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Long Term Demographic Change: 1940 - 2020
  how the U.S. population distribution has changed since 1940

October 2022 .. welcome to this periodically updating section on how the U.S. population distribution has changed since 1940. Sign up to receive updates

The decennial census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790. It provides the baseline data, the counts, of the population and housing for public use. These data are used widely to administer/evaluate programs and analyze population and housing characteristics and trends. The 1940 Census enumerated the United States and a11 territories (Alaska and Hawaii then territories) and possessions population to be 150,621,231; data released during World War II and tabulated without use of computers. The 2020 Census enumerated the U.S. population to be 331,449,281.

This section chronicles how population and population density have changed by county since 1940. You can create similar map views, and more, through the use of the VDA Web GIS.

Examining Population Distribution Change Starting with the 1940 Census
We start with the 1940 Census due to several changes, maybe making it the start of the more modern census. Four notable changes were made starting with the 1940 Census, including the addition of the housing schedule, the sampling procedure, the addition of questions on employment and unemployment and questions on migration. With the advent of the 2010 Census, we lost the sample questionnaire/data and the questionnaire was reduced to the short form only.

U.S. by county population density maps for the 48 contiguous state are presented below. These maps were developed using VDA GIS using the MetroDynamics database and GIS project.

Patterns of Population Density based on the 1940 Census


Patterns of Population Density based on the 2020 Census


Examining County Level Detail
The following graphic illustrates a zoom-in to a county/region with more detail. Centered on Harris County, TX (Houston), counties are labeled with the county name and 2020 Census population.


Using the select/profile tool, the fuller set of population data is shown for 1900 forward for Harris County.

 YearPopulation
 190063,786
 1910115,693
 1920186,667
 1930359,328
 1940528,961
 1950806,701
 19601,243,158
 19701,741,912
 19802,409,547
 19902,818,199
 20003,400,578
 20104,092,459
 20204,731,145

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