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The Changing Face of America

The population of the United States increased by 32.7 million people between the censuses of 1990 and 2000. That increase represented the largest population growth in census history. Census 2000 revealed a nation with more ethnic and racial diversity. During the 1990s the Hispanic population (Hispanics may be of anyrace)increased by58%, the Asian population by 48%. The immigration of these groups accounted for about 13.3 million of the country’s total population—a number not equaled in American history. The second largest number of immigrants recorded—10.1 million people—occurred between 1905 and 1914. Of the 281.4 million people residingin the United States on census day, non-Hispanic whites accounted for 69.1% of the population; Hispanics, 12.5%; blacks, 12.3%; and Asians, 3.6%.

The changing face of the United States was reflected in cities, suburbs, and rural areas. For the first time, nearly half of the nation’s 100 largest cities were home to more African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and other minorities than to non-Hispanic whites. While the population of the country’s fastest-growing cities, such as Las Vegas and Phoenix, increased in all racial and ethnic categories, 71 of the top 100 cities lost non-Hispanic white residents to the suburbs and beyond. The nation’s largest cities gained 3.8 million Hispanic residents, a 43% increase from a decade ago. Many cities, including Boston, Los Angeles, and Dallas, would have lost population in the 1990s were it not for large gains in the num-berof Hispanics.

Even with the arrival of a record number of immigrants (who tend to be relativelyyoung), the United States continued toageasa nation. The medianage of thecountry’s population in 2000 was 35.3—five years older than the medianage in 1950.(The median age splits the population in half: 50% are over the median age, 50% under it.) This increase in median age was tied to the graying of the post-World War II “baby boom” generation. Born from 1946 through 1964, baby boomers between 36 and 54 years of age represented 28% of the country’s total population. The median age for non-Hispanic whites was 38.6, Asians 32.7, blacks 30.2, and Hispanics 25.8. Census 2000 revealed thatthe country’s population was 50.9% female and 49.1% male.There were 37.1 million males under the age of 18as compared with 35.2 million females. By the age of 36, however, there were more females than males. Female senior citizens 65 years and older outnumbered males 20.6 million to 14.4 million.

The Northeast and Midwest regions had the country’s oldest populations. Median ages for those regions were 36.8 and 35.6, respectively. In contrast, the West had the population with the youngest median age, 33.8.

State Populations, 1790-2007

Resident population of the states and the District of Columbia. Numbers are in thousands (’000)1.

STATE	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900
AL		1	9	128	310	591	772	964	997	1,263	1,513	1,829
AK										33	32	64
AZ									10	40	88	123
AR			1	14	30	98	210	435	484	803	1,128	1,312
CA							93	380	560	865	1,213	1,485
CO								34	40	194	413	540
CT	238	251	262	275	298	310	371	460	537	623	746	908
DE	59	64	73	73	77	78	92	112	125	147	168	185
DC		8	15	23	30	34	52	75	132	178	230	279
FL					35	54	87	140	188	269	391	529
GA	83	163	252	341	517	691	906	1,057	1,184	1,542	1,837	2,216
HI		\										154
ID									15	33	89	162
IL			12	55	157	476	851	1,712	2,540	3,078	3,826	4,822
IN		6	25	147	343	686	988	1,350	1,681	1,978	2,192	2,516
IA						43	192	675	1,194	1,625	1,912	2,232
KS								107	364	996	1,428	1,470
KY	7	221	407	564	688	780	982	1,156	1,321	1,649	1,859	2,147
LA			77	153	216	352	518	708	727	940	1,119	1,382
ME	97	152	229	298	399	502	583	628	627	649	661	694
MD	320	342	381	407	447	470	583	687	781	935	1,042	1,188
MA	379	423	472	523	610	738	995	1,231	1,457	1,783	2,239	2,805
MI			5	9	32	212	398	749	1,184	1,637	2,094	2,421
MN	\		\				6	172	440	781	1,310	1,751
MS		8	31	75	137	376	607	791	828	1,132	1,290	1,551
MO			20	67	140	384	682	1,182	1,721	2,168	2,679	3,107
MT									21	39	143	243
NE						\		29	123	452	1,063	1,066
NV								7	42	62	47	42
NH	142	184	214	244	269	285	318	326	318	347	377	412
NJ	184	211	246	278	321	373	490	672	906	1,131	1,445	1,884
NM							62	94	92	120	160	195
NY	340	589	959	1,373	1,919	2,429	3,097	3,881	4,383	5,083	6,003	7,269
NC	394	478	556	639	738	753	869	993	1,071	1,400	1,618	1,894
ND								5	2	37	191	319
OH		45	231	581	938	1,519	1,980	2,340	2,665	3,198	3,672	4,158
OK											259	790
OR							12	52	91	175	318	414
PA	434	602	810	1,049	1,348	1,724	2,312	2,906	3,522	4,283	5,258	6,302
RI	69	69	77	83	97	109	148	175	217	277	346	429
SC	249	346	415	503	581	594	669	704	706	996	1,151	1,340
SD									12	98	349	402
TN	36	106	262	423	682	829	1,003	1,110	1,259	1,542	1,768	2,021
TX							213	604	819	1,592	2,236	3,049
UT							11	40	87	144	211	277
VT	85	154	218	236	281	292	314	315	331	332	332	344
VA	692	808	878	938	1,044	1,025	1,119	1,220	1,225	1,513	1,656	1,854
WA							1	12	24	75	357	518
WV	56	79	105	137	177	225	302	377	442	618	763	959
WI						31	305	776	1,055	1,315	1,693	2,069
WY									9	21	63	93
US total² 3,929		5,308	7,240	9,638	12,866	17,069	23,192	31,443	39,818³	50,156	62,948	75,995

¹Detail may not add to total given because of rounding. ²Alaska and Hawaii are not included in the US total until

1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2007 est.
2,138	2,348	2,646	2,833	3,062	3,267	3,444	3,894	4,040	4,447	4,628
64	55	59	73	129	226	300	402	550	627	683
204	334	436	499	750	1,302	1,771	2,718	3,665	5,131	6,339
1,574	1,752	1,854	1,949	1,910	1,786	1,923	2,286	2,351	2,673	2,835
2,378	3,427	5,677	6,907	10,586	15,717	19,953	23,668	29,811	33,872	36,553
799	940	1,036	1,123	1,325	1,754	2,207	2,890	3,294	4,302	4,862
1,115	1,381	1,607	1,709	2,007	2,535	3,032	3,108	3,287	3,406	3,502
202	223	238	267	318	446	548	594	666	784	865
331	438	487	663	802	764	757	638	607	572	588
753	968	1,468	1,897	2,771	4,952	6,789	9,746	12,938	15,983	18,251
2,609	2,896	2,909	3,124	3,445	3,943	4,590	5,463	6,478	8,187	9,545
192	256	368	423	500	633	769	965	1,108	1,212	1,283
326	432	445	525	589	667	713	944	1,007	1,294	1,499
5,639	6,485	7,631	7,897	8,712	10,081	11,114	11,427	11,431	12,420	12,853
2,701	2,930	3,239	3,428	3,934	4,662	5,194	5,490	5,544	6,081	6,345
2,225	2,404	2,471	2,538	2,621	2,758	2,824	2,914	2,777	2,926	2,988
1,691	1,769	1,881	1,801	1,905	2,179	2,247	2,364	2,478	2,689	2,776
2,290	2,417	2,615	2,846	2,945	3,038	3,219	3,661	3,687	4,042	4,241
1,656	1,799	2,102	2,364	2,684	3,257	3,641	4,206	4,222	4,469	4,293
742	768	797	847	914	969	992	1,125	1,228	1,275	1,317
1,295	1,450	1,632	1,821	2,343	3,101	3,922	4,217	4,781	5,297	5,618
3,366	3,852	4,250	4,317	4,691	5,149	5,689	5,737	6,016	6,349	6,450
2,810	3,668	4,842	5,256	6,372	7,823	8,875	9,262	9,295	9,938	10,072
2,076	2,387	2,564	2,792	2,982	3,414	3,805	4,076	4,376	4,919	5,198
1,797	1,791	2,010	2,184	2,179	2,178	2,217	2,521	2,575	2,845	2,919
3,293	3,404	3,629	3,785	3,955	4,320	4,677	4,917	5,117	5,597	5,878
376	549	538	559	591	675	694	787	799	902	958
1,192	1,296	1,378	1,316	1,326	1,411	1,483	1,570	1,578	1,711	1,775
82	77	91	110	160	285	489	800	1,202	1,998	2,565
431	443	465	492	533	607	738	921	1,109	1,236	1,316
2,537	3,156	4,041	4,160	4,835	6,067	7,168	7,365	7,748	8,414	8,686
327	360	423	532	681	951	1,016	1,303	1,515	1,819	1,970
9,114	10,385	12,588	13,479	14,830	16,782	18,237	17,558	17,991	18,977	19,298
2,206	2,559	3,170	3,572	4,062	4,556	5,082	5,882	6,632	8,046	9,061
577	647	681	642	620	632	618	653	639	642	640
4,767	5,759	6,647	6,908	7,947	9,706	10,652	10,798	10,847	11,353	11,467
1,657	2,028	2,396	2,336	2,233	2,328	2,559	3,025	3,146	3,451	3,617
673	783	954	1,090	1,521	1,769	2,091	2,633	2,842	3,421	3,747
7,665	8,720	9,631	9,900	10,498	11,319	11,794	11,864	11,883	12,281	12,433
543	604	687	713	792	859	947	947	1,003	1,048	1,058
1,515	1,684	1,739	1,900	2,117	2,383	2,591	3,122	3,486	4,012	4,408
584	637	693	643	653	681	666	691	696	755	796
2,185	2,338	2,617	2,916	3,292	3,567	3,924	4,591	4,877	5,689	6,157
3,897	4,663	5,825	6,415	7,711	9,580	11,197	14,229	16,986	20,852	23,904
373	449	508	550	689	891	1,059	1,461	1,723	2,233	2,645
356	352	360	359	378	390	444	511	563	609	621
2,062	2,309	2,422	2,678	3,319	3,967	4,648	5,347	6,189	7,079	7,712
1,142	1,357	1,563	1,736	2,379	2,853	3,409	4,132	4,867	5,894	6,468
1,221	1,464	1,729	1,902	2,006	1,860	1,744	1,950	1,793	1,808	1,812
2,334	2,632	2,939	3,138	3,435	3,952	4,418	4,706	4,892	5,364	5,602
146	194	226	251	291	330	332	470	454	494	523
91,972	105,711	122,775	131,669	150,697	179,323	203,302³	226,546³	248,791³	281,425³	301,621

1960, the year after both achieved statehood. ³Figures were revised by the Census Bureau after the census.

The total land/water area data from 1790 to 1970 were recalculated for the 1980 census. Information for Alaska and Hwaii is included in all censuses after 1940. N/A means not available.

		population	total		people/sq mi
		growth	land/water	land	of land
census	population	(%)	area (sq mi)	area (sq mi)	area
1790	3,929,214	-	891,364	864,746	4.5
1800	5,308,483	35.1	891,364	864,746	6.1
1810	7,239,881	36.4	1,722,685	1,681,828	4.3
1820	9,638,453	33.1	1,792,552	1,749,462	5.5
1830	12,866,020	33.5	1,792,552	1,749,462	7.4
1840	17,069,453	32.7	1,792,552	1,749,462	9.8
1850	23,191,876	35.9	2,991,655	2,940,042	7.9
1860	31,443,321	35.6	3,021,295	2,969,640	10.6
1870	39,818,449	26.6	3,612,299	3,540,705	11.2
1880	50,189,209	26.0	3,612,299	3,540,705	14.2
1890	62,979,766	25.5	3,612,299	3,540,705	17.8
1900	76,212,168	21.0	3,618,770	3,547,314	21.5
1910	92,228,496	21.0	3,618,770	3,547,045	26.0
1920	106,021,537	15.0	3,618,770	3,546,931	29.9
1930	123,202,624	16.2	3,618,770	3,551,608	34.7
1940	132,164,569	7.3	3,618,770	3,551,608	37.2
1950	151,325,798	14.5	3,618,770	3,552,206	42.6
1960	179,323,175	18.5	3,618,770	3,540,911	50.6
1970	203,302,031	13.4	3,618,770	3,536,855	57.5
1980	226,542,199	11.4	3,618,770	3,539,289	64.0
1990	248,718,302	9.8	3,717,796	3,536,278	70.3
2000	281,422,509	13.1	3,794,083	3,537,439	79.6
2007	301,621,157	7.2	N/A	N/A	N/A

US Population by Race, Sex, Median Age, and Residence

Numbers are in thousands (’000) except for the median age figures and the residency percentages. N/A means not available. Source: US Census Bureau.

		race		sex		median	residence²
year	white	black	other²	male	female	age	urban (%)	rural (%)
1790	3,172	757	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.1	94.9
1800	4,306	1,002	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.1	93.9
1810	5,862	1,378	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.3	92.7
1820	7,867	1,772	N/A	4,897	4,742	16.7	7.2	92.8
1830	10,537	2,329	N/A	6,532	6,334	17.2	8.8	91.2
1840	14,196	2,874	N/A	8,689	8,381	17.8	10.8	89.2
1850	19,553	3,639	N/A	11,838	11,354	18.9	15.4	84.6
1860	26,923	4,442	79	16,085	15,358	19.4	19.8	80.2
1870	34,337	5,392	89	19,494	19,065	20.2	25.7	74.3
1880	43,403	6,581	172	25,519	24,637	20.9	28.2	71.8
1890	55,101	7,489	358	32,237	30,711	22.0	35.1	64.9
1900	66,809	8,834	351	38,816	37,178	22.9	39.6	60.4
1910	81,732	9,828	413	47,332	44,640	24.1	45.6	54.4
1920	94,821	10,463	427	53,900	51,810	25.3	51.2	48.8
1930	110,287	11,891	597	62,137	60,638	26.4	56.1	43.9
1940	118,215	12,866	589	66,062	65,608	29.0	56.5	43.5
1950	134,942	15,042	713	74,833	75,864	30.2	64.0	36.0
1960	158,832	18,872	1,620	88,331	90,992	29.5	69.9	30.1
1970	178,098	22,581	2,557	98,926	104,309	28.0	73.6	26.3
1980	194,713	26,683	5,150	110,053	116,493	30.0	73.7	26.3
1990	199,686	29,986	9,233	121,271	127,494	32.8	78.0	22.0
2000	211,461	34,658	13,118	138,054	143,368	35.3	79.0	21.0
2007	241,167	38,756	21,698	148,659	152,962	36.6	N/A	N/A

Census 2000 was the first US census in which individuals could report themselves as being of more than one race. For the comparison between these census results and the 2007 data, this table uses the 2000 census information that was revised in April 2000. Hispanic or Latino people may be of any race.

	2000 census
race	number¹
White	228,107,000
Black or African American	35,705,000
American Indian or Alaska Native	2,664,000
Asian	10,589,000
Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	463,000
Two or more races	3,898,000
Total population	281,425,000
	2000 census
hispanic or latino population	number¹
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	35,306,000
Not Hispanic or Latino	246,118,000
Total population	281,425,000

5/¹81.1 12.7 0.9 3.8 0.2

2007 number¹

241,167,000 38,756,000 2,938,000 13,366,000 537,000

_/1

80.0 12.8 1.0 4.4 0.2

/ increase from 2000 to 2007¹+5.7 +8.5 + 10.3 +26.2 + 16.0

1.4

100.0

4,856,000 301,621,000

1.6

100.0

+24.6 +7.2

_/1

12.5 87.5

100.0

2007 number¹

45,504,000 256,117,000

301,621,000

_/1

15.1 84.9

100.0

/

difference 2000/2007¹+28.9 +4.1

+7.2

Foreign-Born Population in the US, 1850-2006

The foreign-born population consists of persons born outside the United States to parents who were not US citizens. Information from 1950 to 2000 was taken from sample data. Populations of Alaska and Hawaii were included starting in 1960. In 1850 and 1860 data, the entire slave population was considered native-born.

	population		/ of
year	total	foreign-born	total
1850	23,191,876	2,244,602	9.7
1860	31,443,321	4,138,697	13.2
1870	38,558,371	5,567,229	14.4
1880	50,155,783	6,679,943	13.3
1890	62,622,250	9,249,547	14.8
1900	75,994,575	10,341,276	13.6
1910	91,972,266	13,515,886	14.7
1920	105,710,620	13,920,692	13.2
1930	122,775,046	14,204,149	11.6

	population		/ of
year	total	foreign-born	total
1940	131,669,275	11,594,896	8.8
1950	150,216,110	10,347,395	6.9
1960	179,325,671	9,738,091	5.4
1970	203,210,158	9,619,302	4.7
1980	226,545,805	14,079,906	6.2
1990	248,709,873	19,767,316	7.9
2000	281,421,906	31,107,889	11.1
2005	288,378,000	35,690,000	12.4
2006¹	293,834,000	35,659,000	12.1

Total Immigrants Admitted to the US, 1901-2007

Numbers shown include only immigrant aliens admitted for permanent residence and are for fiscal years. Currently the fiscal year begins 1 October and ends 30 September. Prior to 1976, the fiscal year began 1 July and ended 30 June.

year	number	year	number	year	number	year	number
1901	487,918	1911	878,587	1921	805,228	1931	97,139
1902	648,743	1912	838,172	1922	309,556	1932	35,576
1903	857,046	1913	1,197,892	1923	522,919	1933	23,068
1904	812,870	1914	1,218,480	1924	706,896	1934	29,470
1905	1,026,499	1915	326,700	1925	294,314	1935	34,956
1906	1,100,735	1916	298,826	1926	304,488	1936	36,329
1907	1,285,349	1917	295,403	1927	335,175	1937	50,244
1908	782,870	1918	110,618	1928	307,255	1938	67,895
1909	751,786	1919	141,132	1929	279,678	1939	82,998
1910	1,041,570	1920	430,001	1930	241,700	1940	70,756
Totals 1901-10	8,795,386	1911-20	5,735,811	1921-30	4,107,209	1931-40	528,431

	year	number	year	number	year	number	year	number
	1941	51,776	1951	205,717	1961	271,344	1971	370,478
	1942	28,781	1952	265,520	1962	283,763	1972	384,685
	1943	23,725	1953	170,434	1963	306,260	1973	398,515
	1944	28,551	1954	208,177	1964	292,248	1974	393,919
	1945	38,119	1955	237,790	1965	296,697	1975	385,378
	1946	108,721	1956	321,625	1966	323,040	1976¹	499,093
	1947	147,292	1957	326,867	1967	361,972	1977	458,755
	1948	170,570	1958	253,265	1968	454,448	1978	589,810
	1949	188,317	1959	260,686	1969	358,579	1979	394,244
	1950	249,187	1960	265,398	1970	373,326	1980	524,295
Totals	1941-50	1,035,039	1951-60	2,515,479	1961-70	3,321,677	1971-80	4,399,172
	1981	595,014	1991	1,826,595	2001	1,058,902
	1982	533,624	1992	973,445	2002	1,059,356
	1983	550,052	1993	903,916	2003	703,542
	1984	541,811	1994	803,993	2004	957,883
	1985	568,149	1995	720,177	2005	1,122,257
	1986	600,02	1996	915,560	2006	1,266,129
	1987	599,889	1997	797,847	2007	1,052,415
	1988	641,346	1998	653,206
	1989	1,090,172	1999	644,787
	1990	1,535,872	2000	841,002
Totals Totals	1981-90 1901-2007	7,255,956 : 53,995,172	1991-2000	9,080,528	2001-07	7,220,484

Immigrants Admitted to the US by Country of Birth and State of Residence

Fiscal year 2006. Korea used to designate both North and South Korea.

state of	total
residence	immigrants	top five countries of birth (number of immigrants)
Alabama	4,278	Mexico (535), Philippines (325), China (301), India (280), Guatemala (180)
Alaska	1,554	Philippines (457), Mexico (102), China (92), Korea (79), Canada (66)
Arizona	21,530	Mexico (10,030), Philippines (871), India (715), China (675), Canada
		(570)
Arkansas	2,926	Mexico (981), El Salvador (220), Philippines (181), China (170), Vietnam
		(155)
California	264,677	Mexico (66,744), China (27,305), Philippines (26,982), India (14,110),
		El Salvador (11,767)
Colorado	12,714	Mexico (3,245), China (783), Ethiopia (602), Vietnam (468), Philippines
		(341)
Connecticut	18,700	Jamaica (1,365), Poland (1,175), Brazil (1,092), Ecuador (1,017),
		Colombia (982)
Delaware	2,265	Mexico (252), India (194), China (147), Jamaica (107), Kenya (97)
District of Columbia	3,775	Ethiopia (566), El Salvador (551), Nigeria (143), China (133),
		Philippines (106)
Florida	155,996	Cuba (37,711), Colombia (19,832), Haiti (12,599), Jamaica (7,207),
		Venezuela (6,486)
Georgia	32202	Mexico (3,708), India (2,433), Colombia (1,350), China (1,263), Vietnam
		(1,183)
Hawaii	7,501	Philippines (3,723), China (815), Japan (742), Korea (361), Vietnam (220)
Idaho	2,377	Mexico (842), China (139), Philippines (131), Canada (94), Bosnia and
		Herzegovina (84)
Illinois	52,459	Mexico (11,735), Poland (5,496), India (4,479), Philippines (4,125),
		China (2,456)
Indiana	8,125	Mexico (1,204), China (654), Philippines (515), India (494), Myanmar
		(Burma) (246)
Iowa	4,086	Mexico (882), Vietnam (268), The Sudan (242), China (215), Guatemala
		(173)
Kansas	4,280	Mexico (1,187), Vietnam (301), China (245), India (237), Philippines (155)
Kentucky	5,506	Cuba (801), India (391), Mexico (361), Philippines (344), China (312)
Louisiana	2,693	Vietnam (299), Mexico (188), China (182), India (176), Philippines (137)
Maine	1,719	Somalia (198), China (139), Canada (133), The Sudan (122), Philippines (97)

state of	total
residence	immigrants	top five countries of birth (number of immigrants)
Maryland	30,204	El Salvador (2,422), Ethiopia (1,917), China (1,605), Nigeria (1,605),
		Philippines (1,576)
Massachusetts	35,560	Brazil (3,141), China (2,768), Dominican Republic (2,751), Haiti (1,789),
		India (1,520)
Michigan	20,911	Iraq (1,541), India (1,526), Mexico (1,354), Albania (1,206), China
		(1,103)
Minnesota	18,254	Somalia (2,844), Thailand (2,102), Ethiopia (1,516), Mexico (746),
		Liberia (728)
Mississippi	1,480	Mexico (215), Philippines (193), India (135), China (134), Vietnam (81)
Missouri	6,857	Mexico (489), Bosnia and Herzegovina (431), China (403), Philippines
		(356), Vietnam (324)
Montana	505	Canada (62), China (62), Philippines (46), Germany (24), United King-
		dom (18)
Nebraska	3,795	Mexico (1,041), The Sudan (300), Guatemala (294), Vietnam (213), El
		Salvador (163)
Nevada	14,714	Mexico (3,759), Philippines (2,400), Cuba (931), China (827), El Sal-
\		vador (592)
New Hampshire	2,990	China (177), Canada (162), Brazil (155), India (155), Dominican Repub-
		lic (151)
New Jersey	65,934	India (6,491), Dominican Republic (5,340), Colombia (4,175), Philip-
		pines (4,007), Ecuador (3,357)
New Mexico	3,805	Mexico (1,965), Cuba (215), Philippines (173), China (166), Vietnam
New York	180,165	(87) (87) China (23,891), Dominican Republic (19,233), Jamaica (8,983),
		Ecuador (7,339), Bangladesh (7,180)
North Carolina	18,989	Mexico (2,865), India (1,128), China (878), Vietnam (835), Colombia (737)
North Dakota	649	Canada (71), The Sudan (63), Somalia (45), Bosnia and Herzegovina
		(36), China (35)
Ohio	16,592	China (1,195), Philippines (1,179), Somalia (1,115), India (1,090), Mex-
		ico (608)
Oklahoma	4,591	Mexico (1,182), Vietnam (331), India (282), Philippines (277), China
		(238)
Oregon	9,192	Mexico (1,636), Ukraine (861), China (786), Vietnam (529), Philippines
		(383)
Pennsylvania	25,958	China (2,353), India (2,111), Dominican Republic (1,135), Vietnam
\		(983), Mexico (904)
Rhode Island	4,778	Dominican Republic (906), Guatemala (599), Cape Verde (341), Liberia
		(297), Colombia (288)
South Carolina	5,292	Mexico (643), Colombia (429), Philippines (346), China (260), India
		(255)
South Dakota	1,013	Ethiopia (93), The Sudan (86), China (54), Mexico (52), Guatemala (51)
Tennessee	10,042	Philippines (1,127), Mexico (1,011), Egypt (646), India (605), China (509)
Texas	89,037	Mexico (35,830), India (4,131), El Salvador (4,125), Philippines (3,937),
		Vietnam (3,460)
Utah	5,749	Mexico (1,188), Peru (273), China (249), Brazil (203), Philippines (193)
Vermont	895	Canada (92), China (69), Kenya (51), Somalia (40), United Kingdom (36)
Virginia	38,488	El Salvador (3,168), Bolivia (2,050), Ethiopia (1,854), Korea (1,827)
		India (1,799)
Washington	23,805	Mexico (2,305), Ukraine (1,957), Philippines (1,774), China (1,577),
		India (1,441)
West Virginia	764	China (77), India (55), Philippines (51), Pakistan (34), Guatemala (30)
Wisconsin	8,341	Mexico (1,400), Thailand (1,190), China (501), India (455), Laos (427)
Wyoming	376	Mexico (62), China (33), Canada (28), Philippines (26), Russia (16)

Americans 65 and Older, 1900-2008

census	number of people	% of total	census	number of people	% of total
year	65 and older	population	year	65 and older	population
1900	3,080,498	4.1	1960	16,559,580	9.2
1910	3,949,524	4.3	1970	20,065,502	9.8
1920	4,933,215	4.7	1980	25,549,427	11.3
1930	6,633,805	5.4	1990	31,241,831	12.6
1940	9,019,314	6.8	2000	34,991,753	12.4
1950	12,269,537	8.1	2008	38,690,169	12.7

	people in poverty			number of people in poverty (’000)
state	1980	1990	2006	1980	1990	2006
Alabama	21.2	19.2	14.3	810	779	650
Alaska	9.6	11.4	8.8	36	57	58
Arizona	12.8	13.7	14.4	354	484	902
Arkansas	21.5	19.6	17.7	484	472	487
California	11.0	13.9	12.2	2,619	4,128	4,427
Colorado	8.6	13.7	9.7	247	461	466
Connecticut	8.3	6.0	8.0	255	196	275
Delaware	11.8	6.9	9.3	68	48	80
District of Columbia	20.9	21.1	18.3	131	120	104
Florida	16.7	14.4	11.5	1,692	1,896	2,068
Georgia	13.9	15.8	12.6	727	1,001	1,172
Hawaii	8.5	11.0	9.3	81	121	116
Idaho	14.7	14.9	9.6	138	157	141
Illinois	12.3	13.7	10.6	1,386	1,606	1,338
Indiana	11.8	13.0	10.6	645	714	674
Iowa	10.8	10.4	10.3	311	289	301
Kansas	9.4	10.3	12.8	215	259	349
Kentucky	19.3	17.3	16.8	701	628	690
Louisiana	20.3	23.6	17.0	868	952	713
Maine	14.6	13.1	10.2	158	162	134
Maryland	9.5	9.9	8.4	389	468	469
Massachusetts	9.5	10.7	12.0	542	626	758
Michigan	12.9	14.3	13.3	1,194	1,315	1,323
Minnesota	8.7	12.0	8.2	342	524	422
Mississippi	24.3	25.7	20.6	591	684	596
Missouri	13.0	13.4	11.4	625	700	659
Montana	13.2	16.3	13.4	102	134	125
Nebraska	13.0	10.3	10.2	199	167	180
Nevada	8.3	9.8	9.5	70	119	241
New Hampshire	7.0	6.3	5.4	63	68	71
New Jersey	9.0	9.2	8.8	659	711	762
New Mexico	20.6	20.9	16.9	268	319	328
New York	13.8	14.3	14.0	2,391	2,571	2,668
North Carolina	15.0	13.0	13.8	877	829	1,225
North Dakota	15.5	13.7	11.4	99	87	70
Ohio	9.8	11.5	12.1	1,046	1,256	1,371
Oklahoma	13.9	15.6	15.2	406	481	531
Oregon	11.5	9.2	11.8	309	267	439
Pennsylvania	9.8	11.0	11.3	1,142	1,328	1,397
Rhode Island	10.7	7.5	10.4	97	71	110
South Carolina	16.8	16.2	11.2	534	548	474
South Dakota	18.8	13.3	10.6	127	93	82
Tennessee	19.6	16.9	14.9	884	833	879
Texas	15.7	15.9	16.4	2,247	2,684	3,816
Utah	10.0	8.2	9.3	148	143	235
Vermont	12.0	10.9	7.8	62	61	48
Virginia	12.4	11.1	8.6	647	705	651
Washington	12.7	8.9	8.0	538	434	502
West Virginia	15.2	18.1	15.3	297	328	277
Wisconsin	8.5	9.3	10.1	403	448	555
Wyoming	10.4	11.0	9.9	49	51	51
All US	13.0	13.5	12.3	29,272	33,585	36,460

Population of US Territories

year	puerto rico	guam	virgin islands	northern mariana islands	american samoa
1970	2,721,754	86,470	63,476	12,359	27,267
1975	2,935,124	102,110	94,484	14,938	29,640
1980	3,209,648	106,869	99,636	16,890	32,418
1985	3,382,106	120,615	100,760	21,386	38,633
1990	3,536,910	134,110	104,235	44,037	47,199
1995	3,731,006	143,856	113,896	58,128	56,911
2000	3,915,798	154,623	120,917	71,912	65,446
2008	3,959,450	175,877	108,210	86,616	57,496

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