No. 14. POPULATION, RANK, PERCENT CHANGE, and [As of Census date: Jan. 1, 1920; Apr. 1 thereafter; except as noted. Insofar as possible, population shown is that of cal Statistics, Colonial Times X Not applicable. Z Less than 0.05 percent. 1 For United States, population of United States has been divided by total land area. For each State and Puerto Rico, population at given census has been divided by land area as then constituted. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 3 1930 as of Oct. 1, 1929; 1940 as of Oct. 1, 1939. Geographic Distribution DENSITY STATES AND PUERTO RICO: 1920 to 1970 15 present area of State. Minus sign (-) denotes decrease. For composition of regions, see fig. I, p. xii. See also Historito 1957, series A 123-180] Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population: 1970, vol. I, part A. No. 4. POPULATION AND AREA-UNITED STATES AND OUTLYING AREAS: 1950 TO 1970 [For area figures of individual States, see table 280. Minus sign (-) denotes decrease. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series A 4-16 and J 2] 2 Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898. On July 25, 1952, pursuant to acts of Congress, it achieved the political status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 3 Includes population of Corn Islands (1950, 1,304; 1960, 1,872) not shown separately. Lease of Corn Islands from Republic of Nicaragua was terminated in 1971. Area total excludes area of these islands (4 square miles). Enderbury Island uninhabited in 1950 and 1960; Canton and Enderbury in 1970. Sand Island uninhabited at time of enumeration. Area is for Navassa (2 square miles), Baker, Howland, and Jarvis (3 square miles), and Palmyra (4 square miles); uninhabited at time of enumeration. ? Under jurisdiction of the United States in accordance with treaty of Nov. 18, 1903, with Republic of Panama. Administered by United States since July 18, 1947, under United Nations Trusteeship system. Estimated civilian population as of June 30, 1950. 10 Census of 1958 conducted by the Office of the High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 11 Comprises 717 square miles of land area and 7,772 square miles of water area. 12 Excludes U.S. citizens temporarily abroad on private business, travel, etc. Such persons were enumerated at their usual place of residence in the United States as absent members of their own households. 13 Based on 20-percent sample of reports received. 14 Based partially on tabulations provided by Dept. of Defense. 15 Represents U.S. citizens abroad for extended periods. Since this population was enumerated on a voluntary basis, its coverage is probably less complete than that of other categories of Americans abroad. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population: 1970, vol. I, part A. No. 5. ESTIMATED AND PROJECTED POPULATION: 1960 TO 2020 [In millions. Estimates and projections as of July 1. Includes Armed Forces abroad. See p. 1 for derivation of estimates and projections. For projection assumptions, see headnote, table 3] Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-25, No. 493. Population Center-Coastal Population No. 6. CENTER OF POPULATION: 1790 TO 1970 9 "Center of population" is that point which may be considered as the center of population gravity of the United States, or that point upon which the United States would balance if it were a rigid plane without weight and the population distributed thereon with each individual being assumed to have equal weight and to exert an influence on a central point proportional to his distance from that point] For dates of admissions of the States and changes in areal definition, see "State Origins and Boundaries," United States Summary, U.S. Census of Population: 1970. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population: 1970, vol. I. No. 7. POPULATION RESIDING IN COUNTIES WITHIN 50 MILES OF COASTAL SHORELINE: 1940 TO 1970 (Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Covers 608 counties and independent cities which are entirely or substantially within 50 miles of the coastal shorelines listed] Source: Compiled from U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, vol. I, 1940; 1950; and 1970, part A. In Chilton County, 13 miles northwest of Clanton. In Maricopa County, 25 miles southeast of Phoenix. In Jefferson County, 21 miles south-southwest of Denver. In New Castle County, in the Delaware River, 19 miles south of Wilmington. 1.2 miles north-northeast of the Capitol. In Polk County, 7 miles east-southeast of Bartow. In Jasper County, 10 miles northeast of Forsyth. In Honolulu County, in Kaiwi Channel, 4 miles southeast of Koko Head. In Custer County, 6 miles east of Stanley. In Grundy County, 12 miles south of Morris. In Clinton County, 13 miles southeast of Frankfort. In Marshall County, 10 miles southwest of Marshalltown. In Chase County, 16 miles southwest of Council Grove. In Howard County, 7 miles south of Ellicott City. In Framingham town, Middlesex County, 2 miles west- In Shiawassee County, 20 miles southwest of Flint. In Meagher County, 5 miles west-southwest of Neihart. In Nye County, 40 miles south-southeast of Tonopah. In Edison township, Middlesex County, 1 mile east of In Torrance County, 10 miles northeast of Mountainair. In Randolph County, 11 miles south-southeast of Asheboro. In Morrow County, 18 miles south-southwest of Mansfield. In Lincoln County, 8 miles south-southwest of Chandler. In Centre township, Perry County, 3 miles north of Bloom- In Cranston City, Providence County, 1.25 miles south of In Richland County, 5 miles north of Columbia. In Buffalo County, 20 miles west-northwest of Wessington In Rutherford County, 8 miles southwest of Murfreesboro. In Salt Lake County, 7 miles south of Holladay. In Granville town, Addison County, 19 miles southwest of Montpelier. In Powhatan County, 30 miles west-northwest of Rich- In King County, 15.5 miles southeast of North Bend. In Natrona County, 26 miles west-southwest of Casper. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, unpublished data. |