Twelfth census of the United States
June 1, 1900
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.

Census questions

The 1900 census collected the following information:[2]

  • address
  • name
  • relationship to head of family
  • sex
  • race (listed as "Color or race" on the census)
  • age, month and year born
  • marital status and, if married, number of years married
  • for women, number of children born and number now living
  • place of birth of person, and their parents
  • if foreign born, year of immigration and whether naturalized
  • occupation
  • months not employed
  • school
  • ability to speak English
  • whether on a farm
  • home owned or rented, and, if owned, whether mortgaged

Full documentation for the 1900 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.

Data availability

The original census enumeration sheets were microfilmed by the Census Bureau in the 1940s, after which the original sheets were destroyed.[3] The microfilmed census is available in rolls from the National Archives and Records Administration. Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices.

Microdata from the 1900 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.

State rankings

Rank State Population as of
1900 census[4]		 Population as of
1890 census		 Change Percent
change
1  New York 7,268,894 6,003,174 1,265,720 Increase 21.1% Increase
2 Pennsylvania 6,302,115 5,258,113 1,044,002 Increase 19.9% Increase
3  Illinois 4,821,550 3,826,352 995,198 Increase 26.0% Increase
4  Ohio 4,157,545 3,672,329 485,216 Increase 13.2% Increase
5  Missouri 3,106,665 2,679,185 427,480 Increase 16.0% Increase
6  Texas 3,048,710 2,235,527 813,183 Increase 36.4% Increase
7  Massachusetts 2,805,346 2,238,947 566,399 Increase 25.3% Increase
8  Indiana 2,516,462 2,192,404 324,058 Increase 14.8% Increase
9  Michigan 2,420,982 2,093,890 327,092 Increase 15.6% Increase
10  Iowa 2,231,853 1,912,297 319,556 Increase 16.7% Increase
11  Georgia 2,216,331 1,837,353 378,978 Increase 20.6% Increase
12  Kentucky 2,147,174 1,858,635 288,539 Increase 15.5% Increase
13  Wisconsin 2,069,042 1,693,330 375,712 Increase 22.2% Increase
14  Tennessee 2,020,616 1,767,518 253,098 Increase 14.3% Increase
15  North Carolina 1,893,810 1,617,949 275,861 Increase 17.0% Increase
16  New Jersey 1,883,669 1,444,933 438,736 Increase 30.4% Increase
17  Virginia 1,854,184 1,655,980 198,204 Increase 12.0% Increase
18  Alabama 1,828,697 1,513,401 315,296 Increase 20.8% Increase
19  Minnesota 1,751,394 1,310,283 441,111 Increase 33.7% Increase
20  Mississippi 1,551,270 1,289,600 261,670 Increase 20.3% Increase
21 California 1,485,053 1,213,398 271,655 Increase 22.4% Increase
22 Kansas 1,470,495 1,428,108 42,387 Increase 3.0% Increase
23  Louisiana 1,381,625 1,118,588 263,037 Increase 23.5% Increase
24  South Carolina 1,340,316 1,151,149 189,167 Increase 16.4% Increase
25  Arkansas 1,311,564 1,128,211 183,353 Increase 16.3% Increase
26  Maryland 1,188,044 1,042,390 145,654 Increase 14.0% Increase
27  Nebraska 1,066,300 1,062,656 3,644 Increase 0.3% Increase
28  West Virginia 958,800 762,794 196,006 Increase 25.7% Increase
29  Connecticut 908,420 746,258 162,162 Increase 21.7% Increase
–  Oklahoma 790,391 258,657 531,734 Increase 205.6% Increase
30 Maine 694,466 661,086 33,380 Increase 5.0% Increase
31  Colorado 539,700 413,249 126,451 Increase 30.6% Increase
32  Florida 528,542 391,422 137,120 Increase 35.0% Increase
33 Washington 518,103 357,232 160,871 Increase 45.0% Increase
34  Rhode Island 428,556 345,506 83,050 Increase 24.0% Increase
35  Oregon 413,536 317,704 95,832 Increase 30.2% Increase
36  New Hampshire 411,588 376,530 35,058 Increase 9.3% Increase
37  South Dakota 401,570 348,600 52,970 Increase 15.2% Increase
38  Vermont 343,641 332,422 11,219 Increase 3.4% Increase
39  North Dakota 319,146 190,983 128,163 Increase 67.1% Increase
–  District of Columbia 278,718 230,392 48,326 Increase 21.0% Increase
40  Utah 276,749 210,779 65,970 Increase 31.3% Increase
41  Montana 243,329 142,924 100,405 Increase 70.3% Increase
–  New Mexico 195,310 160,282 35,028 Increase 21.9% Increase
42 Delaware 184,735 168,493 16,242 Increase 9.6% Increase
43  Idaho 161,772 88,548 73,224 Increase 82.7% Increase
–  Hawaii 154,001 89,990 64,011 Increase 71.1% Increase
–  Arizona 122,931 88,243 34,688 Increase 39.3% Increase
44  Wyoming 92,531 62,555 29,976 Increase 47.9% Increase
–  Alaska 63,592 32,052 31,540 Increase 98.4% Increase
45  Nevada 42,335 47,355 -5,020 Decrease -10.6% Decrease
 United States 76,212,168 62,979,766 13,232,402 Increase 21.0% Increase

City rankings

RankCityStatePopulation[5]Region (2016)[6]
01New YorkNew York3,437,202Northeast
02ChicagoIllinois1,698,575Midwest
03PhiladelphiaPennsylvania1,293,697Northeast
04St. LouisMissouri575,238Midwest
05BostonMassachusetts560,892Northeast
06BaltimoreMaryland508,957South
07ClevelandOhio391,768Midwest
08BuffaloNew York352,387Northeast
09San FranciscoCalifornia342,782West
10CincinnatiOhio325,902Midwest
11PittsburghPennsylvania321,616Northeast
12New OrleansLouisiana287,104South
13DetroitMichigan285,704Midwest
14MilwaukeeWisconsin285,315Midwest
15WashingtonDistrict of Columbia278,718South
16NewarkNew Jersey246,070Northeast
17Jersey CityNew Jersey206,433Northeast
18LouisvilleKentucky204,731South
19MinneapolisMinnesota202,718Midwest
20ProvidenceRhode Island175,597Northeast
21IndianapolisIndiana169,164Midwest
22Kansas CityMissouri163,752Midwest
23Saint PaulMinnesota163,065Midwest
24RochesterNew York162,608Northeast
25DenverColorado133,859West
26ToledoOhio131,822Midwest
27AlleghenyPennsylvania129,896Northeast
28ColumbusOhio125,560Midwest
29WorcesterMassachusetts118,421Northeast
30SyracuseNew York108,374Northeast
31New HavenConnecticut108,027Northeast
32PatersonNew Jersey105,171Northeast
33Fall RiverMassachusetts104,863Northeast
34St. JosephMissouri102,979Midwest
35OmahaNebraska102,555Midwest
36Los AngelesCalifornia102,479West
37MemphisTennessee102,320South
38ScrantonPennsylvania102,026Northeast
39LowellMassachusetts94,969Northeast
40AlbanyNew York94,151Northeast
41CambridgeMassachusetts91,886Northeast
42PortlandOregon90,426West
43AtlantaGeorgia89,872South
44Grand RapidsMichigan87,565Midwest
45DaytonOhio85,333Midwest
46RichmondVirginia85,050South
47NashvilleTennessee80,865South
48SeattleWashington80,671West
49HartfordConnecticut79,850Northeast
50ReadingPennsylvania78,961Northeast
51WilmingtonDelaware76,508South
52CamdenNew Jersey75,935Northeast
53TrentonNew Jersey73,307Northeast
54BridgeportConnecticut70,996Northeast
55LynnMassachusetts68,513Northeast
56OaklandCalifornia66,960West
57LawrenceMassachusetts62,559Northeast
58New BedfordMassachusetts62,442Northeast
59Des MoinesIowa62,139Midwest
60SpringfieldMassachusetts62,059Northeast
61SomervilleMassachusetts61,643Northeast
62TroyNew York60,651Northeast
63HobokenNew Jersey59,364Northeast
64EvansvilleIndiana59,007Midwest
65ManchesterNew Hampshire56,987Northeast
66UticaNew York56,383Northeast
67PeoriaIllinois56,100Midwest
68CharlestonSouth Carolina55,807South
69SavannahGeorgia54,244South
70Salt Lake CityUtah53,531West
71San AntonioTexas53,321South
72DuluthMinnesota52,969Midwest
73EriePennsylvania52,733Northeast
74ElizabethNew Jersey52,130Northeast
75Wilkes-BarrePennsylvania51,721Northeast
76Kansas CityKansas51,418Midwest
77HarrisburgPennsylvania50,167Northeast
78PortlandMaine50,145Northeast
79YonkersNew York47,931Northeast
80NorfolkVirginia46,624South
81WaterburyConnecticut45,859Northeast
82HolyokeMassachusetts45,712Northeast
83Fort WayneIndiana45,115Midwest
84YoungstownOhio44,885Midwest
85HoustonTexas44,633South
86CovingtonKentucky42,938South
87AkronOhio42,728Midwest
88DallasTexas42,638South
89SaginawMichigan42,345Midwest
90LancasterPennsylvania41,459Northeast
91LincolnNebraska40,169Midwest
92BrocktonMassachusetts40,063Northeast
93BinghamtonNew York39,647Northeast
94AugustaGeorgia39,441South
95PawtucketRhode Island39,231Northeast
96AltoonaPennsylvania38,973Northeast
97WheelingWest Virginia38,878South
98MobileAlabama38,469South
99BirminghamAlabama38,415South
100Little RockArkansas38,307South

Locations of 50 most populous cities

Location of 50 largest cities by population in the United States in 1900, on a map of the modern United States.
Numbered Cities
1. Worcester, Massachusetts
2. Paterson, New Jersey
3. Albany, New York
4. Cambridge, Massachusetts
5. Hartford, Connecticut

References

  1. ↑ "1900 Overview", History, US Census Bureau
  2. ↑ "Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790–1925". New York State Library. October 1981. p. 45 (p. 51 of PDF). Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
  3. ↑ Algonquin Area Public Library District. "Census Secrets" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/volume-1/volume-1-p5.pdf
  5. ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  6. ↑ "Regions and Divisions". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
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