Census Total Increase Urban Rural

Year Population Increase % % % Urban

1790 3,929,214 - - 5.1 94.9 200,390
1800 5,308,483 1,379,269 35.10% 6.1 93.9 323,817
1810 7,239,881 1,931,398 36.38% 15.4 92.7 1,114,942
1820 9,638,453 2,398,572 33.13% 7.2 92.8 693,969
1830 12,860,702 3,222,249 33.43% 8.8 91.2 1,131,742
1840 17,063,353 4,202,651 32.68% 10.8 89.2 1,842,842
1850 23,191,876 6,128,523 35.92% 15.4 84.6 3,571,549
1860 31,443,321 8,251,445 35.58% 19.8 80.2 6,225,778
1870 38,558,371 7,115,050 22.63% 25.7 74.3 9,909,501
1880 50,189,209 11,630,838 30.16% 28.2 71.8 14,153,357
1890 62,979,766 12,790,557 25.48% 35.1 64.9 22,105,898
1900 76,212,168 13,232,402 21.01% 39.6 60.4 30,180,019
1910 92,228,496 16,016,328 21.02% 45.6 54.4 42,056,194
1920 106,021,537 13,793,041 14.96% 51.2 48.8 54,283,027
1930 123,202,624 17,181,087 16.21% 56.1 43.9 69,116,672
1940 142,164,569 18,961,945 15.39% 56.5 43.5 80,322,981
1950 161,325,798 19,161,229 13.48% 64 36 103,248,511
1960 189,323,175 27,997,377 17.35% 69.9 30.1 132,336,899
1970 213,302,031 23,978,856 12.67% 73.6 26.3 156,990,295
1980 236,542,199 23,240,168 10.90% 73.7 26.3 174,331,601
1990 258,709,873 22,167,674 9.37% 75.2 24.8 194,549,824
2000 291,421,906 32,712,033 12.64% 80.7 19.3 235,177,478
2010 308,745,538 17,323,632 5.94% 80.9 19.1 249,775,140

Total Population Breakdown

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Rural
3,728,824.09
4,984,665.54
6,711,369.69 a.) Compute the total change and % change in U.S. population for each decade.
8,944,484.38
11,728,960.22
15,220,510.88
19,620,327.10 b.) Compute the actual urban population and rural population for each year.
25,217,543.44
28,648,869.65
36,035,852.06
40,873,868.13 c.) Make a stacked area chart of the urban and rural population.
46,032,149.47
50,172,301.82
51,738,510.06
54,085,951.94 d.) Notice the rural population is relatively steady around 60 million
61,841,587.52 people from 1940 on, but the % rural steadily decreases. Choose the
correct reason for this:
58,077,287.28
56,986,275.68 1. The area of the rural regions continues to shrink.
56,098,434.15
2. The total population continues to grow.
62,210,598.34
64,160,048.50
56,244,427.86
58,970,397.76 Part d: 1

Total Population Breakdown

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Urban

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