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Table Aa22-35 - Selected population characteristics-median age, sex ratio, annual growth rate, and number, by race, urban residence, and nativity: 1790-2000
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Total
Population
Median age
Sex ratio: males per 100 females
Number
Percentage per annum growth since previous census
By race
Urban
Foreign-born
White
Black
Other
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Row
Year
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Years
Per 100
1
1790
3,929,625
----
3,172,444
80.7
757,181
19.3
----
----
201,655
5.1
----
----
----
103.8
2
1800
5,308,483
3.0
4,306,446
81.1
1,002,037
18.9
----
----
322,371
6.1
----
----
16
104
3
1810
7,239,881
3.1
5,862,073
81.0
1,377,808
19.0
----
----
525,459
7.3
----
----
16
104
4
1820
9,638,453
2.9
7,866,797
81.6
1,771,656
18.4
----
----
693,255
7.2
----
----
16.7
103.3
5
1830
12,866,020
2.9
10,532,060
81.9
2,328,642
18.1
----
----
1,127,247
8.8
----
----
17.2
103.1
6
1840
17,069,453
2.8
14,189,705
83.1
2,873,648
16.8
----
----
1,845,055
10.8
----
----
17.8
103.7
7
1850
23,191,876
3.1
19,553,068
84.3
3,638,808
15.7
----
----
3,574,496
15.4
2,244,602
9.7
18.9
104.3
8
1860
31,443,321
3.0
26,922,537
85.6
4,441,830
14.1
78,954
0.3
6,216,518
19.8
4,138,697
13.2
19.4
104.7
9
1870
38,558,321
2.0
33,589,377
87.1
4,880,009
12.7
88,985
0.2
9,902,361
25.7
5,567,229
14.4
20.2
102.2
10
1880
50,155,783
2.6
43,402,970
86.5
6,580,793
13.1
172,020
0.3
14,129,735
28.2
6,679,943
13.3
20.9
103.6
11
1890
62,947,714
2.3
55,101,258
87.5
7,488,676
11.9
357,780
0.6
22,106,265
35.1
9,249,547
14.7
22
105
12
1900
75,994,575
1.9
66,809,196
87.9
8,833,994
11.6
351,385
0.5
30,214,832
39.8
10,341,276
13.6
22.9
104.4
13
1910
91,972,266
1.9
81,731,957
88.9
9,827,763
10.7
412,546
0.4
42,064,001
45.7
13,515,886
14.7
24.1
106
14
1920
105,710,620
1.4
94,820,915
89.7
10,463,131
9.9
426,574
0.4
54,253,282
51.3
13,920,692
13.2
25.3
104
15
1930
122,775,046
1.5
110,286,740
89.8
11,891,143
9.7
597,163
0.5
69,160,599
56.3
14,204,149
11.6
26.5
102.5
16
1940
131,669,275
0.7
118,214,870
89.8
12,865,518
9.8
588,887
0.4
74,705,338
56.7
11,594,896
8.8
29
100.7
17
1950
150,697,361
1.3
134,942,028
89.5
15,042,286
10.0
713,047
0.5
96,846,817
64.3
10,347,395
6.9
30.2
98.6
18
1960
179,323,175
1.7
158,831,732
88.6
18,871,831
10.5
1,619,612
0.9
125,268,750
69.9
9,738,091
5.4
29.5
97.1
19
1970
203,302,031
1.3
177,748,975
87.4
22,580,289
11.1
2,882,662
1.4
149,646,617
73.6
9,619,302
4.7
28.1
94.8
20
1980
226,542,199
1.1
188,371,622
83.2
26,495,025
11.7
11,679,158
5.2
167,050,992
73.7
14,079,906
6.2
30
94.5
21
1990
248,718,301
0.9
199,686,070
80.3
29,986,060
12.1
19,037,743
7.7
187,053,487
75.2
19,767,316
7.9
32.8
95.1
22
2000
281,421,906
1.2
216,930,975
77.1
36,419,434
12.9
28,071,497
10
222,360,539
79
28,379,000
10.4
35.3
96.3
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