1900 United States census explained

Twelfth census of the United States
Country:	United States
Region Type:	state
Date:	June 1, 1900
Population:	76,212,168
Percent Change:	21.01%
Most Populous:	New York 7,268,894
Least Populous:	Nevada 42,335
Authority:	Census Office
Previous Census:	1890 United States census
Previous Year:	1890
Next Census:	1910 United States census
Next Year:	1910

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.

Oversight of the statistics was by Frederick Howard Wines and Walter F. Willcox.^[2]

Census questions

The 1900 census collected the following information:^[3]

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

City rankings

Rank	Population	Region (2016)^[7]
01	3,437,202	Northeast
02	1,698,575	Midwest
03	1,293,697	Northeast
04	575,238	Midwest
05	560,892	Northeast
06	508,957	South
07	391,768	Midwest
08	352,387	Northeast
09	342,782	West
10	325,902	Midwest
11	321,616	Northeast
12	287,104	South
13	285,704	Midwest
14	285,315	Midwest
15	278,718	South
16	246,070	Northeast
17	206,433	Northeast
18	204,731	South
19	202,718	Midwest
20	175,597	Northeast
21	169,164	Midwest
22	163,752	Midwest
23	163,065	Midwest
24	162,608	Northeast
25	133,859	West
26	131,822	Midwest
27	129,896	Northeast
28	125,560	Midwest
29	118,421	Northeast
30	108,374	Northeast
31	108,027	Northeast
32	105,171	Northeast
33	104,863	Northeast
34	102,979	Midwest
35	102,555	Midwest
36	102,479	West
37	102,320	South
38	102,026	Northeast
39	94,969	Northeast
40	94,151	Northeast
41	91,886	Northeast
42	90,426	West
43	89,872	South
44	87,565	Midwest
45	85,333	Midwest
46	85,050	South
47	80,865	South
48	80,671	West
49	79,850	Northeast
50	78,961	Northeast
51	76,508	South
52	75,935	Northeast
53	73,307	Northeast
54	70,996	Northeast
55	68,513	Northeast
56	66,960	West
57	62,559	Northeast
58	62,442	Northeast
59	62,139	Midwest
60	62,059	Northeast
61	61,643	Northeast
62	60,651	Northeast
63	59,364	Northeast
64	59,007	Midwest
65	56,987	Northeast
66	56,383	Northeast
67	56,100	Midwest
68	55,807	South
69	54,244	South
70	53,531	West
71	53,321	South
72	52,969	Midwest
73	52,733	Northeast
74	52,130	Northeast
75	51,721	Northeast
76	51,418	Midwest
77	50,167	Northeast
78	50,145	Northeast
79	47,931	Northeast
80	46,624	South
81	45,859	Northeast
82	45,712	Northeast
83	45,115	Midwest
84	44,885	Midwest
85	44,633	South
86	42,938	South
87	42,728	Midwest
88	42,638	South
89	42,345	Midwest
90	41,459	Northeast
91	40,169	Midwest
92	40,063	Northeast
93	39,647	Northeast
94	39,441	South
95	39,231	Northeast
96	38,973	Northeast
97	38,878	South
98	38,469	South
99	38,415	South
100	38,307	South

Locations of 50 most populous cities

External links

1901 U.S. Census Report (contains 1900 census results)
Historic US Census data
https://web.archive.org/web/20200717185528/https://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/PopulationofStatesandCountiesoftheUnitedStates1790-1990.pdf

Notes and References

https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1900.html "1900 Overview"
Mitchell . Wesley C. . 1900 . Preparations for the Twelfth Census . Journal of Political Economy . en . 8 . 3 . 378–384 . 10.1086/250680 . 0022-3808.
Web site: Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790–1925 . 45 (p. 51 of PDF) . October 1981 . . December 15, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130004637/http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270 . January 30, 2009 . live .
Web site: Census Secrets . Algonquin Area Public Library District . May 17, 2012 .
https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/volume-1/volume-1-p5.pdf States and territories
Including Indian Territory, which was yet to be combined with Oklahoma Territory to form the state of Oklahoma.
Web site: Regions and Divisions . U.S. Census Bureau . September 9, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203020637/http://www.census.gov/econ/census/help/geography/regions_and_divisions.html . December 3, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .