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{{Short description|National12th US national census}}
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{{Infobox census
| name = Twelfth census of the United States
| logo = DeptInterior1882seal.png
| logo = Seal of the United States Census Bureau.svg▼
| logo_caption = Seal of the [[UnitedDepartment Statesof Censusthe Bureau]]Interior
| image = 1900 census Kershaw Lindauer.gif
| image_size = 200
| image_caption = Example of Population Scheduleschedule from the 1900 census
| country = United States
| region_type = state
| date = June 1, 1900
| population = 76,212,168
| percent_change = {{increase}} 21.01%
| most_populous = [[New York (state)|New York]]<br>7,268,894
| least_populous = [[Nevada]]<br>42,335
▲| logo authority = Seal of the [[United States Census Bureau.svg|Census Office]]
| previous_census = 1890 United States census
| previous_year = 1890
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| next_year = 1910
}}
The '''1900 United States census of 1900''', conducted by the [[United States Census Bureau|Census Office]] on June 1, 1900,<ref>[https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1900.html "1900 Overview"], History, US Census Bureau</ref> determined the resident [[population]] of the [[United States]] to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons [[Enumeration|enumerated]] during the [[1890 United States census|1890 census]]. It was the last census to be conducted before the founding of the permanent United States Census Bureau.
 
The census saw the nation's largest city, [[New York City]], more than double in size due to the [[City of Greater New York|consolidation with Brooklyn]], becoming in the process the Firstfirst Neighborhood AmericanU.S. city to record a population growth of over three million.
 
Oversight of the statistics was by Frederick Howard Wines and [[Walter Francis Willcox|Walter F. Willcox]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=Wesley C. |date=1900 |title=Preparations for the Twelfth Census |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/250680 |journal=Journal of Political Economy |language=en |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=378–384 |doi=10.1086/250680 |issn=0022-3808}}</ref>
 
==Census questions==
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* school
* ability to speak English
* whether on a farm farmer
* home owned or rented, and, if owned, whether mortgaged
{{div col end}}
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==Data availability==
The original census enumeration sheets were [[Microform|microfilmed]] by the Census Bureau in the 1940s;, after which the original sheets were destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aapld.org/adult/genealogy/pdf_handouts/CensusSecrets.pdf |title=Census Secrets |author=Algonquin Area Public Library District |access-date=May 17, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The microfilmed census is available in rolls from the [[National Archives and Records Administration]]. Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices.
 
[[Microdata (statistics)|Microdata]] from the 1900 census are freely available through the [[Integrated Public Use Microdata Series|IPUMS]]. [[Aggregate data]] for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the [[National Historical Geographic Information System]].
 
== State rankings ==
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! style="width:40px" style="text-align: center;" | Rank
! style="text-align: center;" | State
! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Population as of<br />1900 census<ref>[https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/volume-1/volume-1-p5.pdf States and territories] census.gov</ref>
! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Population as of<br />1890 census
! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Change
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| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|New York|1778|size=23px}}
| 7,268,894
| 56,997003,853174
| 1,271265,041720 {{increase}}
| 21.21% {{increase}}
|-
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flagflagicon image|Pennsylvania State Flag 1863 pubdomain.jpg|size=23px}} [[Pennsylvania]]
| 6,302,115
| 5,258,113
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|-
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Illinois|1915|size=23px}}
| 4,821,550
| 3,826,352
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|-
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Ohio|size=23px25px}}
| 4,157,545
| 3,672,329
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|-
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flagicon imageflag|Flag of Texas (1839–1879).svg|size=23px}} [[Texas]]
| 3,048,710
| 2,235,527
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|-
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Indiana|1899|size=23px}}
| 2,516,462
| 2,192,404
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| 1,617,949
| 275,861 {{increase}}
| 17.10% {{increase}}
|-
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|New Jersey|1896|size=23px}}
| 1,883,669
| 1,444,933
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|-
| &ndash;
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Oklahoma|1911|size=23px}}<ref>Including [[Indian Territory]], which was yet to be combined with [[Oklahoma Territory]] to form the state of Oklahoma.</ref>
| 790,391
| 258,657
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|-
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" |{{FlagFlagicon image|Flag of Maine (1901–1909).svg|size=23px}} [[Maine]]
| 694,466
| 661,086
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|-
| 31
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Colorado|1907|size=23px}}
| 539,700
| 413,249
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|-
| 36
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|New Hampshire|1909|size=23px}}
| 411,588
| 376,530
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|-
| 38
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Vermont|1837|size=23px}}
| 343,641
| 332,422
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|-
| 41
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Montana|1905|size=23px}}
| 243,329
| 142,924
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|-
| &ndash;
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|New Mexico|1912|size=23px}}
| 195,310
| 160,282
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|-
| 42
| style="text-align: left;" |{{FlagFlagicon image|Flag of Delaware (1913–1953).gif|size=23px}} [[Delaware]]
| 184,735
| 168,493
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|-
| &ndash;
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Hawaii|1896|size=23px}}
| 154,001
| &ndash;89,990
| 64,011 {{increase}}
| &ndash;
| 71.1% {{increase}}
| &ndash;
|-
| &ndash;
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|-
| 45
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|Nevada|1905|size=23px}}
| 42,335
| 47,355
| -5,020 {{decrease}}
| -10.6% {{decrease}}
|-
|
| style="text-align: left;" |{{Flag|United States|1896|size=23px}}
| 76,212,168
| 62,979,766
| 13,232,402 {{increase}}
| 21.0% {{increase}}
|}
 
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| 32 || [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] || [[New Jersey]] || 105,171 || [[Northeastern United States (U.S. Census Bureau)|Northeast]]
|-
| 33 || [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] || [[Massachusetts]] || 104,863 || [[Northeastern United States (U.S. Census Bureau)|Northeast]]
|-
| 34 || [[St. Joseph, Missouri|St. Joseph]] || [[Missouri]] || 102,979 || [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]
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| 100 || [[Little Rock]] || [[Arkansas]] || 38,307 || [[Southern United States|South]]
|}
 
==Locations of 50 most populous cities==
<div style="overflow: scroll">
{{United States Cities Labeled Map 1900 Large}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|1900 United States Census}}
* [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1901-02.pdf 1901 U.S. Census Report] (contains 1900 census results)
* [https://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html Historic US Census data]
* httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200717185528/https://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/PopulationofStatesandCountiesoftheUnitedStates1790-1990.pdf
 
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