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Title: United States Census Figures back to 1630

Author: U.S. Census of Population and Housing
        U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census

Release Date: June 5, 2008 [EBook #115]

Language: English

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UNITED STATES CENSUS 1630-1991 ***

A Few Words About These United States Population Statistics.

All figures listed below for years before 1992 are US Census Bureau figures as per the source files. Where there were an assortment of figures for a specific year, we averaged them. 1992 was an estimate. Years after 1992 are our estimates on a predicted growth rate of 1%, as the average growth rate of all the averaged figures from 1972-1992 was exactly 1.00%.

The raw data from which we took these figures is appended as footnote #2. All dates not given are presumed to be July 1, as that is the official date given by the US Census Bureaus, over the years, except where otherwise noted. Dates are for footnoted figures only.

Why and How You Should Use These Tables

Given the rapid inflation that took place sometimes over the past few decades, you might be aware that if a report said a certain monetary figure was up 10% during one decade, it was prudent to check to see if the figures took the inflationary trends into account to tell you the actual value a figure in one year might represent would actually be less than figures which counted more value in lesser numbers of dollars in the previous decade.

Thus you would be wise to consult a table of Price Indices— such as the file "price10.txt" released in 1993, before your evaluation of such figures is complete.

The same is true of population figures, which are going up a certain amount every year, in a very similar manner to those price index figures, only not quite as fast, in most cases.

What Started This Report

Very recently, there was a report issued on education, which stated something on the order of people in the United States are receiving 10% more of a certain level of education, than they were a decade before.

The years and the exact figures have been altered to protect those responsible from embarrassment.

For example: let us presume the report stated:
Graduation From Grade School was up 5% from 1981 to 1991.

You would think from this report that the average kid had 5% greater chances of getting a Grade School Diploma in 91 than in 81. . .but. . .it turns out that it was just the opposite because the population was 1.097352 times larger in 91, than it had been in 1981. . .which is about 10% larger, thus in a "real education" sense, in the same way the monetary reports are given in "real dollars" or "constant dollars," education was actually moving in just the opposite direction, and thus was DOWN about 5% instead of UP about 5% from 1981 to 1991.

Remember, these were not from years quoted in the report and the figures were not exactly 5% or 10% respectively, nor the diploma referred to was not a Grade School Diploma, but they are pretty close to being exact, in terms of the percentages and years; much closer than you might expect.

***Here is a footnote explanation of how to be more exact***

To be exact, one would have to do a demographic analysis, of the specific portions of the population of the ages at which such diplomas were conferred, as it would be irrelevant from a realistic point of view to measure the population on whole bases if you were only concerned with people who were of the age to receive Kindergarten Diplomas between 1981 and 1991— or whatever ages and a whatever kind of diploma. Thus these figures are not as precise as they could be, but still given the trends of population and education, it is obvious that a trend in one is not following the direction of the other. A further look at the US Census figures averaged below will be sufficient to inform you that previous generations that were measured had even greater growth rates than 10%, so that the number of people getting any specific degrees or diplomas in the following decades should have been going up even more.

***

In the tables below, the first line shows the Base Year: or
"The Year In Question" labeled "YEAR: ####" so if you want a
chart based on 1980 as the base year, you simply search/find
"YEAR: 1980" to find the relevant portions.

Once you have located the table for "YEAR: ####" you can see comparisons of that year to any other year by looking up the year you wish to compare to in the left column.

The SAMPLE comparison is 1991, presented below.

You will note a ten year comparison looks like:

year/1991 1991/year Growth%

1981 0.911285 1.097352 0.9031%

This means a 1991 statistic would have to be shrunk to about 91% of its size to be relevant to a comparable 1981 statistic.

On the other hand, and 1981 statistic would have to be enlarged, this time by about 10% to be useful in comparison to 1991.

1991 is the latest year for which we have "hard statistics" so a copy of that year is presented first for you immediate use, with year back to colonization following, starting with estimates for 2009 when the United States population should reach 300 million.

You may note some fluctuations in these figures, because we used all reports from the major media and almanacs of the periods our researchers could find. If you have access to any figures which do not appear in the footnoted materials, please send them to us for inclusion in the next edition.

We are also working on a database that will NOT show fluctuation patterns of this nature, which will be based on massaged figures presented at later dates by the Census Bureau. These will be an example of the difference between the figure we can expect on an entirely "here-and-now" basis, and those which we would probably not see about today's events until a decade or two have passed.

***BYEAR = BASE YEAR ***AYEAR = A YEAR IN COMPARISON TO THE BASE YEAR

BASE YEAR: 1991

YEAR BYEAR/AYEAR AYEAR/BYEAR GROWTH%

year/1991 1991/year Growth%

1991 1.000000 1.000000 1.2505% 1990 0.987649 1.012505 0.7224% 1989 0.980565 1.019820 1.1077% 1988 0.969823 1.031116 0.8834% 1987 0.961331 1.040225 0.5594% 1986 0.955983 1.046043 1.3056% 1985 0.943663 1.059701 0.7673% 1984 0.936477 1.067832 0.8149% 1983 0.928907 1.076534 0.9737% 1982 0.919949 1.087017 0.9508% 1981 0.911285 1.097352 0.9031% 1980 0.903129 1.107262 2.2701% 1979 0.883082 1.132398 1.0042% 1978 0.874303 1.143769 0.9896% 1977 0.865735 1.155088 0.9103% 1976 0.857925 1.165603 0.8394% 1975 0.850783 1.175387 0.9042% 1974 0.843160 1.186015 1.1568% 1973 0.833518 1.199735 0.9427% 1972 0.825734 1.211044 0.7426% 1971 0.819647 1.220038 1.4697% 1970 0.807774 1.237969 0.6968% 1969 0.802185 1.246596 0.8565% 1968 0.795372 1.257273 1.5090% 1967 0.783548 1.276246 0.9949% 1966 0.775829 1.288944 1.0575% 1965 0.767711 1.302574 1.1300% 1964 0.759132 1.317293 1.5537% 1963 0.747519 1.337759 1.4658% 1962 0.736720 1.357368 1.5364% 1961 0.725572 1.378224 2.1586% 1960 0.710240 1.407974 -1.6655% 1959 0.722269 1.384525 4.3080% 1958 0.692439 1.444170 2.1130% 1957 0.678111 1.474685 1.9895% 1956 0.664883 1.504024 2.1231% 1955 0.651061 1.535955 1.4496% 1954 0.641758 1.558221 2.1573% 1953 0.628206 1.591836 1.2298% 1952 0.620574 1.611411 1.6814% 1951 0.610312 1.638505 1.6233% 1950 0.600564 1.665103 1.4265% 1949 0.592117 1.688856 1.7790% 1948 0.581767 1.718901 1.8242% 1947 0.571345 1.750257 -2.6320% 1946 0.586789 1.704189 3.1768% 1945 0.568722 1.758328 6.4754% 1944 0.534135 1.872187 -0.3437% 1943 0.535977 1.865753 0.6562% 1942 0.532482 1.877996 0.6633% 1941 0.528974 1.890453 -5.6614% 1940 0.560718 1.783427 8.0381% 1939 0.519001 1.926780 0.8126% 1938 0.514817 1.942438 0.7762% 1937 0.510852 1.957516 0.6029% 1936 0.507790 1.969317 0.5244% 1935 0.505141 1.979644 -3.0364% 1934 0.520959 1.919535 4.6271% 1933 0.497920 2.008354 1.3921% 1932 0.491084 2.036313 -0.2051% 1931 0.492093 2.032137 0.8886% 1930 0.487759 2.050194 1.0126% 1929 0.482869 2.070954 1.1526% 1928 0.477367 2.094824 1.2160% 1927 0.471632 2.120297 1.4086% 1926 0.465081 2.150163 1.7667% 1925 0.457007 2.188150 1.4465% 1924 0.450491 2.219801 1.7700% 1923 0.442656 2.259091 1.6165% 1922 0.435614 2.295610 1.3736% 1921 0.429711 2.327144 2.3393% 1920 0.419889 2.381583 1.3140% 1919 0.414443 2.412877 0.7676% 1918 0.411286 2.431399 0.3870% 1917 0.409700 2.440808 1.3274% 1916 0.404333 2.473209 1.4083% 1915 0.398718 2.508038 1.4458% 1914 0.393035 2.544300 1.9424% 1913 0.385547 2.593720 1.9857% 1912 0.378040 2.645223 1.5634% 1911 0.372221 2.686578 1.8169% 1910 0.365578 2.735391 1.8781% 1909 0.358839 2.786763 2.0082% 1908 0.351775 2.842728 1.9603% 1907 0.345012 2.898453 1.8264% 1906 0.338824 2.951389 1.9357% 1905 0.332390 3.008518 2.0148% 1904 0.325825 3.069135 2.1335% 1903 0.319018 3.134616 1.8151% 1902 0.313331 3.191514 1.8943% 1901 0.307506 3.251972 3.0255% 1900 0.298475 3.350360 0.6278% 1899 0.296613 3.371395 1.7757% 1898 0.291438 3.431260 1.8078% 1897 0.286263 3.493288 1.8396% 1896 0.281092 3.557551 1.8755% 1895 0.275917 3.624274 1.9114% 1894 0.270742 3.693548 1.9486% 1893 0.265567 3.765522 1.9858% 1892 0.260396 3.840298 2.0276% 1891 0.255222 3.918165 2.6465% 1890 0.248641 4.021860 1.5328% 1889 0.244888 4.083507 2.0811% 1888 0.239895 4.168490 2.1599% 1887 0.234823 4.258524 2.2075% 1886 0.229751 4.352532 2.2592% 1885 0.224676 4.450863 2.3095% 1884 0.219604 4.553658 2.3641% 1883 0.214532 4.661312 2.4214% 1882 0.209460 4.774181 2.4815% 1881 0.204388 4.892651 3.7644% 1880 0.196973 5.076829 0.9432% 1879 0.195133 5.124715 2.1464% 1878 0.191032 5.234712 2.1913% 1877 0.186936 5.349420 2.2426% 1876 0.182836 5.469386 2.2941% 1875 0.178736 5.594857 2.3456% 1874 0.174639 5.726090 2.4043% 1873 0.170539 5.863763 2.4635% 1872 0.166439 6.008220 2.5258% 1871 0.162338 6.159974 5.9947% 1870 0.153157 6.529244 -1.0968% 1869 0.154856 6.457632 2.1930% 1868 0.151532 6.599246 2.2394% 1867 0.148213 6.747030 2.2935% 1866 0.144890 6.901773 2.3445% 1865 0.141571 7.063584 2.4037% 1864 0.138248 7.233371 2.4599% 1863 0.134929 7.411303 2.5250% 1862 0.131606 7.598439 2.5872% 1861 0.128287 7.795030 2.9504% 1860 0.124610 8.025015 2.4012% 1859 0.121688 8.217714 2.7627% 1858 0.118417 8.444746 2.8412% 1857 0.115145 8.684678 2.9243% 1856 0.111874 8.938643 3.0161% 1855 0.108598 9.208245 3.1061% 1854 0.105327 9.494258 3.2056% 1853 0.102055 9.798609 3.3118% 1852 0.098784 10.123118 3.4252% 1851 0.095512 10.469858 4.0106% 1850 0.091829 10.889763 2.3254% 1849 0.089743 11.142990 2.7841% 1848 0.087312 11.453220 2.8590% 1847 0.084885 11.780669 2.9432% 1846 0.082458 12.127393 3.0324% 1845 0.080031 12.495144 3.1325% 1844 0.077600 12.886555 3.2284% 1843 0.075173 13.302580 3.3361% 1842 0.072747 13.746361 3.4512% 1841 0.070320 14.220775 3.8105% 1840 0.067738 14.762656 2.3861% 1839 0.066160 15.114901 2.5824% 1838 0.064494 15.505226 2.6573% 1837 0.062825 15.917251 2.7232% 1836 0.061159 16.350710 2.7994% 1835 0.059494 16.808438 2.8871% 1834 0.057824 17.293718 2.9657% 1833 0.056159 17.806595 3.0563% 1832 0.054493 18.350822 3.1604% 1831 0.052824 18.930786 3.4660% 1830 0.051054 19.586921 2.4653% 1829 0.049826 20.069797 2.6804% 1828 0.048525 20.607747 10.3427% 1827 0.043977 22.739134 -4.2314% 1826 0.045920 21.776943 2.9150% 1825 0.044619 22.411749 3.0026% 1824 0.043319 23.084676 3.0955% 1823 0.042018 23.799264 3.1944% 1822 0.040717 24.559505 3.3102% 1821 0.039413 25.372472 3.2277% 1820 0.038180 26.191429 2.6573% 1819 0.037192 26.887408 2.6261% 1818 0.036240 27.593500 2.6969% 1817 0.035289 28.337678 2.7717% 1816 0.034337 29.123109 2.8507% 1815 0.033385 29.953320 2.9343% 1814 0.032434 30.832253 3.0231% 1813 0.031482 31.764328 3.1039% 1812 0.030534 32.750260 3.2172% 1811 0.029582 33.803887 3.0969% 1810 0.028694 34.850765 2.9144% 1809 0.027881 35.866449 2.8225% 1808 0.027116 36.878766 2.9199% 1807 0.026347 37.955599 2.9918% 1806 0.025581 39.091149 3.0841% 1805 0.024816 40.296740 3.1822% 1804 0.024051 41.579060 3.2868% 1803 0.023285 42.945674 3.3985% 1802 0.022520 44.405177 3.5180% 1801 0.021755 45.967371 3.3999% 1800 0.021039 47.530238 2.8419% 1799 0.020458 48.880985 2.7485% 1798 0.019911 50.224457 2.8261% 1797 0.019363 51.643866 3.7832% 1796 0.018658 53.597662 2.1272% 1795 0.018269 54.737790 3.0879% 1794 0.017722 56.428060 3.1625% 1793 0.017178 58.212604 3.2904% 1792 0.016631 60.128040 3.4024% 1791 0.016084 62.173817 3.2296% 1790 0.015581 64.181759 41.3145% 1780 0.011026 90.698101 29.4353% 1770 0.008518 117.395373 83.4728% 1750 0.004643 215.388623 29.2845% 1740 0.003591 278.464002 94.2514% 1720 0.001849 540.920206 85.8111% 1700 0.000995 1005.089677 19.2490% 1690 0.000834 1198.559886 88.0250% 1670 0.000444 2253.592493 122.0238% 1650 0.000200 5003.511905

YEAR: 1990

BASE YEAR: 2009

YEAR BYEAR/AYEAR AYEAR/BYEAR GROWTH%

2009 1.000000 1.000000 8.2857% 2001 0.923483 1.082857 1.0000% 2000 0.914340 1.093685 1.0000% 1999 0.905287 1.104622 1.0000% 1998 0.896324