1960 United States Census
Eighteenth Census of the United States |
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General Information | |
Date Taken | April 1, 1960 |
Total U.S. Population | 179,323,175 |
Percent Change | 18.5% |
Most Populous State | New York 16,827,000 |
Least Populous State | Alaska 228,000 |
The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.
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[edit] Census questions
The 1960 census collected the following information from all respondents[1]:
- address
- name
- relationship to head of household
- sex
- race
- age
- marital status
- etc. (for more on the topic, see "census information")
Approximately 25 percent of households received a "long form" of the 1960 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 1960 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
[edit] Data availability
Microdata from the 1960 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.
[edit] State rankings
Rank | State | Population |
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1 | New York | 16,827,000 |
2 | California | 15,850,000 |
3 | Pennsylvania | 11,343,000 |
4 | Illinois | 10,113,000 |
5 | Ohio | 9,739,000 |
6 | Texas | 9,617,000 |
7 | Michigan | 7,848,000 |
8 | New Jersey | 6,099,000 |
9 | Massachusetts | 5,167,000 |
10 | Florida | 4,951,560 |
11 | Indiana | 4,677,000 |
12 | North Carolina | 4,563,000 |
13 | Missouri | 4,331,000 |
14 | Virginia | 3,978,000 |
15 | Wisconsin | 3,964,000 |
16 | Georgia | 3,949,000 |
17 | Tennessee | 3,573,000 |
18 | Minnesota | 3,426,000 |
19 | Alabama | 3,273,000 |
20 | Louisiana | 3,270,000 |
21 | Maryland | 3,116,000 |
22 | Kentucky | 3,047,000 |
23 | Washington | 2,860,000 |
24 | Iowa | 2,761,000 |
25 | Connecticut | 2,548,000 |
26 | South Carolina | 2,392,000 |
27 | Oklahoma | 2,333,000 |
28 | Mississippi | 2,180,000 |
29 | Kansas | 2,178,000 |
30 | West Virginia | 1,857,000 |
31 | Arkansas | 1,788,000 |
32 | Oregon | 1,773,000 |
33 | Colorado | 1,758,000 |
34 | Nebraska | 1,414,000 |
35 | Arizona | 1,318,000 |
36 | Maine | 974,000 |
37 | New Mexico | 958,000 |
38 | Utah | 896,000 |
39 | Rhode Island | 857,000 |
x | District of Columbia | 762,000 |
40 | South Dakota | 682,000 |
41 | Montana | 678,000 |
42 | Idaho | 671,000 |
43 | Hawaii | 642,000 |
44 | North Dakota | 634,000 |
45 | New Hampshire | 609,000 |
46 | Delaware | 449,000 |
47 | Vermont | 391,000 |
48 | Wyoming | 332,000 |
49 | Nevada | 288,000 |
50 | Alaska | 228,000 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925". New York State Library. October 1981. pp. 46 (p. 52 of PDF). http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270.
[edit] External links
- Historical US Census data
- 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results
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