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18.6: United States Population Chart

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    United States Population Chart1
    Census Year Population Census Year Population
    1610 350 1820 9,638,453
    1620 2,302 1830 12,866,020
    1630 4,646 1840 17,069,453
    1640 26,634 1850 23,191,876
    1650 50,368 1860 31,443,321
    1660 75,058 1870 38,558,371
    1670 111,935 1880 50,189,209
    1680 151,507 1890 62,979,766
    1690 210,372 1900 76,212,168
    1700 250,888 1910 92,228,496
    1710 331,711 1920 106,021,537
    1720 466,185 1930 123,202,624
    1730 629,445 1940 132,164,569
    1740 905,563 1950 151,325,798
    1750 1,170,760 1960 179,323,175
    1760 1,593,625 1970 203,211,926
    1770 2,148,076 1980 226,656,805
    1780 2,780,369 1990 248,709,873
    1790 3,929,214 2000 281,421,906
    1800 5,308,483 2010 308,745,538
    1810 7,239,881

    Footnotes

    1. Population figures for the decades before the first U.S. census in 1790 are estimates.


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