United States Census, 1970

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The Nineteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,302,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 Census.

State Rankings

1970 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank State Population
1 California 19,953,000
2 New York 18,237,000
3 Pennsylvania 11,794,000
4 Texas 11,197,000
5 Illinois 11,114,000
6 Ohio 10,652,000
7 Michigan 8,875,000
8 New Jersey 7,168,000
9 Florida 6,789,000
10 Massachusetts 5,689,000
11 Indiana 5,194,000
12 North Carolina 5,082,000
13 Missouri 4,677,000
14 Virginia 4,648,000
15 Georgia 4,590,000
16 Wisconsin 4,418,000
17 Tennessee 3,924,000
18 Maryland 3,922,000
19 Minnesota 3,805,000
20 Louisiana 3,641,000
21 Alabama 3,444,000
22 Washington 3,409,000
23 Kentucky 3,219,000
24 Connecticut 3,032,000
25 Iowa 2,825,000
26 South Carolina 2,591,000
27 Oklahoma 2,559,000
28 Kansas 2,247,000
29 Mississippi 2,217,000
30 Colorado 2,207,000
31 Oregon 2,091,000
32 Arkansas 1,923,000
33 Arizona 1,771,000
34 West Virginia 1,744,000
35 Nebraska 1,483,000
36 Utah 1,059,000
37 New Mexico 1,016,000
38 Maine 992,000
39 Rhode Island 947,000
40 Hawaii 789,000
41 New Hampshire 788,000
x District of Columbia 757,000
42 Idaho 713,000
43 Montana 694,000
44 South Dakota 666,000
45 North Dakota 618,000
46 Delaware 548,000
47 Nevada 489,000
48 Vermont 444,000
49 Wyoming 332,000
50 Alaska 300,000

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