Term: population of Wisconsin, 1820-1990
Definition:
1820: 1,444
1830: 3,635
1840: 30,945
1850: 305,391
1860: 775,881
1870: 1,054,670
1880: 1,315,497
1890: 1,686,880
1900: 2,069,042
1910: 2,333,860
1920: 2,632,067
1930: 2,939,006
1940: 3,137,587
1950: 3,434,575
1960: 3,951,777
1970: 4,417,731
1980: 4,705,767
1990: 4,891,769
All figures from U.S. Census Data provided at http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056.html
Breakdowns by county, race, gender and other subcategories are available from the Historical Census Browser at the Univ. of Virginia Library's Fisher Library (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/)
[Source: U.S. Census]
