1900 United States Census

Twelfth Census of the United States
U.S. Department of the Interior seal
Population Schedule
General information
Country	United States
Date taken	June 1, 1900
Total population	76,212,168
Percent change	21.0%
Most populous state	New York 7,268,894

The Twelfth United States Census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900,^[1] determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 Census.

1 Census questions
2 Data availability
3 State rankings
4 References
5 External links

Census questions

The 1900 census collected the following information:^[2]

address
name
relationship to head of family
gender
race (listed as "Color or race" on the census)
age, month and year born
marital status and, if married, number of years married
for women, number of children born and number now living
place of birth of person, and their parents
if foreign born, year of immigration and whether naturalized
occupation
months not employed
school
ability to speak English
whether on a farm
home owned or rented, and, if owned, whether mortgaged

Full documentation for the 1900 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.

Data availability

The original census enumeration sheets were microfilmed by the Census Bureau in the 1940s; after which the original sheets were destroyed.^[3] The microfilmed census is available in rolls from the National Archives and Records Administration. Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, along with digital indices.

Microdata from the 1900 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.

State rankings

Rank	State	Population
01	New York	7,268,894
02	Pennsylvania	6,302,115
03	Illinois	4,821,550
04	Ohio	4,157,545
05	Missouri	3,106,665
06	Texas	3,048,710
07	Massachusetts	2,805,346
08	Indiana	2,516,462
09	Michigan	2,420,982
10	Iowa	2,231,853
11	Georgia	2,216,331
12	Kentucky	2,147,174
13	Wisconsin	2,069,042
14	Tennessee	2,020,616
15	North Carolina	1,893,810
16	New Jersey	1,883,669
17	Virginia	1,854,184
18	Alabama	1,828,697
19	Minnesota	1,751,394
20	Mississippi	1,551,270
21	California	1,485,053
22	Kansas	1,470,495
23	Louisiana	1,381,625
24	South Carolina	1,340,316
25	Arkansas	1,311,564
26	Maryland	1,188,044
27	Nebraska	1,066,300
28	West Virginia	958,800
29	Connecticut	908,420
30	Maine	694,466
31	Colorado	539,700
32	Florida	528,542
33	Washington	518,103
34	Rhode Island	428,556
35	Oregon	413,536
36	New Hampshire	411,588
37	South Dakota	401,570
38	Vermont	343,641
39	North Dakota	319,146
40	Utah	276,749
41	Montana	243,329
42	Delaware	184,735
43	Idaho	161,772
44	Wyoming	92,531
45	Nevada	42,335

References

^ "1900 Overview", History, US Census Bureau
^ "Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925".

^ Algonquin Area Public Library District. "Census Secrets". Retrieved May 17, 2012.

External links

Historic US Census data
census.gov/population/www/censusdata/PopulationofStatesandCountiesoftheUnitedStates1790-1990.pdf

United States Censuses

1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

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