United States 2000 Census

The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census. This was the 22nd federal census and the largest peacetime effort in the history of the United States.

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United States Census - Census Bureau - United States - April 1 - 2000 - Enumerated - 1990 Census

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The U.S. resident population includes the total number of people in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Bureau also enumerated the residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; its population was 3,808,610, an 8.1 percent increase over the number from a decade earlier.

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District of Columbia - Commonwealth - Puerto Rico

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