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Census 2000 Brief: Gender: 2000
Census 2000 Brief: Gender: 2000
Report Number C2KBR/01-9
According to Census 2000, 281.4 million people were counted in the United States — 143.4 million of whom were female and 138.1 million male.1 The former made up 50.9 percent of the population, compared with 51.3 percent in 1990.
Information on gender was derived from a question which was asked of all people (see Figure 1). A question on the sex of individuals was included in all censuses since the first one in 1790.
This report, part of a series that analyzes population and housing data collected by Census 2000, presents the number who are male and female in regions, states, counties, and places of 100,000 or more and highlights comparisons with data from the 1990 census.2
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1 The text of this report discusses data for the United States, including the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are shown in Table 1 and Figure 4.
2 1990 populations shown in this report were originally published in 1990 census reports and do not include subsequent revisions resulting from boundary or other changes.
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Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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