Provides the annual population of counties and states calculated from decennial U.S. censuses conducted from 1890-1950 and the Census Bureau’s annual projections of state population growth. The primary sources are “Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990,” published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census (1966); “Census U.S. Decennial County Population Data, 1900-1990” published by the NBER (2007); “Historical Statistics of Hawaii,” published by University Press of Hawaii (1977); and “Annual Estimates of the Population for the U.S. and States,” published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census from 1890 to 1950. The digitized, transparent, and consistent nature of this data and provides numerous benefits, including ease of access and greater potential for analysis.
Universe: Population of counties in the United States from 1890 to 1950
Data Type(s): census/enumeration data
Data Source: Forstall, Richard L.
Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Census, 1996.
NBER. “Census U.S. Decennial County Population Data, 1900-1990.” NBER, April 25, 2007.
https://www.nber.org/research/data/census-us-decennial-county-population-data-1900-1990.
Schmitt, Robert C., Historical Statistics of Hawaii, The University Press of Hawaii, 1977.
Unit(s) of Observation: Counties in Census Decades
Geographic Unit: Counties
