Annual U.S. County Population, 1890-1950, Digitized

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Wenxuan Cao, University of California-Irvine; Gary Richardson, University of California-Irvine

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Project Citation: 

Cao, Wenxuan, and Richardson, Gary. Annual U.S. County Population, 1890-1950, Digitized. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192028V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This data set 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.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Science Foundation (SES-2049393); National Science Foundation (SES-2049401)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms population estimates; US Population; population; historical population
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1890 – 1950
Universe:  View help for Universe Population of counties in the United States from 1890 to 1950
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for 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:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Counties in Census Decades
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Counties

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