Nineteenth census
of the United States
August 5, 1970
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General information
CountryUnited States
Results
Total population203,392,031 (Increase 13.4%)
Most populous ​stateCalifornia
19,953,134
Least populous ​stateAlaska
302,173

The 1970 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.

This was the first census since 1820 in which New York was not the most populous state—California overtook it in population in January 1963. This was also the first census in which all states recorded a population of over 300,000, and the first in which a city in the geographic South—Houston—recorded a population of over 1 million.

Percentage population change by state since the previous census (1960)

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.[1]

State rankings

Rank State Population as of
1970 census		 Population as of
1960 census		 Change Percent
change
1  California 19,953,134 15,717,204 4,235,930 Increase 27.0% Increase
2  New York 18,236,967 16,782,304 1,454,663 Increase 8.7% Increase
3  Pennsylvania 11,793,909 11,319,366 474,543 Increase 4.2% Increase
4  Texas 11,196,730 9,579,677 1,617,053 Increase 16.9% Increase
5  Illinois 11,113,976 10,081,158 1,032,818 Increase 10.2% Increase
6  Ohio 10,652,017 9,706,397 945,620 Increase 9.7% Increase
7  Michigan 8,875,083 7,823,194 1,051,889 Increase 13.4% Increase
8  New Jersey 7,168,164 6,066,782 1,101,382 Increase 18.2% Increase
9  Florida 6,789,443 4,951,560 1,837,883 Increase 37.1% Increase
10  Massachusetts 5,689,170 5,148,578 540,592 Increase 10.5% Increase
11  Indiana 5,193,669 4,662,498 531,171 Increase 11.4% Increase
12  North Carolina 5,082,059 4,556,155 525,904 Increase 11.5% Increase
13  Missouri 4,676,501 4,319,813 356,688 Increase 8.3% Increase
14  Virginia 4,648,494 3,966,949 681,545 Increase 17.2% Increase
15  Georgia 4,589,575 3,943,116 646,459 Increase 16.4% Increase
16  Wisconsin 4,417,731 3,951,777 465,954 Increase 11.8% Increase
17  Tennessee 3,923,687 3,567,089 356,598 Increase 10.0% Increase
18  Maryland 3,922,399 3,100,689 821,710 Increase 26.5% Increase
19  Minnesota 3,804,971 3,413,864 391,107 Increase 11.5% Increase
20  Louisiana 3,641,306 3,257,022 384,284 Increase 11.8% Increase
21  Alabama 3,444,165 3,266,740 177,425 Increase 5.4% Increase
22  Washington 3,409,169 2,853,214 555,955 Increase 19.5% Increase
23  Kentucky 3,218,706 3,038,156 180,550 Increase 5.9% Increase
24  Connecticut 3,031,709 2,535,234 496,475 Increase 19.6% Increase
25  Iowa 2,824,376 2,757,537 66,839 Increase 2.4% Increase
26  South Carolina 2,590,516 2,382,594 207,922 Increase 8.7% Increase
27  Oklahoma 2,559,229 2,328,284 230,945 Increase 9.9% Increase
28  Kansas 2,246,578 2,178,611 67,967 Increase 3.1% Increase
29  Mississippi 2,216,912 2,178,141 38,771 Increase 1.8% Increase
30  Colorado 2,207,259 1,753,947 453,312 Increase 25.8% Increase
31  Oregon 2,091,533 1,768,687 322,846 Increase 18.3% Increase
32  Arkansas 1,923,295 1,786,272 137,023 Increase 7.7% Increase
33  Arizona 1,745,944 1,302,161 443,783 Increase 34.1% Increase
34  West Virginia 1,744,237 1,860,421 -116,184 Decrease -6.2% Decrease
35  Nebraska 1,483,493 1,411,330 72,163 Increase 5.1% Increase
36  Utah 1,059,273 890,627 168,646 Increase 18.9% Increase
37  New Mexico 1,017,055 951,023 66,032 Increase 6.9% Increase
38  Maine 992,048 969,265 22,783 Increase 2.4% Increase
39  Rhode Island 946,725 859,488 87,237 Increase 10.1% Increase
40  Hawaii 769,913 632,772 137,141 Increase 21.7% Increase
–  District of Columbia 756,510 763,956 -7,446 Decrease -1.0% Decrease
41  New Hampshire 737,681 606,921 130,760 Increase 21.5% Increase
42  Idaho 712,567 667,191 45,376 Increase 6.8% Increase
43  Montana 694,409 674,767 19,642 Increase 2.9% Increase
44  South Dakota 665,507 680,514 -15,007 Decrease -2.2% Decrease
45  North Dakota 617,761 632,446 -14,685 Decrease -2.3% Decrease
46  Delaware 548,104 446,292 101,812 Increase 22.8% Increase
47  Nevada 488,738 285,278 203,460 Increase 71.3% Increase
48  Vermont 444,330 389,881 54,449 Increase 14.0% Increase
49  Wyoming 332,416 330,066 2,350 Increase 0.7% Increase
50  Alaska 300,382 226,167 74,215 Increase 32.8% Increase

City rankings

RankCityStatePopulation[2]Region (2014)[3]
01New YorkNew York7,894,862Northeast
02ChicagoIllinois3,366,957Midwest
03Los AngelesCalifornia2,816,061West
04PhiladelphiaPennsylvania1,948,609Northeast
05DetroitMichigan1,511,482Midwest
06HoustonTexas1,232,802South
07BaltimoreMaryland905,759South
08DallasTexas844,401South
09WashingtonDistrict of Columbia756,510South
10ClevelandOhio750,903Midwest
11IndianapolisIndiana744,624Midwest
12MilwaukeeWisconsin717,099Midwest
13San FranciscoCalifornia715,674West
14San DiegoCalifornia696,769West
15San AntonioTexas654,153South
16BostonMassachusetts641,071Northeast
17MemphisTennessee623,530South
18St. LouisMissouri622,236Midwest
19New OrleansLouisiana593,471South
20PhoenixArizona581,562West
21ColumbusOhio539,677Midwest
22SeattleWashington530,831West
23JacksonvilleFlorida528,865South
24PittsburghPennsylvania520,117Northeast
25DenverColorado514,678West
26Kansas CityMissouri507,087Midwest
27AtlantaGeorgia496,973South
28BuffaloNew York462,768Northeast
29CincinnatiOhio452,524Midwest
30Nashville-DavidsonTennessee448,003South
31San JoseCalifornia445,779West
32MinneapolisMinnesota434,400Midwest
33Fort WorthTexas393,476South
34ToledoOhio383,818Midwest
35PortlandOregon382,619West
36NewarkNew Jersey382,417Northeast
37Oklahoma CityOklahoma366,481South
38OaklandCalifornia361,561West
39LouisvilleKentucky361,472South
40Long BeachCalifornia358,633West
41OmahaNebraska347,328Midwest
42MiamiFlorida334,859South
43TulsaOklahoma331,638South
44HonoluluHawaii324,871West
45El PasoTexas322,261South
46Saint PaulMinnesota309,980Midwest
47NorfolkVirginia307,951South
48BirminghamAlabama300,910South
49RochesterNew York296,233Northeast
50TampaFlorida277,767South
51WichitaKansas276,554Midwest
52AkronOhio275,425Midwest
53TucsonArizona262,933West
54Jersey CityNew Jersey260,545Northeast
55SacramentoCalifornia254,413West
56AustinTexas251,808South
57RichmondVirginia249,621South
58AlbuquerqueNew Mexico243,751West
59DaytonOhio243,601Midwest
60CharlotteNorth Carolina241,178South
61St. PetersburgFlorida216,232South
62Corpus ChristiTexas204,525South
63YonkersNew York204,297Northeast
64Des MoinesIowa200,587Midwest
65Grand RapidsMichigan197,649Midwest
66SyracuseNew York197,208Northeast
67FlintMichigan193,317Midwest
68MobileAlabama190,026South
69ShreveportLouisiana182,064South
70WarrenMichigan179,260Midwest
71ProvidenceRhode Island179,213Northeast
72Fort WayneIndiana177,671Midwest
73WorcesterMassachusetts176,572Northeast
74Salt Lake CityUtah175,885West
75GaryIndiana175,415Midwest
76KnoxvilleTennessee174,587South
77ArlingtonVirginia174,284South
78MadisonWisconsin173,258Midwest
79Virginia BeachVirginia172,106South
80SpokaneWashington170,516West
81Kansas CityKansas168,213Midwest
82AnaheimCalifornia166,701West
83FresnoCalifornia165,972West
84Baton RougeLouisiana165,963South
85SpringfieldMassachusetts163,905Northeast
86HartfordConnecticut158,017Northeast
87Santa AnaCalifornia156,601West
88BridgeportConnecticut156,542Northeast
89TacomaWashington154,581West
90ColumbusGeorgia154,168South
91JacksonMississippi153,968South
92LincolnNebraska149,518Midwest
93LubbockTexas149,101South
94RockfordIllinois147,370Midwest
95PatersonNew Jersey144,824Northeast
96GreensboroNorth Carolina144,076South
97RiversideCalifornia140,089West
98YoungstownOhio139,788Midwest
99Fort LauderdaleFlorida139,590South
100EvansvilleIndiana138,764Midwest

Locations of 50 most populous cities

Location of 50 largest cities by population in the United States in 1970

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 roughly 7 percent from 1960.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The "72-Year Rule" – History". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ Gibson, Campbell (June 1998), Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, archived from the original on September 2, 2017
  3. ↑ "Regions and Divisions". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1970/Apollo-13/12303235577467-2/#title "1970 Year in Review, UPI.com". Accessed April 8, 2009. Archived May 4, 2009.
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