1980 United States census

Twentieth census
of the United States

← 1970 April 1, 1980 1990 →

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General information
CountryUnited States
Results
Total population226,545,805 (Increase 11.4%)
Most populous ​stateCalifornia
23,667,902
Least populous ​stateAlaska
401,851

The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census.[1] It was the first census in which a state—California—recorded a population of 20 million people, as well as the first in which all states recorded populations of over 400,000.

  1. ^ "Population and Area (Historical Censuses)" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.