Density Using Land Area For States, Counties, Metropolitan Areas, and Places

2000

American FactFinder tables (Census 2000 Summary File 1, 100-Percent Data)

• Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density for States: 2000
• Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density for Counties: 2000
• Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density for Metropolitan Areas: 2000
• Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density for Places and (in selected states) County Subdivisions: 2000

The source of the following table is 2000 Census of Population and Housing, "Population and Housing Unit Counts," PHC-3-1. The 1970, 1980, and 1990 census counts from this source are revised from the tabulated versions.

• Population, Housing Units, Area Measurements, and Density: 1790 to 2000
  (Data are shown for the United States. Table 2 in PHC-3-1. Page 44)

Maps showing population density and distribution based on Census 2000

• Population Density of the United States and Selected Maps of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2000
• 2000 Population Distribution in the United States ("Nighttime Map")

Description of area measurement (Pages 498-499)

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1990

Data are consistent with 1990 Summary Tape File 1C.

• Land Area, Population, and Density for States and Counties: 1990
• Land Area, Population, and Density for Metropolitan Areas: 1990
• Land Area, Population, and Density for Places: 1990

Maps showing population density and distribution based on the 1990 Census

• Race and Hispanic Origin Population Density of the United States: 1990
• 1990 Population Distribution in the United States ("Nighttime Map")

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
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