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1 Population Division Historical Census Statistics ON Population Totals BY RACE, 1790 TO 1990, AND BY HISPANIC ORIGIN, 1970 TO 1990, FOR THE UNITED STATES, REGIONS, DIVISIONS, AND STATES by Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung Working Paper No. 56 Historical Census Statistics ON Population Totals BY RACE, 1790 TO 1990, AND BY HISPANIC ORIGIN, 1970 TO 1990, FOR THE UNITED STATES, REGIONS, DIVISIONS, AND STATES by Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung Population Division Working Paper No. 56 Census Bureau Washington, DC 20233 September 2002 Acknowledgments This report was prepared in Population Division. The report is dedicated to Emily Lennon who worked on earlier reports on Census Historical Statistics and who had a deep appreciation of the value of the decennial Census in documenting the history of the United States.

2 Several reviewers provided helpful comments: Claudette Bennett, Arthur Cresce, Kevin Deardorff, Jorge del Pinal, Frank Hobbs, and Linda Kehm. Abstract This working paper presents decennial Census data on Population Totals by race (1790-1990) and by Hispanic origin (1970-1990) for the United States, regions, divisions, and states. Disclaimer This working paper presents the results of research undertaken by Census Bureau staff on Historical data from the decennial Census of Population . This report has undergone more limited review than regular Census Bureau publications available from the Government Printing Office. Other reports on Historical Census Statistics for the United States The following three reports present Historical Census Statistics that are more detailed and/or more recent than Historical Census Statistics published in reports from the decennial Census of Population or in Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 ( Bureau of the Census , 1975a).

3 Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 - 1990, by Richard L. Forstall. Bureau of the Census . Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1996. Data for the 1900 to 1990 period are available also on the Census Bureau s Internet site, < >. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, by Campbell Gibson. Bureau of the Census , Population Division, Working Paper No. 27, 1998. Available also on the Census Bureau s Internet site, < >. Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 1990, by Campbell Gibson and Emily Lennon. Bureau of the Census , Population Division, Working Paper No.

4 29, 1999. Available also on the Census Bureau s Internet site, < >. CONTENTS Page Introduction ..1 Gene ral Discus sion ..3 Descript ion of Data in the Detailed Tabl es ..7 Gene ral Referenc es ..10 Decennial Cens us Data Referenc es ..13 Sources for Data in Detailed Tabl es ..16 DETAILED TABLES United States 1. United States - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..19 Regions 2. Northeast Region - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..20 3. Midwest (North Central) Region - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..21 4. South Region - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 5. West Region - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990 ..23 Divisions 6. New England Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990.

5 24 7. Middle Atlantic Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..25 8. East North Central Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..26 9. West North Central Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 to 1990 ..27 10. South Atlantic Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..28 11. East South Central Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..29 12. West South Central Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 to 1990 ..30 13. Mountain Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990 ..31 14. Pacific Division - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to States and the District of Columbia (listed alphabetically) 15. Alabama - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990.

6 33 16. Alaska - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1880 to 1990 ..34 17. Arizona - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 1990 ..35 18. Arkansas - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 to 1990 ..36 19. California - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990 ..37 20. Colorado - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 1990 ..38 21. Connecticut - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..39 22. Delaware - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..40 23. District of Columbia - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..41 24. Florida - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1830 to 25. Georgia - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..43 26. Hawaii - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1900 to i 27. Idaho - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1870 to 1990.

7 45 28. Illinois - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..46 29. Indiana - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..47 30. Iowa - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1840 to 1990 ..48 31. Kansas - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 32. Kentucky - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 33. Louisiana - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 to 34. Maine - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..52 35. Maryland - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 36. Massachusetts - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..54 37. Michigan - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..55 38. Minnesota - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990 ..56 39. Mississippi - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..57 40. Missouri - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 to 1990.

8 58 41. Montana - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1870 to 1990 ..59 42. Nebraska - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 1990 ..60 43. Nevada - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 1990 ..61 44. New Hampshire - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..62 45. New Jersey - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..63 46. New Mexico - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990 ..64 47. New York - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..65 48. North Carolina - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..66 49. North Dakota - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1870 to 50. Ohio - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 to 1990 ..68 51. Oklahoma - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1890 to 1990 ..69 52. Oregon - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990.

9 70 53. Pennsylvania - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..71 54. Rhode Island - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..72 55. South Carolina - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..73 56. South Dakota - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 57. Tennessee - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..75 58. Texas - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 59. Utah - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 60. Vermont - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..78 61. Virginia - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..79 62. Washington - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990 ..80 63. West Virginia - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 ..81 64. Wisconsin - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1820 to 1990.

10 82 65. Wyoming - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1870 to ii Appendix A. Race and Hispanic Origin A-1. Race and Hispanic Origin, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1990 (100-Percent Data) ..84 A-2. Race and Hispanic Origin, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1990 (Sample Data) ..86 A-3. Race and Hispanic Origin, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1980 (100-Percent Data) ..88 A-4. Race and Hispanic Origin, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1980 (Sample Data) ..90 A-5. Race for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1970 (100-Percent Data) ..92 A-6. Race for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States: 1970 (20-Percent Sampl e Data).