Census Date Census Day
1960 1 Apr 1960 Census
results will be made public 1 April 2032. 1960 marked the birth of the first
mail-out census.
1950 1 Apr 1950 Census
results will be made public 1 April 2022. It encompassed the continental United
States, the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, American Samoa, the Canal Zone,
Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and some of the
smaller island territories.
1940 1 Apr 1940 Population
Count: 132,164,569
1920 1 Jan 1920 Population
Count: 106,021,537
1910 15 Apr 1910 Population
Count: 92,228,496
1900 1 Jun 1900 Population
Count: 76,212,168, Only census that give the month and year of birth.
1890 1 Jun 1890 All
but one percent destroyed by fire
1880 1 Jun 1880 Population
Count: 50,189,209
Every
member of household with birthplace enumerated
1870 1 Jun 1870 Population
Count: 38,558,371
1860 1 Jun 1860 Population
Count: 31,443,321
1850 1 Jun 1850 First
Modern Census, Population Count: 23,191,876
Head of Household only enumerated
1840 1 Jun 1840 30
States and Territories, Population Count: 17,063,353
1830 1 Jun 1830 28
States and Territories, Population Count: 12,860,702
1820 7 Aug 1820 22
States and Territories, Population Count: 9.638,453
1810 6 Aug 1810 16
States and Territories, Population Count: 7,239,881
1800 4 Aug 1800 14
States, Population Count: 5,308,483
1790 2 Aug 1790 12
States (No GA and VA reconstructed from State census), Population Count:
3,929,214
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