United States (nation)


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States
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Alabama(Admitted 14 DEC 1819)
Alaska(Admitted 03 JAN 1959)
Arizona(Admitted 14 FEB 1912)
Arkansas(Admitted 15 JUN 1836)
California(Admitted 09 SEP 1850)
Colorado(Admitted 01 AUG 1876)
Connecticut(Admitted 09 JAN 1788)
Delaware(Admitted 7 DEC 1787)
District of Columbia(Approved 16 JUL 1790)
Florida(Admitted 03 MAR 1845)
Georgia(Admitted 02 JAN 1788)
Hawaii(Admitted 21 AUG 1959)
Idaho(Admitted 03 JUL 1890)
Illinois(Admitted 03 DEC 1818)
Indiana(Admitted 11 DEC 1816)
Iowa(Admitted 28 DEC 1846)
Kansas(Admitted 29 JAN 1861)
Kentucky(Admitted 01 JUN 1792)
Louisiana(Admitted 30 APR 1812)
Maine(Admitted 15 MAR 1820)
Maryland(Admitted 28 APR 1788)
Massachusetts(Admitted 06 FEB 1788)
Michigan(Admitted 26 JAN 1837)
Minnesota(Admitted 11 MAY 1858)
Mississippi(Admitted 10 DEC 1817)
Missouri(Admitted 10 AUG 1821)
Montana(Admitted 08 NOV 1889)
Nebraska(Admitted 01 MAR 1867)
Nevada(Admitted 31 OCT 1864)
New Hampshire(Admitted 21 JUN 1788)
New Jersey(Admitted 18 DEC 1787)
New Mexico(Admitted 06 JAN 1912)
New York(Admitted 26 JUL 1788)
North Carolina(Admitted 21 NOV 1789)
North Dakota(Admitted 02 NOV 1889)
Ohio(Admitted 01 MAR 1803)
Oklahoma(Admitted 16 NOV 1907)
Oregon(Admitted 14 FEB 1859)
Pennsylvania(Admitted 12 DEC 1787)
Rhode Island(Admitted 29 MAY 1790)
South Carolina(Admitted 23 MAY 1788)
South Dakota(Admitted 02 NOV 1889)
Tennessee(Admitted 01 JUN 1796)
Texas(Admitted 29 DEC 1845)
Utah(Admitted 04 JAN 1896)
Vermont(Admitted 04 MAR 1791)
Virginia(Admitted 25 JUN 1788)
Washington(Admitted 11 NOV 1889)
West Virginia(Admitted 20 JUN 1863)
Wisconsin(Admitted 29 MAY 1848)
Wyoming(Admitted 10 JUL 1890)
  

United States
 Florida Territory (Formed 30 MAR 1822)
 Illinois Territory (Formed 01 MAR 1809)
 Indiana Territory (Formed 04 JUL 1800)
 Louisiana District (Formed 01 OCT 1804)
 Louisiana Territory (Formed 04 JUL 1805)
 Michigan Territory (Formed 30 JUN 1805)
 Missouri Territory (Formed 04 JUN 1812)
 Orleans Territory (Formed 01 OCT 1804)
 Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (Formed 13 JUL 1787)
 

 


Authority
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Background
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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.

 


Census
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DatePopulationChange
1610210*---
16202,499*---
16305,700*---
164027,947*---
165051,700*---
166084,800*---
1670114,500*---
1680155,600*---
1690213,500*---
1700275,000*---
1710357,500*---
1720474,388*---
1730654,950*---
1740889,000*---
17501,207,000*---
17601,610,000*---
17702,205,000*---
17802,781,000*---
17903,929,214---
18005,308,483+35.1%
18107,239,881+36.4%
18209,638,453+33.1%
183012,866,020+33.5%
184017,069,453+32.7%
185023,191,876*+35.9%
186031,443,321+35.6%
187039,818,449**+26.6%
188050,189,209+26.0%
189062,979,766+25.5%
190076,212,168+21.0%
191092,228,496+21.0%
1920106,021,537+15.0%
1930123,202,624+16.2%
1940132,164,569+7.3%
1950151,325,798+14.5%
1960179,323,175+18.5%
1970203,302,031+13.4%
1980226,542,199+11.4%
1990248,718,302+9.8%
2000281,424,603+13.1%
2010308,745,538+9.7%
                                     *Estimated. **Revised for underenumeration in southern states.


Maps
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Related Content
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Second Census of the United States, 1800

Introduction to the Second Census of the United States.

An Act to extend the time for completing the third census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1811

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assistants in the several states and territories, for which returns have not been completed, have, until the first Monday of June next, to make their returns to the marshals and secretaries;and that the marshals and secretaries have, until the first Monday of July next

An Act further to alter and amend "An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,"1810

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the first section of the act, passed during the present session of Congress, entituled "An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," as relates to the forms of the oaths or affirmations thereby directed to be. taken by the marshals, secretaries and assistants therein mentioned respectively, shall be and hereby is repealed, and that the said oaths or affirmations shall be in the following forms, that is to say: The marshals and secretaries' oath in the form following:

An Act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1810

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshals of the several districts of the United States and of the district of Columbia, and the secretaries of the Mississippi territory, of the Indiana territory, of the Michigan territory, of the Illinois territory, of the Louisiana territory, and of the Orleans territory respectively shall be, and they are hereby authorized and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, and according to such instructions as he shall give pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants...

The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February 1763. To which, The King of Portugal acceded on the same Day

In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. So be it.Be it known to all those whom it shall, or may, in any manner, belong,It has pleased the Most High to diffuse the spirit of union and concord among the Princes, whose divisions had spread troubles in the four parts of the world, and to inspire them with the inclination to cause the comforts of peace to succeed to the misfortunes of a long and bloody war, which having arisen between England and France during the reign of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Second, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, of glorious memory, continued under the reign of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, his successor, and, in its progress, communicated itself to Spain and Portugal: Consequently, the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Duke of

An Act for the relief of the Marshals of certain districts therein mentioned, 1802

Statute I, Chap. XXI

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to apportion to the several marshals of the districts of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, respectively, who have been employed or concerned in taking the late census, the compensation allowed by the "Act providing for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," according to the service each may have performed.

An Act to alter the form of certain oaths and affirmations directed to be taken by the act intituled An act providing for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1800

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the first section of the act passed during the present session of Congress, intituled "An act proYiding for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," as relates to the form of the oaths or affirmations thereby directed to be taken by the marshals, secretaries, and assistants therein mentioned respectively, shall be, and hereby isrepealed, and that the said oaths or affirmations shall be in the following form;that is to say: the marshals and secretaries' oath or affirmation in the form following

An Act providing for the second Census or enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States, 1800

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshals of the several districts of the United States and the secretaries of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, and of the Mississippi territory, respectively, shall be, and they are hereby authorized and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, and according to such instructions as be shall give pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants within their respective districts and territories to be taken;omitting in such enumeration, Indians not taxed, and distinguishing free persons, including those

Resolution Directing Survey, 1789

Resolutions

1. RESOLVED, That the Survey directed by Congress in their act of June the sixth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, be made and returned to the Secretary of the Treasury without delay;and that the President of the United States be requested to appoint a fit person to complete the same, who shall be allowed five dollars per day whilst actually employed in the said service, with the expenses

Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress..., 1784

The amendment of Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry being adopted, the report as amended was agreed to as follows:

Resolved, That so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner, as nearly as such cessions will admit;that is to say, by parallels of latitude, so that each state shall comprehend from north to south two degrees of latitude, beginning to count from the completion of forty-five degrees north of the equator;and by meridians of longitude, one of which shall pass through the lowest point of the rapids of Ohio, and the other through the western cape of the mouth of the great Kanhaway: but the territory eastward of this last meridian, between the Ohio, lake Erie, and Pennsylvania, shall be one state, whatsoever may be its comprehension of latitude. That which may lie beyond the completion of the forty-fifth degree between the said meridian shall make part of the state adjoining it on the south: and that part of the Ohio, which is between the same meridians coinciding nearly with the parallel of thirty-nine degrees, shall be substituted so far in lieu of that parallel as a boundary line.

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