| Twenty-first Census of the United States |
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U.S. Census Bureau Seal |
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| General Information | |
| Date Taken | April 1, 1990 |
| Total U.S. Population | 248,709,873 |
| Percent Change | 9.8% |
| Most Populous State | California 29,760,000 |
| Least Populous State | Wyoming 454,000 |
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The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census.[1]
Approximately 16 percent of households received a "long form" of the 1990 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 1990 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
It was the first census to designate "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" as a racial group separate from Asians.
| 1 | California | 29,760,000 |
| 2 | New York | 17,990,000 |
| 3 | Texas | 16,987,000 |
| 4 | Florida | 12,938,000 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 11,882,000 |
| 6 | Illinois | 11,943,000 |
| 7 | Ohio | 10,847,000 |
| 8 | Michigan | 9,295,000 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 7,730,000 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 6,629,000 |
| 11 | Georgia | 6,478,000 |
| 12 | Virginia | 6,187,000 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 6,016,000 |
| 14 | Indiana | 5,544,000 |
| 15 | Missouri | 5,117,000 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 4,892,000 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 4,877,000 |
| 18 | Washington | 4,867,000 |
| 19 | Maryland | 4,781,000 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 4,375,099 |
| 21 | Louisiana | 4,220,000 |
| 22 | Alabama | 4,041,000 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 3,685,000 |
| 24 | Arizona | 3,685,000 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 3,487,000 |
| 26 | Colorado | 3,294,000 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 3,287,116 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 3,146,000 |
| 29 | Oregon | 2,842,000 |
| 30 | Iowa | 2,777,000 |
| 31 | Mississippi | 2,573,000 |
| 32 | Kansas | 2,478,000 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 2,351,000 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 1,793,000 |
| 35 | Utah | 1,723,000 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 1,578,000 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 1,515,000 |
| 38 | Maine | 1,228,000 |
| 39 | Nevada | 1,202,000 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 1,109,000 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 1,108,000 |
| 42 | Idaho | 1,007,000 |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 1,003,000 |
| 44 | Montana | 799,000 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 696,000 |
| 46 | Delaware | 666,000 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 639,000 |
| x | District of Columbia | 607,000 |
| 48 | Vermont | 563,000 |
| 49 | Alaska | 550,000 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 454,000 |
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