City Name
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
1,330,553
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
Year
P of the 10 L U.S. Cities
-
50,000,000
100,000,000
150,000,000
200,000,000
250,000,000
300,000,000
350,000,000
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Houston, TX Total US population
What
happened
6,600,000
6,800,000
7,000,000
7,200,000
7,400,000
7,600,000
7,800,000
8,000,000
8,200,000
8,400,000
8,600,000
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
6,600,000
6,800,000
7,000,000
7,200,000
7,400,000
7,600,000
7,800,000
8,000,000
8,200,000
8,400,000
8,600,000
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
New York, NY Houston, TX
-
50,000,000
100,000,000
150,000,000
200,000,000
250,000,000
Population Trends by Region
Northeast Midwest South West Expon. (Northeast) Expon. (Midwest) Expon. (South) Expon. (West)
# POPULATION CHANGE DATA PROVIDED BY U.S. CENSUS.
# CHANGE EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGE (0-100).
STATE_OR_REGION
1910_POPULATION
1920_POPULATION
1930_POPULATION
United States
92,228,531
106,021,568
123,202,660
Northeast
25,868,573
29,662,053
34,427,091
Midwest
29,888,542
34,019,792
38,594,100
South
29,389,330
33,125,803
37,857,633
West
7,082,086
9,213,920
12,323,836
Alabama
2,138,093
2,348,174
2,646,248
Alaska
64,356
55,036
59,278
Arizona
204,354
334,162
435,573
Arkansas
1,574,449
1,752,204
1,854,482
California
2,377,549
3,426,861
5,677,251
Colorado
799,024
939,629
1,035,791
Connecticut
1,114,756
1,380,631
1,606,903
Delaware
202,322
223,003
238,380
District of Columbia
331,069
437,571
486,869
Florida
752,619
968,470
1,468,211
Georgia
2,609,121
2,895,832
2,908,506
Hawaii
191,909
255,912
368,336
Idaho
325,594
431,866
445,032
Illinois
5,638,591
6,485,280
7,630,654
Indiana
2,700,876
2,930,390
3,238,503
Iowa
2,224,771
2,404,021
2,470,939
Kansas
1,690,949
1,769,257
1,880,999
Kentucky
2,289,905
2,416,630
2,614,589
Louisiana
1,656,388
1,798,509
2,101,593
Maine
742,371
768,014
797,423
Maryland
1,295,346
1,449,661
1,631,526
Massachusetts
3,366,416
3,852,356
4,249,614
Michigan
2,810,173
3,668,412
4,842,325
Minnesota
2,075,708
2,387,125
2,563,953
Mississippi
1,797,114
1,790,618
2,009,821
Missouri
3,293,335
3,404,055
3,629,367
Montana
376,053
548,889
537,606
Nebraska
1,192,214
1,296,372
1,377,963
Nevada
81,875
77,407
91,058
New Hampshire
430,572
443,083
465,293
New Jersey
2,537,167
3,155,900
4,041,334
New Mexico
327,301
360,350
423,317
New York
9,113,614
10,385,227
12,588,066
North Carolina
2,206,287
2,559,123
3,170,276
North Dakota
577,056
646,872
680,845
Ohio
4,767,121
5,759,394
6,646,697
Oklahoma
1,657,155
2,028,283
2,396,040
Oregon
672,765
783,389
953,786
Pennsylvania
7,665,111
8,720,017
9,631,350
Rhode Island
542,610
604,397
687,497
South Carolina
1,515,400
1,683,724
1,738,765
South Dakota
583,888
636,547
692,849
Tennessee
2,184,789
2,337,885
2,616,556
Texas
3,896,542
4,663,228
5,824,715
Utah
373,351
449,396
507,847
Vermont
355,956
352,428
359,611
Virginia
2,061,612
2,309,187
2,421,851
Washington
1,141,990
1,356,621
1,563,396
West Virginia
1,221,119
1,463,701
1,729,205
Wisconsin
2,333,860
2,632,067
2,939,006
Wyoming
145,965
194,402
225,565
Puerto Rico
1,118,012
1,299,809
1,543,913
1940_POPULATION
1950_POPULATION
1960_POPULATION
1970_POPULATION
132,165,129
151,325,798
179,323,175
203,211,926
35,976,777
39,477,986
44,677,819
49,040,703
40,143,332
44,460,762
51,619,139
56,571,663
41,665,901
47,197,088
54,973,113
62,795,367
14,379,119
20,189,962
28,053,104
34,804,193
2,832,961
3,061,743
3,266,740
3,444,165
72,524
128,643
226,167
300,382
499,261
749,587
1,302,161
1,770,900
1,949,387
1,909,511
1,786,272
1,923,295
6,907,387
10,586,223
15,717,204
19,953,134
1,123,296
1,325,089
1,753,947
2,207,259
1,709,242
2,007,280
2,535,234
3,031,709
266,505
318,085
446,292
548,104
663,091
802,178
763,956
756,510
1,897,414
2,771,305
4,951,560
6,789,443
3,123,723
3,444,578
3,943,116
4,589,575
423,330
499,794
632,772
768,561
524,873
588,637
667,191
712,567
7,897,241
8,712,176
10,081,158
11,113,976
3,427,796
3,934,224
4,662,498
5,193,669
2,538,268
2,621,073
2,757,537
2,824,376
1,801,028
1,905,299
2,178,611
2,246,578
2,845,627
2,944,806
3,038,156
3,218,706
2,363,880
2,683,516
3,257,022
3,641,306
847,226
913,774
969,265
992,048
1,821,244
2,343,001
3,100,689
3,922,399
4,316,721
4,690,514
5,148,578
5,689,170
5,256,106
6,371,766
7,823,194
8,875,083
2,792,300
2,982,483
3,413,864
3,804,971
2,183,796
2,178,914
2,178,141
2,216,912
3,784,664
3,954,653
4,319,813
4,676,501
559,456
591,024
674,767
694,409
1,315,834
1,325,510
1,411,330
1,483,493
110,247
160,083
285,278
488,738
491,524
533,242
606,921
737,681
4,160,165
4,835,329
6,066,782
7,168,164
531,818
681,187
951,023
1,016,000
13,479,142
14,830,192
16,782,304
18,236,967
3,571,623
4,061,929
4,556,155
5,082,059
641,935
619,636
632,446
617,761
6,907,612
7,946,627
9,706,397
10,652,017
2,336,434
2,233,351
2,328,284
2,559,229
1,089,684
1,521,341
1,768,687
2,091,385
9,900,180
10,498,012
11,319,366
11,793,909
713,346
791,896
859,488
946,725
1,899,804
2,117,027
2,382,594
2,590,516
642,961
652,740
680,514
665,507
2,915,841
3,291,718
3,567,089
3,923,687
6,414,824
7,711,194
9,579,677
11,196,730
550,310
688,862
890,627
1,059,273
359,231
377,747
389,881
444,330
2,677,773
3,318,680
3,966,949
4,648,494
1,736,191
2,378,963
2,853,214
3,409,169
1,901,974
2,005,552
1,860,421
1,744,237
3,137,587
3,434,575
3,951,777
4,417,731
250,742
290,529
330,066
332,416
1,869,255
2,210,703
2,349,544
2,712,033
1980_POPULATION
1990_POPULATION
2000_POPULATION
2010_POPULATION
1910_CHANGE
226,545,805
248,709,873
281,421,906
308,745,538
21
49,135,283
50,809,229
53,594,378
55,317,240
22.9
58,865,670
59,668,632
64,392,776
66,927,001
13.5
75,372,362
85,445,930
100,236,820
114,555,744
19.8
43,172,490
52,786,082
63,197,932
71,945,553
64.4
3,893,888
4,040,587
4,447,100
4,779,736
16.9
401,851
550,043
626,932
710,231
1.2
2,718,215
3,665,228
5,130,632
6,392,017
66.2
2,286,435
2,350,725
2,673,400
2,915,918
20
23,667,902
29,760,021
33,871,648
37,253,956
60.1
2,889,964
3,294,394
4,301,261
5,029,196
48
3,107,576
3,287,116
3,405,565
3,574,097
22.7
594,338
666,168
783,600
897,934
9.5
638,333
606,900
572,059
601,723
18.8
9,746,324
12,937,926
15,982,378
18,801,310
42.4
5,463,105
6,478,216
8,186,453
9,687,653
17.7
964,691
1,108,229
1,211,537
1,360,301
24.6
943,935
1,006,749
1,293,953
1,567,582
101.3
11,426,518
11,430,602
12,419,293
12,830,632
16.9
5,490,224
5,544,159
6,080,485
6,483,802
7.3
2,913,808
2,776,755
2,926,324
3,046,355
-0.3
2,363,679
2,477,574
2,688,418
2,853,118
15
3,660,777
3,685,296
4,041,769
4,339,367
6.6
4,205,900
4,219,973
4,468,976
4,533,372
19.9
1,124,660
1,227,928
1,274,923
1,328,361
6.9
4,216,975
4,781,468
5,296,486
5,773,552
9
5,737,037
6,016,425
6,349,097
6,547,629
20
9,262,078
9,295,297
9,938,444
9,883,640
16.1
4,075,970
4,375,099
4,919,479
5,303,925
18.5
2,520,638
2,573,216
2,844,658
2,967,297
15.8
4,916,686
5,117,073
5,595,211
5,988,927
6
786,690
799,065
902,195
989,415
54.5
1,569,825
1,578,385
1,711,263
1,826,341
11.8
800,493
1,201,833
1,998,257
2,700,551
93.4
920,610
1,109,252
1,235,786
1,316,470
4.6
7,364,823
7,730,188
8,414,350
8,791,894
34.7
1,302,894
1,515,069
1,819,046
2,059,179
67.6
17,558,072
17,990,455
18,976,457
19,378,102
25.4
5,881,766
6,628,637
8,049,313
9,535,483
16.5
652,717
638,800
642,200
672,591
80.8
10,797,630
10,847,115
11,353,140
11,536,504
14.7
3,025,290
3,145,585
3,450,654
3,751,351
109.7
2,633,105
2,842,321
3,421,399
3,831,074
62.7
11,863,895
11,881,643
12,281,054
12,702,379
21.6
947,154
1,003,464
1,048,319
1,052,567
26.6
3,121,820
3,486,703
4,012,012
4,625,364
13.1
690,768
696,004
754,844
814,180
45.4
4,591,120
4,877,185
5,689,283
6,346,105
8.1
14,229,191
16,986,510
20,851,820
25,145,561
27.8
1,461,037
1,722,850
2,233,169
2,763,885
34.9
511,456
562,758
608,827
625,741
3.6
5,346,818
6,187,358
7,078,515
8,001,024
11.2
4,132,156
4,866,692
5,894,121
6,724,540
120.4
1,949,644
1,793,477
1,808,344
1,852,994
27.4
4,705,767
4,891,769
5,363,675
5,686,986
12.8
469,557
453,588
493,782
563,626
57.7
3,196,520
3,522,037
3,808,610
3,725,789
17.3
1920_CHANGE
1930_CHANGE
1940_CHANGE
1950_CHANGE
1960_CHANGE
1970_CHANGE
15
16.2
7.3
14.5
18.5
13.3
14.7
16.1
4.5
9.7
13.2
9.8
13.8
13.4
4
10.8
16.1
9.6
12.7
14.3
10.1
13.3
16.5
14.2
30.1
33.8
16.7
40.4
38.9
24.1
9.8
12.7
7.1
8.1
6.7
5.4
-14.5
7.7
22.3
77.4
75.8
32.8
63.5
30.3
14.6
50.1
73.7
36
11.3
5.8
5.1
-2
-6.5
7.7
44.1
65.7
21.7
53.3
48.5
27
17.6
10.2
8.4
18
32.4
25.8
23.9
16.4
6.4
17.4
26.3
19.6
10.2
6.9
11.8
19.4
40.3
22.8
32.2
11.3
36.2
21
-4.8
-1
28.7
51.6
29.2
46.1
78.7
37.1
11
0.4
7.4
10.3
14.5
16.4
33.4
43.9
14.9
18.1
26.6
21.5
32.6
3
17.9
12.1
13.3
6.8
15
17.7
3.5
10.3
15.7
10.2
8.5
10.5
5.8
14.8
18.5
11.4
8.1
2.8
2.7
3.3
5.2
2.4
4.6
6.3
-4.3
5.8
14.3
3.1
5.5
8.2
8.8
3.5
3.2
5.9
8.6
16.9
12.5
13.5
21.4
11.8
3.5
3.8
6.2
7.9
6.1
2.4
11.9
12.5
11.6
28.6
32.3
26.5
14.4
10.3
1.6
8.7
9.8
10.5
30.5
32
8.5
21.2
22.8
13.4
15
7.4
8.9
6.8
14.5
11.5
-0.4
12.2
8.7
-0.2
0
1.8
3.4
6.6
4.3
4.5
9.2
8.3
46
-2.1
4.1
5.6
14.2
2.9
8.7
6.3
-4.5
0.7
6.5
5.1
-5.5
17.6
21.1
45.2
78.2
71.3
2.9
5
5.6
8.5
13.8
21.5
24.4
28.1
2.9
16.2
25.5
18.2
10.1
17.5
25.6
28.1
39.6
6.8
14
21.2
7.1
10
13.2
8.7
16
23.9
12.7
13.7
12.2
11.5
12.1
5.3
-5.7
-3.5
2.1
-2.3
20.8
15.4
3.9
15
22.1
9.7
22.4
18.1
-2.5
-4.4
4.3
9.9
16.4
21.8
14.2
39.6
16.3
18.2
13.8
10.5
2.8
6
7.8
4.2
11.4
13.7
3.8
11
8.5
10.1
11.1
3.3
9.3
11.4
12.5
8.7
9
8.8
-7.2
1.5
4.3
-2.2
7
11.9
11.4
12.9
8.4
10
19.7
24.9
10.1
20.2
24.2
16.9
20.4
13
8.4
25.2
29.3
18.9
-1
2
-0.1
5.2
3.2
14
12
4.9
10.6
23.9
19.5
17.2
18.8
15.2
11.1
37
19.9
19.5
19.9
18.1
10
5.4
-7.2
-6.2
12.8
11.7
6.8
9.5
15.1
11.8
33.2
16
11.2
15.9
13.6
0.7
16.3
18.8
21.1
18.3
6.3
15.4
1980_CHANGE
1990_CHANGE
2000_CHANGE
2010_CHANGE
11.5
9.8
13.2
9.7
0.2
3.4
5.5
3.2
4.1
1.4
7.9
3.9
20
13.4
17.3
14.3
24
22.3
19.7
13.8
13.1
3.8
10.1
7.5
33.8
36.9
14
13.3
53.5
34.8
40
24.6
18.9
2.8
13.7
9.1
18.6
25.7
13.8
10
30.9
14
30.6
16.9
2.5
5.8
3.6
4.9
8.4
12.1
17.6
14.6
-15.6
-4.9
-5.7
5.2
43.6
32.7
23.5
17.6
19
18.6
26.4
18.3
25.5
14.9
9.3
12.3
32.5
6.7
28.5
21.1
2.8
0
8.6
3.3
5.7
1
9.7
6.6
3.2
-4.7
5.4
4.1
5.2
4.8
8.5
6.1
13.7
0.7
9.7
7.4
15.5
0.3
5.9
1.4
13.4
9.2
3.8
4.2
7.5
13.4
10.8
9
0.8
4.9
5.5
3.1
4.4
0.4
6.9
-0.6
7.1
7.3
12.4
7.8
13.7
2.1
10.5
4.3
5.1
4.1
9.3
7
13.3
1.6
12.9
9.7
5.8
0.5
8.4
6.7
63.8
50.1
66.3
35.1
24.8
20.5
11.4
6.5
2.7
5
8.9
4.5
28.2
16.3
20.1
13.2
-3.7
2.5
5.5
2.1
15.7
12.7
21.4
18.5
5.7
-2.1
0.5
4.7
1.4
0.5
4.7
1.6
18.2
4
9.7
8.7
25.9
7.9
20.4
12
0.6
0.1
3.4
3.4
0
5.9
4.5
0.4
20.5
11.7
15.1
15.3
3.8
0.8
8.5
7.9
17
6.2
16.7
11.5
27.1
19.4
22.8
20.6
37.9
17.9
29.6
23.8
15.1
10
8.2
2.8
15
15.7
14.4
13
21.2
17.8
21.1
14.1
11.8
-8
0.8
2.5
6.5
4
9.6
6
41.3
-3.4
8.9
14.1
17.9
10.2
8.1
-2.2
