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Total U.S. Population

Area 20001990 1980
50 states1281,421,906248,709,873 226,545,805
 48 coterminous1279,583,437247,051,601 225,179,263
 Alaska 626,932550,043 401,851
 Hawaii 1,211,5371,108,229 964,691
American Samoa 57,29146,773 32,297
Guam 154,805133,152 105,979
Johnston Atoll (2)(2)327
Midway (2)(2) 453
N. Mariana Is.369,22143,345(4)
Puerto Rico 3,808,6103,522,037 3,196,520
Trust Ter. of Pac. Is. (7)15,1226 132,9295
Virgin Is. of U.S. 108,612101,809 96,569
Wake Island (2)(2) 302
Population abroad 576,3678922,819 995,546
 Armed forces n.a.910,611 515,408
Total 286,196,812253,451,585 231,106,727
NOTE: n.a. = not available.
1. Includes the District of Columbia.
2. No indigenous population.
3. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) became part of the United States in 1986.
4. Included under the territory of the Pacific Islands.
5. Includes Northern Mariana Islands.
6. Palau only trust territory remaining.
7. Palau, the last remaining trust territory, became an independent country in 1994.
8. Includes overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees and their dependents living with them.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web: www.census.gov.

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