1960 United States Census

Eighteenth Census of the United States
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General information
Country	United States
Date taken	April 1, 1960
Total population	179,323,175
Percent change	18.5%
Most populous state	New York 16,827,000
Least populous state	Alaska 228,000

The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.

Data availability

Microdata from the 1960 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System. Personally identifiable information will be available in 2032.

State rankings

Rank	State	Population
1	New York	16,827,000
2	California	15,850,000
3	Pennsylvania	11,343,000
4	Illinois	10,113,000
5	Ohio	9,739,000
6	Texas	9,617,000
7	Michigan	7,848,000
8	New Jersey	6,099,000
9	Massachusetts	5,167,000
10	Florida	4,951,560
11	Indiana	4,677,000
12	North Carolina	4,563,000
13	Missouri	4,331,000
14	Virginia	3,978,000
15	Wisconsin	3,964,000
16	Georgia	3,949,000
17	Tennessee	3,573,000
18	Minnesota	3,426,000
19	Alabama	3,273,000
20	Louisiana	3,270,000
21	Maryland	3,116,000
22	Kentucky	3,047,000
23	Washington	2,860,000
24	Iowa	2,761,000
25	Connecticut	2,548,000
26	South Carolina	2,392,000
27	Oklahoma	2,333,000
28	Mississippi	2,180,000
29	Kansas	2,178,000
30	West Virginia	1,857,000
31	Arkansas	1,788,000
32	Oregon	1,773,000
33	Colorado	1,758,000
34	Nebraska	1,414,000
35	Arizona	1,318,000
36	Maine	974,000
37	New Mexico	958,000
38	Utah	896,000
39	Rhode Island	857,000
x	District of Columbia	762,000
40	South Dakota	682,000
41	Montana	678,000
42	Idaho	671,000
43	Hawaii	642,000
44	North Dakota	634,000
45	New Hampshire	609,000
46	Delaware	449,000
47	Vermont	391,000
48	Wyoming	332,000
49	Nevada	288,000
50	Alaska	228,000

External links

• Historical US Census data
• 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results