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Federal Census Info (and some Oregon History)

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Year

Census
Date

States

U.S.A. Pop.

U.S. Census Director

Oregon
Pop.

Wash.
Pop.

Idaho
Pop.

New States

2010

Apr 01

50

308,745,538

Robert Martin Groves

3,831,074

6,724,540

1,567,582

 

2000

Apr 01

50

281,421,906

Kenneth Prewitt

3,421,399

5,894,121

1,293,953

 

1990

Apr 01

50

248,709,873

Barbara Everitt Bryant

2,842,321

4,866,692

1,006,749

 

1980

Apr 01

50

226,542,199

Vincent Barabba

2,633,156

4,132,353

944,127

 

1971

Jul 01

 

26th Amendment lowers voting age to 18.

  

1970

Dec 21

 

Oregon v. Mitchell decided by Supreme Court.

  

1970

Apr 01

50

203,302,031

George Hay Brown

2,091,533

3,413,244

713,015

 

1960

Apr 01

50

179,323,175

Robert Wilbur Burgess

1,768,687

2,853,214

667,191

AK, HI

1959

Feb 24

 

15th Amendment belatedly ratified by Oregon.

  

1950

Apr 01

48

151,325,798

Roy Victor Peel

1,521,341

2,378,963

588,637

 

1940

Apr 01

48

132,164,569

William Lane Austin

1,089,684

1,736,191

524,873

 

1930

Apr 01

48

123,202,624

William Mott Steuart

953,786

1,563,396

445,032

 

1929

Jun 18

 

Reapportionment Act limits House to 435 seats.

  

1920

Jan 01

48

106,021,537

Samuel Lyle Rogers

783,389

1,356,621

431,866

NM, AZ

1910

Apr 15

46

92,228,496

Edward Dana Durand

672,765

1,141,990

325,594

OK

1900

Jun 01

45

76,212,168

William Rush Merriam

413,536

518,103

161,772

ID, WY, UT

1890

Jul 03

 

Idaho became 43rd state.

  

1890

Jun 01

42

62,979,766

Robert Percival Porter

317,704

357,232

88,548

ND, SD, MT, WA

1889

Nov 11

 

Washington became 42nd state.

  

1880

Jun 01

38

50,189,209

Francis Amasa Walker

174,768

75,116

32,610

CO

1870

Jun 01

37

38,558,371

Francis Amasa Walker

90,923

23,955

14,999

KS, WV, NV, NE

1863

Mar 04

 

Territory of Idaho formed.

  

1860

Jun 01

33

31,443,321

Joseph C. G. Kennedy

52,465

11,594

 

CA, MN, OR

1859

Feb 14

 

Oregon became 33rd state.

  

1853

Mar 02

 

Washington Territory formed.

  

1850

Jun 01

30

23,191,876

Joseph C. G. Kennedy

12,093

Territorial counts

FL, TX, IA, WI

1848

Aug 14

 

Oregon Territory formed.

 

1847

Nov 29

 

Whitman massacre.

 

1846

Jun 15

 

Oregon Treaty signed in Washington, D.C.

 

1843

May 2

 

Provisional Government of Oregon formed.

 

1840

Jun 01

26

17,063,353

William Augustus Weaver

   

AR, MI

1830

Jun 01

24

12,860,702

Martin Van Buren

   

MO

1820

Aug 07

23

9,638,453

John Quincy Adams

   

LA, IN, MS, IL, AL, ME

1810

Aug 06

17

7,239,881

Robert Smith

   

OH

1800

Aug 04

16

5,308,483

John Marshall

   

VT, KY, TN

1790

Aug 02

13

3,929,214

Thomas Jefferson

   

DE, PA, NJ, GA, CT, MA, MD, SC, NH, VA, NY, NC, RI

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