Seventeenth census of the United States | ||
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General information | ||
Country | United States | |
Results | ||
Total population | 151,325,798 ( 14.5%) | |
Most populous | New York 15,830,192 | |
Least populous | Nevada 160,083 |
The 1950 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 151,325,798, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 131,669,275 persons enumerated during the 1940 census.[1]
This was the first census in which:
On April 1, 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration released scanned census enumeration sheets to the general public, in accordance with the 72 year rule.[2]
1950-census-pandemic
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).