population

U.S. population by age, sex and census year

U.S. population counts by age group (0-90+ in 5-year intervals) and sex for each decade between 1850 and 2000, collected and harmonized from historical census records by IPUMS USA.

IPUMS updates and revises datasets over time, which may result in discrepancies with current IPUMS data.

When using this dataset, please refer to IPUMS USA terms of use. The organization requests the use of the following citation for this json file: Steven Ruggles, Katie Genadek, Ronald Goeken, Josiah Grover, and Matthew Sobek. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series: Version 6.0. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2015. http://doi.org/10.18128/D010.V6.0

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Fields

FieldTypeDistributionSummaryMissing
year

Four-digit year of the survey

 integer 1,850 – 2,000 · mean 1,927 Missing 0
age

Age group in 5-year intervals (0=0-4, 5=5-9, 10=10-14, ..., 90=90+)

 integer 0 – 90 · mean 45 Missing 0
sex

Sex (1=men, 2=women)

 integer 1 – 2 · mean 1.5 Missing 0
people

Number of individuals (IPUMS PERWT)

 integer 5,259 – 11,640,000 · mean 3,429,000 Missing 0

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yearagesexpeople
1850011483789
1850021450376
1850511411067
1850521359668
18501011260099

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