User:Moverton/Projects/U.S. state demographic tables
The purpose of this project is to improve the state demographics sections by incorporating the following:
- Add tables of the historical census population totals...completed 21:13, September 3, 2005 (UTC).
- Add demographics tables showing 1990 vs. 2000 race.
- Add U.S. Census Bureau references.
- Source: [http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056.html Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990]
Historical census populations
The tables will use the following code:
| class="toccolours" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 95%;" | |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center"| Historical populations | |
|---|---|
| align="center"| Census year | align="right"| Population |
| colspan=2| | |
| align="center"| 1860 | align="right"| 107,206 |
| align="center"| 1870 | align="right"| 364,399 |
| align="center"| 1880 | align="right"| 996,096 |
| align="center"| 1890 | align="right"| 1,428,108 |
| align="center"| 1900 | align="right"| 1,470,495 |
| align="center"| 1910 | align="right"| 1,690,949 |
| align="center"| 1920 | align="right"| 1,769,257 |
| align="center"| 1930 | align="right"| 1,880,999 |
| align="center"| 1940 | align="right"| 1,801,028 |
| align="center"| 1950 | align="right"| 1,905,299 |
| align="center"| 1960 | align="right"| 2,178,611 |
| align="center"| 1970 | align="right"| 2,246,578 |
| align="center"| 1980 | align="right"| 2,363,679 |
| align="center"| 1990 | align="right"| 2,477,574 |
| align="center"| 2000 | align="right"| 2,688,418 |
Race
Currently assembling the data, but have constructed initial examples (see Kansas, and surrounding states).
More to come...
References
References will be coded as follows:
- U.S. Census Bureau.
- [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20000.html Kansas QuickFacts]. Geographic and demographic information.
- [http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0056/tab31.pdf Kansas - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 1990] {{PDFlink}}
Example:
- U.S. Census Bureau.
- [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20000.html Kansas QuickFacts]. Geographic and demographic information.
- {{cite web|url= http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0056/tab31.pdf |title=Kansas - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1860 to 1990 }}
The actual links and titles for each state's article will be changed accordingly.