1970 United States Census

Nineteenth Census of the United States
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General information
Country	United States
Date taken	April 1, 1970
Total population	203,392,031
Percent change	13.4%
Most populous state	California 19,953,134
Least populous state	Alaska 302,173

The Nineteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,392,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 Census.

Data availability

Microdata from the 1970 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. These data were originally created and disseminated by DUALabs. Personally identifiable information will be available in 2042.

State rankings

Rank	State	Population
1	California	19,971,069
2	New York	18,241,266
3	Pennsylvania	11,793,909
4	Texas	11,196,730
5	Illinois	11,113,976
6	Ohio	10,652,017
7	Michigan	8,875,083
8	New Jersey	7,168,164
9	Florida	6,789,443
10	Massachusetts	5,689,170
11	Indiana	5,193,669
12	North Carolina	5,082,059
13	Missouri	4,677,399
14	Virginia	4,648,494
15	Georgia	4,589,575
16	Wisconsin	4,417,933
17	Tennessee	3,924,164
18	Maryland	3,922,399
19	Minnesota	3,805,069
20	Louisiana	3,643,180
21	Alabama	3,444,165
22	Washington	3,409,169
23	Kentucky	3,219,311
24	Connecticut	3,032,217
25	Iowa	2,825,041
26	South Carolina	2,590,516
27	Oklahoma	2,559,253
28	Kansas	2,249,071
29	Mississippi	2,216,912
30	Colorado	2,207,259
31	Oregon	2,091,385
32	Arkansas	1,923,295
33	Arizona	1,772,482
34	West Virginia	1,744,237
35	Nebraska	1,483,791
36	Utah	1,059,273
37	New Mexico	1,016,000
38	Maine	993,663
39	Rhode Island	949,723
40	Hawaii	769,913
x	District of Columbia	756,510
41	New Hampshire	737,681
42	Idaho	713,008
43	Montana	694,409
44	South Dakota	666,257
45	North Dakota	617,761
46	Delaware	548,104
47	Nevada	488,738
48	Vermont	444,732
49	Wyoming	332,416
50	Alaska	302,173

Conclusions

California took over as the most populous state, New York had previously been ranked number one. While the entire country increased to more than 204 million persons, four states lost population with West Virginia leading the list, down 8 and a half percent from 1960.

External links

• Historic US Census data
• 1971 U.S Census Report, with estimated 1970 Census results
• 1970 Census of Population