United States Census 1940

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The 1940 United States Census was the sixteenth census in the United States since 1790 . As a result of the census, a population of 132,164,569 people was determined for the USA as of April 1, 1940 (the census was carried out in the entire April), about 7.3% more than at the 1930 census .

The data contain information on the name, address, relationship with the head of the family, gender, race, age, civil status (and if married, age at the first marriage), place of birth and that of the parents, school attendance, educational qualification, reading and language skills (the latter for Immigrants), occupation and industry as well as weekly working hours or length of unemployment and annual income.

The household was asked whether it was a farm or a house, property (then the value was also determined) or a rented apartment (then the rent was recorded); also whether there was a radio in the household.

The data have been available since 2012 because, according to Title 13 of the federal legislation, the data are made available to the public after 72 years.

The state population figures from the 10-year United States censuses are key to determining the number of representatives from those states in the United States House of Representatives . The adjustment is usually made in the next but one Congress after a census.

States by population

U.S. states by population in 1940.

rank State population
1 new York 13,479,142
2 Pennsylvania 9,900,180
3 Illinois 7,897,241
4th Ohio 6,907,612
5 California 6,907,387
6th Texas 6,414,824
7th Michigan 5,256,106
8th Massachusetts 4,316,721
9 New Jersey 4,160,165
10 Missouri 3,784,664
11 North Carolina 3,571,623
12 Indiana 3,427,796
13 Wisconsin 3,137,587
14th Georgia 3,123,723
15th Tennessee 2,915,841
16 Kentucky 2,845,627
17th Alabama 2,832,961
18th Minnesota 2,792,300
19th Virginia 2,677,773
20th Iowa 2,538,268
21st Louisiana 2,363,880
22nd Oklahoma 2,336,434
23 Mississippi 2,183,796
24 West Virginia 1,961,974
25th Arkansas 1,949,387
26th South carolina 1,899,804
27 Florida 1,897,414
28 Maryland 1,821,244
29 Kansas 1,801,028
30th Washington 1,736,191
31 Connecticut 1,709,242
32 Nebraska 1,315,834
33 Colorado 1,123,296
34 Oregon 1,089,684
35 Maine 847.226
36 Rhode Island 713,346
... District of Columbia 663.091
37 South Dakota 642.961
38 North Dakota 641.935
39 Montana 559.456
40 Utah 550.310
41 New Mexico 531.818
42 Idaho 524,873
43 Arizona 499.261
44 New Hampshire 491,524
45 Vermont 359.231
46 Delaware 266.505
47 Wyoming 250,742
48 Nevada 110.247

Cities by population

The 20 most populous cities in the United States by population in 1940.

rank city State population
01 New York City new York 7,454,995
02 Chicago Illinois 3,396,808
03 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,931,334
04 Detroit Michigan 1,623,452
05 los Angeles California 1,504,277
06 Cleveland Ohio 878.336
07 Baltimore Maryland 859.100
08 St. Louis Missouri 816.048
09 Boston Massachusetts 770.816
10 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 671,659
11 Washington, DC District of Columbia 663.091
12 San Francisco California 634,536
13 Milwaukee Wisconsin 587,472
14th Buffalo new York 575.901
15th New Orleans Louisiana 494,537
16 Minneapolis Minnesota 492,370
17th Cincinnati Ohio 455.610
18th Newark New Jersey 429.760
19th Kansas City Missouri 399.178
20th Indianapolis Indiana 386,972

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sixteenth Census of the United States . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

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