Dec. 23, 2010
2010 CENSUS: Interactive Map Shows Population Changes of States Over Last 100 Years
By David M. Kinchen
Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Searching for a listing of states with their U.S. Census population numbers from 2010 and counting backward to 1910, I found this on the Census Bureau site:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/
This is a nifty interactive map which shows population and growth -- or lack of it -- by selecting a Census period and mouse clicking on the state in question. West Virginians, for instance, might be surprised that in 1910, West Virginia's population of 1,221,119 was almost double Florida's population of 762.810. One hundred years later, the Mountain State has 1,852,994 residents, while the Sunshine State is the nation's fourth most populous with a whopping 18,801,310 people, almost ten times the Mountain State's population.
In 1910, New York was the nation's largest state, by far, with 9,113,614 residents, compared with only 2,377,549 in California, now the nation's most populous state with 37,253,956 people, many of whom are looking for a job in a state with official unemployment more than 12 percent. New York state now has 19,378,102 people, making it the third most populous state, behind second-place Texas, which has 25,145,561 residents.
The accompanying map shows population changes from 2000 to 2010 --- Percent Change in Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010.
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2010 CENSUS: Interactive Map Shows Population Changes of States Over Last 100 Years
By David M. Kinchen
Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Searching for a listing of states with their U.S. Census population numbers from 2010 and counting backward to 1910, I found this on the Census Bureau site:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/
This is a nifty interactive map which shows population and growth -- or lack of it -- by selecting a Census period and mouse clicking on the state in question. West Virginians, for instance, might be surprised that in 1910, West Virginia's population of 1,221,119 was almost double Florida's population of 762.810. One hundred years later, the Mountain State has 1,852,994 residents, while the Sunshine State is the nation's fourth most populous with a whopping 18,801,310 people, almost ten times the Mountain State's population.
In 1910, New York was the nation's largest state, by far, with 9,113,614 residents, compared with only 2,377,549 in California, now the nation's most populous state with 37,253,956 people, many of whom are looking for a job in a state with official unemployment more than 12 percent. New York state now has 19,378,102 people, making it the third most populous state, behind second-place Texas, which has 25,145,561 residents.
The accompanying map shows population changes from 2000 to 2010 --- Percent Change in Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010.
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