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Total Resident Population and Percent Population Change in Texas and the United States: 1850 to 2000
| Year |
Texas Population |
U.S. Population |
Texas Population Change |
U.S. Population Change |
Texas Population % Change |
U.S. Population % Change |
| 1850 |
212,592 |
23,191,876 |
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| 1860 |
604,215 |
31,443,321 |
391,623 |
8,251,445 |
184.2 |
35.6 |
| 1870 |
818,579 |
39,818,449 |
214,364 |
8,375,128 |
35.5 |
26.6 |
| 1880 |
1,591,749 |
50,155,783 |
773,170 |
10,337,334 |
94.5 |
26 |
| 1890 |
2,235,527 |
62,947,714 |
643,778 |
12,791,931 |
40.4 |
25.5 |
| 1900 |
3,048,710 |
75,994,575 |
813,183 |
13,046,861 |
36.4 |
20.7 |
| 1910 |
3,896,542 |
91,972,266 |
847,832 |
15,977,691 |
27.8 |
21 |
| 1920 |
4,663,228 |
105,710,620 |
766,686 |
13,738,354 |
19.7 |
14.9 |
| 1930 |
5,824,715 |
122,775,046 |
1,161,487 |
17,064,426 |
24.9 |
16.1 |
| 1940 |
6,414,824 |
131,669,275 |
590,109 |
8,894,229 |
10.1 |
7.2 |
| 1950 |
7,711,194 |
150,697,361 |
1,296,370 |
19,028,086 |
20.2 |
14.5 |
| 1960 |
9,579,677 |
179,323,175 |
1,868,483 |
28,625,814 |
24.2 |
19 |
| 1970 |
11,196,730 |
203,302,031 |
1,617,053 |
23,978,856 |
16.9 |
13.4 |
| 1980 |
14,229,191 |
226,545,805 |
3,032,461 |
23,243,774 |
27.1 |
11.4 |
| 1990 |
16,986,510 |
248,709,873 |
2,757,319 |
22,164,068 |
19.4 |
9.8 |
| 2000 |
20,851,820 |
281,421,906 |
3,865,310 |
32,712,033 |
22.8 |
13.2 |
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| Source: |
Decennial Censuses of the United States, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Compiled by the Texas State Data Center, Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University |
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