Table 2. Population Growth by Single Year

Population Growth by Single Year
Los Angeles County, 1850-1998

Year	Population
1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879	3530 4310 5090 5870 6650 7430 8210 8990 9770 10,550 11,333 11,730 12,127 12,524 12,921 13,318 13,715 14,112 14,509 14,906 15,309 17,116 18,923 20,730 22,537 24,344 26,151 27,958 29,765 31,572

Year	Population
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909	33,381 40,188 46,995 53,802 60,609 67,416 74,223 81,030 87,837 94,644 101,454 108,338 115,222 122,106 128,990 135,874 142,758 149,642 156,526 163,410 170,298 195,000 210,000 230,000 275,000 305,000 350,000 400,000 425,000 460,000

Year	Population
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939	504,131 554,000 630,000 725,000 790,000 815,000 852,000 875,000 884,500 910,477 936,455 1,092,500 1,229,490 1,366,130 1,648,670 1,737,570 1,842,550 1,925,010 2,010,170 2,081,070 2,208,492 2,278,580 2,336,060 2,308,870 2,381,080 2,389,680 2,453,970 2,609,270 2,718,780 2,738,390

Year	Population
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969	2,785,643 2,915,000 3,056,000 3,171,000 3,271,000 3,365,000 3,480,000 3,645,000 3,855,000 4,000,000 4,151,687 4,222,900 4,444,300 4,581,200 4,806,600 4,982,500 5,186,200 5,401,300 5,614,200 5,818,300 6,042,686 6,143,000 6,272,000 6,403,000 6,537,000 6,664,000 6,769,000 6,847,000 6,912,000 6,971,000

Year	Population
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998	7,041,980 7,085,000 7,065,000 7,034,000 7,021,000 7,086,000 7,160,000 7,240,000 7,315,000 7,380,000 7,477,421 7,571,000 7,679,000 7,830,000 7,962,000 8,092,000 8,249,000 8,419,000 8,556,000 8,650,000 8,863,160 8,988,200 9,115,600 9,208,100 9,280,600 9,327,300 9,369,800 9,470,900 9,603,300

*Decennial Census Year: United States Censuses of 1850 through 1990 were taken on June 1, 1910 on April 15 and 1920 on January 1. All subsequent censuses have been taken on April. All intercensal estimates (those for years not ending in zero) are as of January 1.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, decennial censuses of 1850 through 1990. Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Department of Regional Planning, estimates for 1851 through 1919. California Taxpayers Association, estimates for 1921 through 1939. Los Angeles County 1998. Historical data compiled by George Malone, Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

1998-99 State of the County Report, United Way of Greater Los Angeles

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