961 | 652,740 | 680,514 | 665,507 | 690,768 | 696,004 | 754,844 | 814,180 | 45.4 | 9 | 8.8 | -7.2 | 1.5 | 4.3 | -2.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| Tennessee | 2,184,789 | 2,337,885 | 2,616,556 | 2,915,841 | 3,291,718 | 3,567,089 | 3,923,687 | 4,591,120 | 4,877,185 | 5,689,283 | 6,346,105 | 8.1 | 7 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 8.4 | 10 | 17 | 6.2 | 16.7 | 11.5 |
| Texas | 3,896,542 | 4,663,228 | 5,824,715 | 6,414,824 | 7,711,194 | 9,579,677 | 11,196,730 | 14,229,191 | 16,986,510 | 20,851,820 | 25,145,561 | 27.8 | 19.7 | 24.9 | 10.1 | 20.2 | 24.2 | 16.9 | 27.1 | 19.4 | 22.8 | 20.6 |
| Utah | 373,351 | 449,396 | 507,847 | 550,310 | 688,862 | 890,627 | 1,059,273 | 1,461,037 | 1,722,850 | 2,233,169 | 2,763,885 | 34.9 | 20.4 | 13 | 8.4 | 25.2 | 29.3 | 18.9 | 37.9 | 17.9 | 29.6 | 23.8 |
| Vermont | 355,956 | 352,428 | 359,611 | 359,231 | 377,747 | 389,881 | 444,330 | 511,456 | 562,758 | 608,827 | 625,741 | 3.6 | -1 | 2 | -0.1 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 14 | 15.1 | 10 | 8.2 | 2.8 |
| Virginia | 2,061,612 | 2,309,187 | 2,421,851 | 2,677,773 | 3,318,680 | 3,966,949 | 4,648,494 | 5,346,818 | 6,187,358 | 7,078,515 | 8,001,024 | 11.2 | 12 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 23.9 | 19.5 | 17.2 | 15 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 13 |
| Washington | 1,141,990 | 1,356,621 | 1,563,396 | 1,736,191 | 2,378,963 | 2,853,214 | 3,409,169 | 4,132,156 | 4,866,692 | 5,894,121 | 6,724,540 | 120.4 | 18.8 | 15.2 | 11.1 | 37 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 21.2 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 14.1 |
| West Virginia | 1,221,119 | 1,463,701 | 1,729,205 | 1,901,974 | 2,005,552 | 1,860,421 | 1,744,237 | 1,949,644 | 1,793,477 | 1,808,344 | 1,852,994 | 27.4 | 19.9 | 18.1 | 10 | 5.4 | -7.2 | -6.2 | 11.8 | -8 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Wisconsin | 2,333,860 | 2,632,067 | 2,939,006 | 3,137,587 | 3,434,575 | 3,951,777 | 4,417,731 | 4,705,767 | 4,891,769 | 5,363,675 | 5,686,986 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 4 | 9.6 | 6 |
| Wyoming | 145,965 | 194,402 | 225,565 | 250,742 | 290,529 | 330,066 | 332,416 | 469,557 | 453,588 | 493,782 | 563,626 | 57.7 | 33.2 | 16 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 13.6 | 0.7 | 41.3 | -3.4 | 8.9 | 14.1 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,118,012 | 1,299,809 | 1,543,913 | 1,869,255 | 2,210,703 | 2,349,544 | 2,712,033 | 3,196,520 | 3,522,037 | 3,808,610 | 3,725,789 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 18.3 | 6.3 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 10.2 | 8.1 | -2.2 |