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Title: Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [2nd]

Author: United States Bureau of the Census

Posting Date: December 21, 2011 [EBook #37] Release Date: August, 1992

Language: English

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK US CENSUS OF POPULATION, 1990 (2ND) ***

THE 1990 UNITED STATES CENSUS

These are the REGIONS commonly referred to in the US Census:

NORTHEAST (NE) 9 states (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ)
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

SOUTH (S) 16 states
(DE, MD, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY, AR, LA, TX, OK)
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma

MIDWEST (MW) 12 states
(MI, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS)
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,

WEST (W) 13 states
(WA, OR, CA, NV, ID, UT, AZ, MT, WY, CO, NM, HI, AK)
Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona,
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska

November 7, 1991 release date: 1990 POPULATION FOR ALL PERSONS

United States
Regions and Divisions
States
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Estimate of 12/29/94 261,653,497
United States 248,709,873

  Northeast Region 50,809,229
    New England Div. 13,206,943
    Middle Atlantic Div. 37,602,286

  Midwest Region 59,668,632
    East North Central 42,008,942
    West North Central 17,659,690

  South Region 85,445,930
    South Atlantic Div. 43,566,853
    East South Central 15,176,284
    West South Central 26,702,793

  West Region 52,786,082
    Mountain Division 13,658,776
    Pacific Division 39,127,306

Maine 1,227,928
New Hampshire 1,109,252
Vermont 562,758
Massachusetts 6,016,425
Rhode Island 1,003,464
Connecticut 3,287,116
New York 17,990,455
New Jersey 7,730,188

Pennsylvania 11,881,643
Ohio 10,847,115
Indiana 5,544,159
Illinois 11,430,602
Michigan 9,295,297
Wisconsin 4,891,769
Minnesota 4,375,099
Iowa 2,776,755
Missouri 5,117,073

North Dakota 638,800
South Dakota 696,004
Nebraska 1,578,385
Kansas 2,477,574
Delaware 666,168
Maryland 4,781,468
District of Columbia 606,900
Virginia 6,187,358
West Virginia 1,793,477

North Carolina 6,628,637
South Carolina 3,486,703
Georgia 6,478,216
Florida 12,937,926
Kentucky 3,685,296
Tennessee 4,877,185
Alabama 4,040,587
Mississippi 2,573,216
Arkansas 2,350,725

Louisiana 4,219,973
Oklahoma 3,145,585
Texas 16,986,510
Montana 799,065
Idaho 1,006,749
Wyoming 453,588
Colorado 3,294,394
New Mexico 1,515,069
Arizona 3,665,228

Utah 1,722,850
Nevada 1,201,833
Washington 4,866,692
Oregon 2,842,321
California 29,760,021
Alaska 550,043
Hawaii 1,108,229

THE 1990 UNITED STATES CENSUS

1990 Census of Population and Housing Page 1
   *** Alabama
Total population…………………………………….. 4,040,587
SEX
   Male…………………………………………….. 1,936,162
   Female…………………………………………… 2,104,425
AGE
   Under 5 years…………………………………….. 283,295
   5 to 17 years…………………………………….. 775,493
   18 to 20 years……………………………………. 205,557
   21 to 24 years……………………………………. 237,778
   25 to 44 years……………………………………. 1,232,067
   45 to 54 years……………………………………. 419,421
   55 to 59 years……………………………………. 183,677
   60 to 64 years……………………………………. 180,310
   65 to 74 years……………………………………. 301,218
   75 to 84 years……………………………………. 173,264
   85 years and over…………………………………. 48,507
   Median age……………………………………….. 33.0
Under 18 years………………………………………. 1,058,788
   Percent of total population………………………… 26.2
65 years and over……………………………………. 522,989
   Percent of total population………………………… 12.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households…………………………………….. 1,506,790
   Family households (families)……………………….. 1,103,835
      Married-couple families…………………………. 858,327
         Percent of total households…………………… 57.0
      Other family, male householder…………………… 44,288
      Other family, female householder…………………. 201,220
   Nonfamily households………………………………. 402,955
         Percent of total households…………………… 26.7
      Householder living alone………………………… 358,078
         Householder 65 years and over…………………. 154,191
   Persons living in households……………………….. 3,948,185
   Persons per household……………………………… 2.62
GROUP QUARTERS
   Persons living in group quarters……………………. 92,402
      Institutionalized