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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.
[edit] 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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