22nd census, which determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 was a count of the population of the United States. It was done by the Census Bureau. It found that the population of the United States on April 1, 2000 was 281,421,906. This was an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 people counted during the 1990 Census. This was the twenty-second federal census. It was the largest single administrative effort in the history of the United States that was not done during wartime.
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| Date taken | April 1, 2000 |
| Total U.S. population | 281,421,906 |
| Percent change |  13.2% |
| Most populous state | California 33,871,648 |
| Least populous state | Wyoming 493,782 |
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About 16 percent of households received a "long form" of the 2000 census. It had over 100 questions.
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