1900 United States census

Twelfth census of the United States

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Seal of the Department of the Interior
Population schedule from the 1900 census
General information
CountryUnited States
AuthorityCensus Office
Results
Total population76,212,168 (Increase 21.01%)
Most populous ​stateNew York
7,268,894
Least populous ​stateNevada
42,335

The 1900 United States census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900,[1] determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census. It was the last census to be conducted before the founding of the permanent United States Census Bureau.

The census saw the nation's largest city, New York City, more than double in size due to the consolidation with Brooklyn, becoming in the process the first U.S. city to record a population growth of over three million.

Oversight of the statistics was by Frederick Howard Wines and Walter F. Willcox.[2]

  1. ^ "1900 Overview", History, US Census Bureau
  2. ^ Mitchell, Wesley C. (1900). "Preparations for the Twelfth Census". Journal of Political Economy. 8 (3): 378–384. doi:10.1086/250680. ISSN 0022-3808.

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