1970 United States census

March 2019 19th United States national census May 2024 Nineteenth censusof the United States Seal of the United States Census Bureau.svg U.S. Census Bureau seal USCensus1970.svg 1970 U.S. census logo United States state April 1, 1970 203,392,031 13.4% California19,953,134 Alaska302,173 1960 United States census 1960 1980 United States census 1980 The 1970 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,392,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 census. This was the first census since 1820 in which New York was not the most populous stateCalifornia overtook it in population in November 1962. This was also the first census in which all states recorded a population of over 300,000, and the first in which a city in the geographic SouthHoustonrecorded a population of over 1 million. thumb|Percentage population change by state since the previous census (1960) Accurate racial census data was required by both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 1970 Census changed to identify race on the basis of self-identification rather than by government census enumerators.Hephzibah V. Strmic-Paul, Brandon A. Jackson, and Steve Garner, "Race Counts: Racial and Ethnic Data on the U.S. Census and the Implications for Tracking Inequality," Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4, no. 1 (2018): 1–13. Virtually all of the key items from the 1960 census were retained.Goldfield Edwin D. 1969 Relevant Data for Political Science in the 1970 Census https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/abs/relevant-data-for-political-science-in-the-1970-census/72EA2999C83A4635CA6141D6A2E85C33 PS: Political Science & Politics en 2 3 308–314 10.2307/418367 418367 0030-8269 subscription Data availability Microdata from the 1970 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System. These data were originally created and disseminated by DUALabs. Personally identifiable information will be available in 2042. The "72-Year Rule" – History https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/the_72_year_rule_1.html U.S. Census Bureau October 26, 2013 English live https://web.archive.org/web/20151004190210/https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/the_72_year_rule_1.html October 4, 2015 mdy-all State rankings Rank State Population as of1970 census Population as of1960 census Change Percentchange 1California 23px 19,953,134 15,717,204 4,235,930 27.0% 2New York 1909 23px 18,236,967 16,782,304 1,454,663 8.7% 3Pennsylvania 23px 11,793,909 11,319,366 474,543 4.2% 4Texas 23px 11,196,730 9,579,677 1,617,053 16.9% 5Illinois 23px 11,113,976 10,081,158 1,032,818 10.2% 6Ohio 23px 10,652,017 9,706,397 945,620 9.7% 7Michigan 23px 8,875,083 7,823,194 1,051,889 13.4% 8New Jersey 23px 7,168,164 6,066,782 1,101,382 18.2% 9Florida 1900 23px 6,789,443 4,951,560 1,837,883 37.1% 10Massachusetts 1908 23px 5,689,170 5,148,578 540,592 10.5% 11Indiana 23px 5,193,669 4,662,498 531,171 11.4% 12North Carolina 1885 23px 5,082,059 4,556,155 525,904 11.5% 13Missouri 23px 4,676,501 4,319,813 356,688 8.3% 14Virginia 23px 4,648,494 3,966,949 681,545 17.2% 15Georgia (U.S. state) 1956 Georgia 23px 4,589,575 3,943,116 646,459 16.4% 16Wisconsin 1913 23px 4,417,731 3,951,777 465,954 11.8% 17Tennessee 23px 3,923,687 3,567,089 356,598 10.0% 18Maryland 23px 3,922,399 3,100,689 821,710 26.5% 19Minnesota 1957 23px 3,804,971 3,413,864 391,107 11.5% 20Louisiana 1912 23px 3,641,306 3,257,022 384,284 11.8% 21Alabama 23px 3,444,165 3,266,740 177,425 5.4% 22Washington 23px 3,409,169 2,853,214 555,955 19.5% 23Kentucky 23px 3,218,706 3,038,156 180,550 5.9% 24Connecticut 23px 3,031,709 2,535,234 496,475 19.6% 25Iowa 23px 2,824,376 2,757,537 66,839 2.4% 26South Carolina 23px 2,590,516 2,382,594 207,922 8.7% 27Oklahoma 1941 23px 2,559,229 2,328,284 230,945 9.9% 28Kansas 23px 2,246,578 2,178,611 67,967 3.1% 29Mississippi 1894 23px 2,216,912 2,178,141 38,771 1.8% 30Colorado 23px 2,207,259 1,753,947 453,312 25.8% 31Oregon 23px 2,091,533 1,768,687 322,846 18.3% 32Arkansas 1924 23px 1,923,295 1,786,272 137,023 7.7% 33Arizona 23px 1,745,944 1,302,161 443,783 34.1% 34West Virginia 23px 1,744,237 1,860,421 -116,184 -6.2% 35Nebraska 23px 1,483,493 1,411,330 72,163 5.1% 36Utah 1922 23px 1,059,273 890,627 168,646 18.9% 37New Mexico 23px 1,017,055 951,023 66,032 6.9% 38Maine 23px 992,048 969,265 22,783 2.4% 39Rhode Island 23px 946,725 859,488 87,237 10.1% 40Hawaii 23px 769,913 632,772 137,141 21.7% –District of Columbia 23px 756,510 763,956 -7,446 -1.0% 41New Hampshire 23px 737,681 606,921 130,760 21.5% 42Idaho 23px 712,567 667,191 45,376 6.8% 43Montana 1905 23px 694,409 674,767 19,642 2.9% 44South Dakota 1963 23px 665,507 680,514 -15,007 -2.2% 45North Dakota 23px 617,761 632,446 -14,685 -2.3% 46Delaware 23px 548,104 446,292 101,812 22.8% 47Nevada 1929 23px 488,738 285,278 203,460 71.3% 48Vermont 23px 444,330 389,881 54,449 14.0% 49Wyoming 23px 332,416 330,066 2,350 0.7% 50Alaska 23px 300,382 226,167 74,215 32.8% City rankings Rank City State PopulationPopulation of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 June 1998 Campbell Gibson https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html U.S. Census Bureau live https://web.archive.org/web/20170902055428/http://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html September 2, 2017 Region (2014)https://www.census.gov/econ/census/help/geography/regions_and_divisions.html Regions and Divisions U.S. Census Bureau September 9, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161203020637/http://www.census.gov/econ/census/help/geography/regions_and_divisions.html December 3, 2016 01 New York New York 7,894,862 Northeast 02 Chicago Illinois 3,366,957 Midwest 03 Los Angeles California 2,816,061 West 04 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,948,609 Northeast 05 Detroit Michigan 1,511,482 Midwest 06 Houston Texas 1,232,802 South 07 Baltimore Maryland 905,759 South 08 Dallas Texas 844,401 South 09 Washington District of Columbia 756,510 South 10 Cleveland Ohio 750,903 Midwest 11 Indianapolis Indiana 744,624 Midwest 12 Milwaukee Wisconsin 717,099 Midwest 13 San Francisco California 715,674 West 14 San Diego California 696,769 West 15 San Antonio Texas 654,153 South 16 Boston Massachusetts 641,071 Northeast 17 Memphis Tennessee 623,530 South 18 St. Louis Missouri 622,236 Midwest 19 New Orleans Louisiana 593,471 South 20 Phoenix Arizona 581,562 West 21 Columbus Ohio 539,677 Midwest 22 Seattle Washington 530,831 West 23 Jacksonville Florida 528,865 South 24 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 520,117 Northeast 25 Denver Colorado 514,678 West 26 Kansas City Missouri 507,087 Midwest 27 Atlanta Georgia 496,973 South 28 Buffalo New York 462,768 Northeast 29 Cincinnati Ohio 452,524 Midwest 30 Nashville-Davidson Tennessee 448,003 South 31 San Jose California 445,779 West 32 Minneapolis Minnesota 434,400 Midwest 33 Fort Worth Texas 393,476 South 34 Toledo Ohio 383,818 Midwest 35 Portland Oregon 382,619 West 36 Newark New Jersey 382,417 Northeast 37 Oklahoma City Oklahoma 366,481 South 38 Oakland California 361,561 West 39 Louisville Kentucky 361,472 South 40 Long Beach California 358,633 West 41 Omaha Nebraska 347,328 Midwest 42 Miami Florida 334,859 South 43 Tulsa Oklahoma 331,638 South 44 Honolulu Hawaii 324,871 West 45 El Paso Texas 322,261 South 46 Saint Paul Minnesota 309,980 Midwest 47 Norfolk Virginia 307,951 South 48 Birmingham Alabama 300,910 South 49 Rochester New York 296,233 Northeast 50 Tampa Florida 277,767 South 51 Wichita Kansas 276,554 Midwest 52 Akron Ohio 275,425 Midwest 53 Tucson Arizona 262,933 West 54 Jersey City New Jersey 260,545 Northeast 55 Sacramento California 254,413 West 56 Austin Texas 251,808 South 57 Richmond Virginia 249,621 South 58 Albuquerque New Mexico 243,751 West 59 Dayton Ohio 243,601 Midwest 60 Charlotte North Carolina 241,178 South 61 St. Petersburg Florida 216,232 South 62 Corpus Christi Texas 204,525 South 63 Yonkers New York 204,297 Northeast 64 Des Moines Iowa 200,587 Midwest 65 Grand Rapids Michigan 197,649 Midwest 66 Syracuse New York 197,208 Northeast 67 Flint Michigan 193,317 Midwest 68 Mobile Alabama 190,026 South 69 Shreveport Louisiana 182,064 South 70 Warren Michigan 179,260 Midwest 71 Providence Rhode Island 179,213 Northeast 72 Fort Wayne Indiana 177,671 Midwest 73 Worcester Massachusetts 176,572 Northeast 74 Salt Lake City Utah 175,885 West 75 Gary Indiana 175,415 Midwest 76 Knoxville Tennessee 174,587 South 77 Arlington Virginia 174,284 South 78 Madison Wisconsin 173,258 Midwest 79 Virginia Beach Virginia 172,106 South 80 Spokane Washington 170,516 West 81 Kansas City Kansas 168,213 Midwest 82 Anaheim California 166,701 West 83 Fresno California 165,972 West 84 Baton Rouge Louisiana 165,963 South 85 Springfield Massachusetts 163,905 Northeast 86 Hartford Connecticut 158,017 Northeast 87 Santa Ana California 156,601 West 88 Bridgeport Connecticut 156,542 Northeast 89 Tacoma Washington 154,581 West 90 Columbus Georgia 154,168 South 91 Jackson Mississippi 153,968 South 92 Lincoln Nebraska 149,518 Midwest 93 Lubbock Texas 149,101 South 94 Rockford Illinois 147,370 Midwest 95 Paterson New Jersey 144,824 Northeast 96 Greensboro North Carolina 144,076 South 97 Riverside California 140,089 West 98 Youngstown Ohio 139,788 Midwest 99 Fort Lauderdale Florida 139,590 South 100 Evansville Indiana 138,764 Midwest Locations of 50 most populous cities Conclusions California took over as the most populous state; New York had previously been ranked number one. While the entire country increased to more than 204 million persons, four states lost population, with West Virginia leading the list, down roughly 7 percent from 1960.http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1970/Apollo-13/12303235577467-2/#title "1970 Year in Review, UPI.com". Accessed April 8, 2009. Archived May 4, 2009. On April 25, 1973, the Census Bureau announced the results of a reanalysis of the 1970 census. The report estimated that the census undercounted approximately 5.33 million people, for a net undercount rate of 2.5%. This would have made the population approximately 208.7 million. Of those undercounted, an estimated 3.45 million were white, and 1.88 million were black.Kovach Bill Bill Kovach Census Bureau Reports It Overlooked 5,300,000 People in 1970 https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/26/archives/census-bureau-reports-it-overlooked-5300000-people-in-1970.html April 27, 2021 The New York Times April 26, 1973 Notes External links Historic US Census data 1971 U.S Census Report, with estimated 1970 Census results 1970 Census of Population Census Category:United States census United States