United States Census, 1940

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The Sixteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.3 percent over the 1930 population of 123,202,624 persons. The census date was April 1, 1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were 5 years before, highest educational grade achieved, and information about wages. This census introduced sampling techniques; one in 20 people were asked additional questions on the census form. Other innovations included a field test of the census in 1939.

[edit] State Rankings

1940 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank	State	Population
1	New York	13,479,142
2	Pennsylvania	9,900,180
3	Illinois	7,897,241
4	Ohio	6,907,612
5	California	6,907,387
6	Texas	6,414,824
7	Michigan	5,256,106
8	Massachusetts	4,316,721
9	New Jersey	4,160,165
10	Missouri	3,784,664
11	North Carolina	3,571,623
12	Indiana	3,427,796
13	Wisconsin	3,137,587
14	Georgia	3,123,723
15	Tennessee	2,915,841
16	Kentucky	2,845,627
17	Alabama	2,832,961
18	Minnesota	2,792,300
19	Virginia	2,677,773
20	Iowa	2,538,268
21	Louisiana	2,363,880
22	Oklahoma	2,336,434
23	Mississippi	2,183,796
24	West Virginia	1,961,974
25	Arkansas	1,949,387
26	South Carolina	1,899,804
27	Florida	1,897,414
28	Maryland	1,821,244
29	Kansas	1,801,028
30	Washington	1,736,191
31	Connecticut	1,709,242
32	Nebraska	1,315,834
33	Colorado	1,123,296
34	Oregon	1,089,684
35	Maine	847,226
36	Rhode Island	713,346
x	District of Columbia	663,091
37	South Dakota	642,961
38	North Dakota	641,935
39	Montana	559,456
40	Utah	550,310
41	New Mexico	531,818
42	Idaho	524,873
43	Arizona	499,261
44	New Hampshire	491,524
45	Vermont	359,231
46	Wyoming	250,742
47	Delaware	206,505
48	Nevada	110,247

[edit] External links

1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
1940 Census Questions & Facts about life in the 1940s
1940 Census for Genealogy Research
Historic US Census data
FAQs on 1940 Forms/Links/Utilities

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