Annual U.S. Population by Federal Reserve Districts

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. Population by Federal Reserve Districts. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192904V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created the Reserve Bank Organizing Committee which divided the counties of the United States into twelve Federal Reserve Districts each with its own Federal Reserve Bank. The size and vitality of these districts varied. Some were densely populated with substantial urban areas and large industries. Others were sparsely populated and largely rural with the preponderance of the population working in agriculture. Some grew rapidly. Others grew slowly. To help understand the Fed’s role in the evolution of the U.S. economy, we construct a dataset with estimated annual population in each Fed district from 1890 to 1950.
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; Federal Reserve; 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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