1970 United States Census

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General information
Country	United States
Date taken	April 1, 1970
Total population	203,392,031
Percent change	; 13.4%
Most populous state	; California; 19,953,134
Least populous state	; Alaska; 302,173

The Nineteenth 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 is also the first census that ranked California ahead of New York in population as California became the most populous state in November 1962.

Data availability[edit]

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.^[1]

State rankings[edit]

Rank	State	Population
1	California	19,953,134
2	New York	18,241,266
3	Pennsylvania	11,793,909
4	Texas	11,196,730
5	Illinois	11,113,976
6	Ohio	10,652,017
7	Michigan	8,875,083
8	New Jersey	7,168,164
9	Florida	6,789,443
10	Massachusetts	5,689,170
11	Indiana	5,193,669
12	North Carolina	5,082,059
13	Missouri	4,677,399
14	Virginia	4,648,494
15	Georgia	4,589,575
16	Wisconsin	4,417,933
17	Tennessee	3,924,164
18	Maryland	3,922,399
19	Minnesota	3,805,069
20	Louisiana	3,643,180
21	Alabama	3,444,165
22	Washington	3,409,169
23	Kentucky	3,219,311
24	Connecticut	3,032,217
25	Iowa	2,825,041
26	South Carolina	2,590,516
27	Oklahoma	2,559,253
28	Kansas	2,249,071
29	Mississippi	2,216,912
30	Colorado	2,207,259
31	Oregon	2,091,385
32	Arkansas	1,923,295
33	Arizona	1,772,482
34	West Virginia	1,744,237
35	Nebraska	1,483,791
36	Utah	1,059,273
37	New Mexico	1,016,000
38	Maine	993,663
39	Rhode Island	949,723
40	Hawaii	769,913
x	District of Columbia	756,510
41	New Hampshire	737,681
42	Idaho	713,008
43	Montana	694,409
44	South Dakota	666,257
45	North Dakota	617,761
46	Delaware	548,104
47	Nevada	488,738
48	Vermont	444,732
49	Wyoming	332,416
50	Alaska	302,173

City rankings[edit]

Rank	City	State	Population^[2]	Region (2016)^[3]
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

Conclusions[edit]

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 8 and a half percent from 1960.^[4]

Notes[edit]

^ PIO, US Census Bureau, Census History Staff,. "The "72-Year Rule" - History - U.S. Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998, archived from the original on September 2, 2017

^ "Regions and Divisions". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.

^ 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.

External links[edit]

Historic US Census data

1971 U.S Census Report, with estimated 1970 Census results

1970 Census of Population

[1] PIO, US Census Bureau, Census History Staff,. "The "72-Year Rule" - History - U.S. Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[census1998-2] Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998, archived from the original on September 2, 2017

[3] "Regions and Divisions". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[4] ttp://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.

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