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The Twentieth United States Census , conducted by the Census Bureau , determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4 percent over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 Census .[ 1]
State Rankings
1980 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank
State
Population
1
California
23,669,000
2
New York
17,557,000
3
Texas
14,228,000
4
Pennsylvania
11,867,000
5
Illinois
11,419,000
6
Ohio
10,797,000
7
Florida
9,739,000
8
Michigan
9,259,000
9
New Jersey
7,364,000
10
North Carolina
5,874,000
11
Massachusetts
5,737,000
12
Indiana
5,491,000
13
Georgia
5,464,000
14
Virginia
5,346,000
15
Missouri
4,917,000
16
Wisconsin
4,706,000
17
Tennessee
4,591,000
18
Maryland
4,216,000
19
Louisiana
4,203,000
20
Washington
4,130,000
21
Minnesota
4,077,000
22
Alabama
3,891,000
23
Kentucky
3,661,000
24
South Carolina
3,119,000
25
Connecticut
3,107,000
26
Oklahoma
3,026,000
27
Iowa
2,914,000
28
Colorado
2,890,000
29
Arizona
2,718,000
30
Oregon
2,632,000
31
Mississippi
2,520,000
32
Kansas
2,363,000
33
Arkansas
2,285,000
34
West Virginia
1,950,000
35
Nebraska
1,570,000
36
Utah
1,461,000
37
New Mexico
1,299,000
38
Maine
1,125,000
39
Hawaii
985,000
40
Rhode Island
948,000
41
Idaho
945,000
42
New Hampshire
921,000
43
Nevada
799,000
44
Montana
787,000
45
South Dakota
690,000
46
North Dakota
654,000
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District of Columbia
638,000
47
Delaware
596,000
48
Vermont
512,000
49
Wyoming
471,000
50
Alaska
400,000
Between the 1980 census and the 1990 census, the United States' population increased by approximately 22,164,837 or 9.8%. So the 1990 Census is about 244664694 people.
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