| CENSUS YEAR NUMBER |
POPULATION | INCREASE OVER PRECEDING CENSUS |
PER CENT INCREASE |
| 1910 | 91,972,266 | 15,977,691 | 21.0 |
| 1900 | 75,994,575 | 13,046,861 | 20.7 |
| 1890 | 62,947,714 | 12,791,931 | 25.5 |
| 1880 | 50,155,783 | 11,597,412 | 30.1 |
| 1870 | 38,558,371 | 7,115,050 | 22.6 |
| 1860 | 31,443,321 | 8,251,445 | 35.6 |
| 1850 | 23,191,876 | 6,122,423 | 35.9 |
| 1840 | 17,069,453 | 4,203,433 | 32.7 |
| 1830 | 12,866,020 | 3,227,567 | 33.5 |
| 1820 | 9,638,453 | 2,398,572 | 33.1 |
| 1810 | 7,239,881 | 1,931,398 | 36.4 |
| 1800 | 5,308,483 | 1,379,269 | 35.1 |
| 1790 | 3,929,214 |