Country United States Total population 179,323,175 Most populous state New York
16,827,000 | Date taken April 1, 1960 Percent change 18.5% Least populous state Alaska
228,000 | |
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The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.
Data availability
Microdata from the 1960 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System. Personally identifiable information will be available in 2032.
References
1960 United States Census Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA