Year

Population

Change

% Change

1999

272,690,813

2,392,289

0.88%

1998

270,298,524

2,554,929

0.95%

1997

267,743,595

2,553,801

0.96%

1996

265,189,794

2,424,846

0.92%

1995

262,764,948

2,475,711

0.95%

1994

260,289,237

2,543,134

0.99%

1993

257,746,103

2,751,586

1.08%

1992

254,994,517

2,867,115

1.14%

1991

252,127,402

2,688,690

1.08%

1990

249,438,712

2,619,482

1.06%

1989

246,819,230

2,320,248

0.95%

1988

244,498,982

2,210,064

0.91%

1987

242,288,918

2,156,031

0.90%

1986

240,132,887

2,209,092

0.93%

1985

237,923,795

2,098,893

0.89%

1984

235,824,902

2,032,908

0.87%

1983

233,791,994

2,127,536

0.92%

1982

231,664,458

2,198,744

0.96%

1981

229,465,714

2,241,033

0.99%

1980

227,224,681

2,169,194

0.96%

1979

225,055,487

2,470,942

1.11%

1978

222,584,545

2,345,120

1.06%

1977

220,239,425

2,204,261

1.01%

1976

218,035,164

2,061,965

0.95%

1975

215,973,199

2,119,271

0.99%

1974

213,853,928

1,945,140

0.92%

1973

211,908,788

2,012,767

0.96%

1972

209,896,021

2,235,344

1.08%

1971

207,660,677

2,608,503

1.27%

1970

205,052,174

2,375,228

1.17%

1969

202,676,946

1,970,894

0.98%

1968

200,706,052

1,993,996

1.00%

1967

198,712,056

2,151,718

1.09%

1966

196,560,338

2,257,375

1.16%

1965

194,302,963

2,414,172

1.26%

1964

191,888,791

2,646,993

1.40%

1963

189,241,798

2,704,061

1.45%

1962

186,537,737

2,846,256

1.55%

1961

183,691,481

3,020,323

1.67%

1960

180,671,158

2,841,530

1.60%

1959

177,829,628

2,947,724

1.69%

1958

174,881,904

2,897,774

1.68%

1957

171,984,130

3,081,099

1.82%

1956

168,903,031

2,971,829

1.79%

1955

165,931,202

2,905,348

1.78%

1954

163,025,854

2,841,662

1.77%

1953

160,184,192

2,631,452

1.67%

1952

157,552,740

2,674,851

1.73%

1951

154,877,889

2,606,472

1.71%

1950

152,271,417

3,083,287

2.07%

1949

149,188,130

2,556,828

1.74%

1948

146,631,302

2,505,231

1.74%

1947

144,126,071

2,737,505

1.94%

1946

141,388,566

1,460,401

1.04%

1945

139,928,165

1,530,820

1.11%

1944

138,397,345

1,657,992

1.21%

1943

136,739,353

1,879,800

1.39%

1942

134,859,553

1,457,082

1.09%

1941

133,402,471

1,280,025

0.97%

1940

132,122,446

1,242,728

0.95%

1939

130,879,718

1,054,779

0.81%

1938

129,824,939

1,000,110

0.78%

1937

128,824,829

771,649

0.60%

1936

128,053,180

802,948

0.63%

1935

127,250,232

876,459

0.69%

1934

126,373,773

795,010

0.63%

1933

125,578,763

738,292

0.59%

1932

124,840,471

800,823

0.65%

1931

124,039,648

962,907

0.78%

1930

123,076,741

1,309,741

1.08%

1929

121,767,000

1,258,000

1.04%

1928

120,509,000

1,474,000

1.24%

1927

119,035,000

1,638,000

1.40%

1926

117,397,000

1,568,000

1.35%

1925

115,829,000

1,720,000

1.51%

1924

114,109,000

2,162,000

1.93%

1923

111,947,000

1,898,000

1.72%

1922

110,049,000

1,511,000

1.39%

1921

108,538,000

2,077,000

1.95%

1920

106,461,000

1,947,000

1.86%

1919

104,514,000

1,306,000

1.27%

1918

103,208,000

(60,000)

-0.06%

1917

103,268,000

1,307,000

1.28%

1916

101,961,000

1,415,000

1.41%

1915

100,546,000

1,435,000

1.45%

1914

99,111,000

1,886,000

1.94%

1913

97,225,000

1,890,000

1.98%

1912

95,335,000

1,472,000

1.57%

1911

93,863,000

1,456,000

1.58%

1910

92,407,000

1,917,000

2.12%

1909

90,490,000

1,780,000

2.01%

1908

88,710,000

1,702,000

1.96%

1907

87,008,000

1,558,000

1.82%

1906

85,450,000

1,628,000

1.94%

1905

83,822,000

1,656,000

2.02%

1904

82,166,000

1,534,000

1.90%

1903

80,632,000

1,469,000

1.86%

1902

79,163,000

1,579,000

2.04%

1901

77,584,000

1,490,000

1.96%

1900

76,094,000