Can you name the U.S. states by the approximate population that they had when they entered the Union?

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  • Enter a state in the box below
  • Correctly named states will show up below
  • Click any empty Approximate population (Admission date) or State to answer for that location
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  • Approximate populations were obtained by interpolating the figures for the censuses before and after the date of admission (assuming a constant growth rate), except for (*): extrapolated from the 1790 and 1800 censuses, and (**): extrapolated from the 1850 and 1860 censuses (the earliest ones available for that state).
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Approximate population (Admission date)State
1,382,000 (1907 Nov. 16)
*670,000 (1788 June 25)
624,000 (1959 Aug. 21)
*398,000 (1787 Dec. 12)
395,000 (1863 June 20)
*388,000 (1789 Nov. 21)
*369,000 (1788 Feb. 6)
333,000 (1912 Jan. 6)
327,000 (1889 Nov. 11)
324,000 (1889 Nov. 2)
*315,000 (1788 Apr. 28)
*304,000 (1788 July 26)
295,000 (1820 Mar. 15)
245,000 (1896 Jan. 4)
*235,000 (1788 Jan. 9)
*232,000 (1788 May 23)
224,000 (1912 Feb. 14)
**213,000 (1845 Dec. 29)
211,000 (1959 Jan. 3)
193,000 (1848 May 29)
*178,000 (1787 Dec. 18)
174,000 (1889 Nov. 2)
*134,000 (1788 June 21)
133,000 (1889 Nov. 8)
116,000 (1861 Jan. 29)
Approximate population (Admission date)State
115,000 (1846 Dec. 28)
112,000 (1837 Jan. 26)
108,000 (1819 Dec. 14)
106,000 (1876 Aug. 1)
96,000 (1850 Sep. 9)
90,000 (1792 June 1)
89,000 (1890 July 3)
88,000 (1791 Mar. 4)
86,000 (1812 Apr. 30)
86,000 (1858 May 11)
77,000 (1816 Dec. 11)
77,000 (1867 Mar. 1)
72,000 (1821 Aug. 10)
*69,000 (1788 Jan. 2)
*69,000 (1790 May 29)
69,000 (1803 Mar. 1)
68,000 (1845 Mar. 3)
67,000 (1796 June 1)
63,000 (1890 July 10)
61,000 (1836 June 15)
60,000 (1817 Dec. 10)
*58,000 (1787 Dec. 7)
43,000 (1818 Dec. 3)
43,000 (1859 Feb. 14)
14,000 (1864 Oct. 31)
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U.S. states: population when entered Union Quiz

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  • Created Jun 5, 2011 in Geography
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