1970 United States census

The United States census of 1970, 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 1800 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 recorded a population of over 1 million (Houston).

Nineteenth census
of the United States
April 1, 1970
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General information
CountryUnited States
Results
Total population203,392,031 ( 13.4%)
Most populous ​stateCalifornia
19,953,134
Least populous ​stateAlaska
302,173

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

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

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.[4]

Notes
  1. PIO, US Census Bureau, Census History Staff. "The "72-Year Rule" – History – U.S. Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  2. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998, 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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