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Table HS-2

Population Characteristics (1900 to 2002)

75,995 represents 75,995,000. Estimates are as of July 1. 1900-39, resident population; 1940-69, total population; and 1970-2002, resident population. 1970-2000 census numbers represent modified counts

					1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Population Characteristics (1900 to 2002)
Census	Race	Black And Other Races	Black	Number¹	8,834										9,828										10,463										11,891										12,866										15,042										18,872										22,581										26,683										30,517
			Black	Percent Distribution	11.6										10.7										9.9										9.7										9.8										10.0										10.5										11.1										11.8										12.3
			Other Races, Total	Number¹	351										413										427										597										589										713										1,620										2,557										5,150										9,533
			Other Races, Total	Percent Distribution	0.5										0.4										0.4										0.5										0.4										0.5										0.9										1.3										2.3										3.8
			Total	Number¹	9,185										10,241										10,890										12,488										13,455										15,755										20,492										25,138										31,833										40,050
			Total	Percent Distribution	12.1										11.1										10.3										10.2										10.2										10.5										11.4										12.4										14.1										16.1
		White	Number¹		66,809										81,732										94,821										110,287										118,215										134,942										158,832										178,098										194,713										208,741
		White	Percent Distribution		87.9										88.9										89.7										89.8										89.8										89.5										88.6										87.6										85.9										83.9
	Rural²	Number¹			45,997										50,164										51,768										54,042										57,459										54,479										54,054										53,565										59,495										61,656										59,061
	Rural²	Percent Distribution			60.4										54.4										48.8										43.9										43.5										36.0										30.1										26.4										26.3										24.8										21.0
	Sex	Female	Number¹		37,178										44,640										51,810										60,638										65,608										75,864										90,992										104,309										116,493										127,507										143,368
		Female	Percent Distribution		48.9										48.5										49.0										49.4										49.8										50.3										50.7										51.3										51.4										51.3										50.9
		Male	Number¹		38,816										47,332										53,900										62,137										66,062										74,833										88,331										98,926										110,053										121,284										138,054
		Male	Percent Distribution		51.1										51.5										51.0										50.6										50.2										49.7										49.3										48.7										48.6										48.7										49.1
	Total Persons	Number¹			75,995										91,972										105,711										122,775										131,669										150,697										179,323										203,302										226,546										248,791										281,422
	Total Persons	Percent Distribution			100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0										100.0
	Urban²	Number¹			30,215										42,064										54,253										69,161										74,705										96,847										125,269										149,647										167,051										187,053										222,361
	Urban²	Percent Distribution			39.6										45.6										51.2										56.1										56.5										64.0										69.9										73.6										73.7										75.2										79.0
Estimates³	Race	Black And Other Races	Black	Number^{3, 1}	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	19,006	19,437	19,852	20,255	20,672	21,064	21,434	21,780	22,117	22,431	22,687	23,143	23,572	23,954	24,326	24,696	25,079	25,472	25,886	26,310	26,771	27,133	27,508	27,867	28,212	28,569	28,942	29,325	29,723	30,143	30,629	31,137	31,683	32,195	32,672	33,116	33,537	33,989	34,427	34,862
			Black	Percent Distribution³	(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					10.5					10.8					11.1					11.5					11.8					12.0					12.3					12.6
			Other Races, Total	Number^{3, 1}	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	1,642	1,721	1,801	1,882	1,960	2,034	2,129	2,237	2,343	2,464	2,593	2,746	2,913	3,088	3,271	3,553	3,791	4,017	4,249	4,521	5,269	5,698	6,119	6,505	6,905	7,324	7,761	8,194	8,647	9,136	9,639	10,041	10,473	10,897	11,276	11,664	12,055	12,461	12,840	13,217
			Other Races, Total	Percent Distribution³	(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					0.9					1.0					1.3					1.6					2.3					3.1					3.9					4.4
			Total	Number^{3, 1}	9,194	9,317	9,441	9,548	9,646	9,763	9,867	9,953	10,052	10,151	10,270	10,339	10,407	10,520	10,631	10,698	10,765	10,833	10,856	10,830	10,951	11,122	11,281	11,437	11,597	11,768	11,929	12,094	12,265	12,384	12,518	12,606	12,686	12,764	12,847	12,941	13,031	13,118	13,233	13,355	13,494	13,671	13,868	14,134	14,388	14,662	14,824	15,067	15,323	15,590	15,870	16,238	16,609	16,991	17,409	17,847	18,298	18,762	19,220	20,175	20,648	21,158	21,653	22,137	22,632	23,098	23,563	24,017	24,460	24,895	25,280	25,889	26,485	27,042	27,597	28,249	28,870	29,489	30,135	30,831	32,040	32,831	33,627	34,372	35,117	35,893	36,703	37,519	38,370	39,279	40,268	41,178	42,156	43,092	43,948	44,780	45,592	46,450	47,267	48,079
			Total	Percent Distribution³	12.1					11.6					11.1					10.6					10.3					10.2					10.2					10.2					10.2					10.5					10.5					10.8					11.4					11.9					12.4					13.1					14.1					15.1					16.1					17.0
		White	Number^{3, 1}		66,900	68,267	69,722	71,084	72,520	74,059	75,583	77,055	78,658	80,339	82,137	83,524	84,928	86,705	88,480	89,848	91,196	92,435	92,352	93,684	95,510	97,416	98,768	100,510	102,512	104,061	105,468	106,941	108,244	109,383	110,559	111,433	112,154	112,815	113,527	114,309	115,022	115,706	116,592	117,524	118,629	119,731	120,992	122,605	124,009	125,266	126,565	129,059	131,308	133,598	135,814	138,049	140,344	142,573	144,981	147,428	149,923	152,512	154,922	157,655	160,023	162,533	164,885	167,104	169,257	171,205	172,998	174,695	176,246	177,782	178,703	180,938	182,799	184,316	185,745	187,216	188,693	190,271	191,960	193,736	195,184	196,635	198,037	199,420	200,708	202,031	203,430	204,770	206,129	207,540	209,196	210,975	212,874	214,691	216,379	218,023	219,636	221,333	222,980	224,611
		White	Percent Distribution³		87.9					88.4					88.9					89.4					89.7					89.8					89.8					89.8					89.8					89.5					89.5					89.2					88.6					88.1					87.6					86.9					85.9					84.9					83.9					83.0
	Rural²	Number^{3, 1}			(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴
	Rural²	Percent Distribution³			(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴
	Sex	Female	Number^{3, 1}		37,227	37,935	38,680	39,370	40,077	40,857	41,609	42,326	43,116	43,945	44,853	45,573	46,310	47,268	48,228	48,973	49,727	50,480	51,234	51,411	52,170	53,246	54,163	55,086	56,124	57,016	57,809	58,638	59,408	60,087	60,780	61,314	61,770	62,195	62,648	63,140	63,594	64,035	64,590	65,166	65,770	66,482	67,263	68,194	69,020	69,893	70,757	72,180	73,502	74,853	76,146	77,496	78,893	80,270	81,744	83,246	84,786	86,382	87,905	89,834	91,352	92,952	94,472	95,939	97,371	98,694	99,941	101,148	102,280	103,390	104,692	106,089	107,300	108,396	109,451	110,589	111,704	112,880	114,132	115,436	116,826	117,963	119,085	120,145	121,155	122,194	123,268	124,328	125,413	126,542	127,909	129,565	131,267	132,948	134,528	136,063	137,587	139,173	140,724	142,237	143,755	145,242	146,708
		Female	Percent Distribution³		48.9					48.7					48.5					48.7					49.0					49.2					49.4					49.6					49.8					49.9					50.2					50.4					50.6					50.8					51.3					51.3					51.4					51.4					51.2					51.1					50.9	50.9	50.9
		Male	Number^{3, 1}		38,867	39,649	40,483	41,262	42,089	42,965	43,841	44,682	45,594	46,545	47,554	48,290	49,025	49,957	50,883	51,573	52,234	52,788	51,974	53,103	54,291	55,292	55,886	56,861	57,985	58,813	59,588	60,397	61,101	61,680	62,297	62,726	63,070	63,384	63,726	64,110	64,460	64,790	65,235	65,713	66,352	66,920	67,597	68,546	69,378	70,035	70,631	71,946	73,130	74,335	75,539	76,792	78,061	79,295	80,647	82,030	83,434	84,892	86,236	87,995	89,320	90,740	92,066	93,303	94,518	95,609	96,620	97,564	98,426	99,287	99,291	100,738	101,984	102,962	103,890	104,876	105,859	106,880	107,963	109,132	110,399	111,503	112,579	113,647	114,670	115,730	116,865	117,961	119,086	120,278	121,714	123,416	125,247	126,971	128,597	130,215	131,807	133,474	135,130	136,803	138,470	140,076	141,661
		Male	Percent Distribution³		51.1					51.3					51.5					51.3					51.0					50.8					50.6					50.4					50.2					50.1					49.8					49.6					49.4					49.2					48.7					48.7					48.6					48.6					48.8					48.9					49.1	49.1	49.1
	Total Persons	Number^{3, 1}			76,094	77,584	79,163	80,632	82,166	83,822	85,450	87,008	88,710	90,490	92,407	93,863	95,335	97,225	99,111	100,546	101,961	103,268	103,208	104,514	106,461	108,538	110,049	111,947	114,109	115,829	117,397	119,035	120,509	121,767	123,077	124,040	124,840	125,579	126,374	127,250	128,053	128,825	129,825	130,880	132,122	133,402	134,860	136,739	138,397	139,928	141,389	144,126	146,631	149,188	151,684	154,287	156,954	159,565	162,391	165,275	168,221	171,274	174,141	177,830	180,671	183,691	186,538	189,242	191,889	194,303	196,560	198,712	200,706	202,677	203,984	206,827	209,284	211,357	213,342	215,465	217,563	219,760	222,095	224,567	227,225	229,466	231,664	233,792	235,825	237,924	240,133	242,289	244,499	246,819	249,623	252,981	256,514	259,919	263,126	266,278	269,394	272,647	275,854	279,040	282,224	285,318	288,369
	Total Persons	Percent Distribution³			100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0	100.0	100.0
	Urban²	Number^{3, 1}			(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴
	Urban²	Percent Distribution³			(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴					(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴	(NA)⁴

Footnotes

¹ Thousands

² Includes Alaska and Hawaii.

³ Beginning 1959 includes Alaska and Hawaii.

⁴ Not available.

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Census of Population: 1940, Vol. II, part 1, and Vol. IV, part 1; 1950, Vol. II, part 1; 1960, Vol. I, part 1; 1970, Vol. I, part B; Current Population Reports, P25-917, P25-1095, and P25-1130; and Resident Population of the United State: Estimates, by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, with Median Age""; release date: December 28, 1998; ; and National Intercensal Estimates""; published 13 September 2002; and Table NA-EST2002-ASRO-01 - National Population Estimates - Characteristics; published 18 June 2003; .

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