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Winter 2003 (Vol. 27, No. 1), Page 28. Freedom of Information |
Official 2000 census count and adjusted figures differ by up to two percent in some states
| Name | Unadjusted
2000 | Adjusted 2000 | Undercount | %Difference |
|---|
| Alabama | 4,447,100
| 4,499,177 | 52,077 | 1.17% |
| Alaska | 626,932
| 642,068 | 15,136 | 2.41% |
| Arizona | 5,130,632
| 5,203,451 | 72,819 | 1.42% |
| Arkansas | 2,673,400
| 2,707,072 | 33,672 | 1.26% |
| California |
33,871,648 | 34,380,660 | 509,012 | 1.50% |
| Colorado | 4,301,261
| 4,354,797 | 53,536 | 1.24% |
| Connecticut |
3,405,565 | 3,437,883 | 32,318 | 0.95% |
| Delaware | 783,600
| 795,188 | 11,588 | 1.48% |
| D.C | 572,059
| 583,835 | 11,776 | 2.06% |
| Florida | 15,982,378
| 16,178,062 | 195,684 | 1.22% |
| Georgia | 8,186,453
| 8,306,305 | 119,852 | 1.46% |
| Hawaii | 1,211,537
| 1,237,511 | 25,974 | 2.14% |
| Idaho | 1,293,953
| 1,314,977 | 21,024 | 1.62% |
| Illinois |
12,419,293 | 12,524,292 | 104,999 | 0.85% |
| Indiana | 6,080,485
| 6,126,011 | 45,526 | 0.75% |
| Iowa | 2,926,324
| 2,940,054 | 13,730 | 0.47% |
| Kansas | 2,688,418
| 2,705,738 | 17,320 | 0.64% |
| Kentucky | 4,041,769
| 4,090,644 | 48,875 | 1.21% |
| Louisiana |
4,468,976 | 4,528,039 | 59,063 | 1.32% |
| Maine | 1,274,923
| 1,291,649 | 16,726 | 1.31% |
| Maryland | 5,296,486
| 5,369,862 | 73,376 | 1.39% |
| Massachusetts |
6,349,097 | 6,396,100 | 47,003 | 0.74% |
| Michigan | 9,938,444
| 10,007,480 | 69,036 | 0.69% |
| Minnesota |
4,919,479 | 4,933,270 | 13,791 | 0.28% |
| Mississippi |
2,844,658 | 2,879,184 | 34,526 | 1.21% |
| Missouri | 5,595,211
| 5,620,445 | 25,234 | 0.45% |
| Montana | 902,195
| 916,172 | 13,977 | 1.55% |
| Nebraska | 1,711,263
| 1,720,695 | 9,432 | 0.55% |
| Nevada | 1,998,257
| 2,031,742 | 33,485 | 1.68% |
| New Hampshire |
1,235,786 | 1,249,531 | 13,745 | 1.11% |
| New Jersey |
8,414,350 | 8,510,376 | 96,026 | 1.14% |
| New Mexico |
1,819,046 | 1,854,322 | 35,276 | 1.94% |
| New York |
18,976,457 | 19,178,506 | 202,049 | 1.06% |
| North Carolina |
8,049,313 | 8,156,980 | 107,667 | 1.34% |
| North Dakota |
642,200 | 645,140 | 2,940 | 0.46% |
| Ohio | 11,353,140
| 11,416,018 | 62,878 | 0.55% |
| Oklahoma | 3,450,654
| 3,498,215 | 47,561 | 1.38% |
| Oregon | 3,421,399
| 3,464,393 | 42,994 | 1.26% |
| Pennsylvania |
12,281,054 | 12,379,008 | 97,954 | 0.80% |
| Rhode Island |
1,048,319 | 1,056,994 | 8,675 | 0.83% |
| South Carolina |
4,012,012 | 4,058,971 | 46,959 | 1.17% |
| South Dakota |
754,844 | 758,946 | 4,102 | 0.54% |
| Tennessee |
5,689,283 | 5,758,044 | 68,761 | 1.21% |
| Texas | 20,851,820
| 21,215,852 | 364,032 | 1.75% |
| Utah | 2,233,169
| 2,263,145 | 29,976 | 1.34% |
| Vermont | 608,827
| 617,849 | 9,022 | 1.48% |
| Virginia | 7,078,515
| 7,171,097 | 92,582" | 1.31% |
| Washington |
5,894,121 | 5,976,489 | 82,368 | 1.40% |
| West Virginia |
1,808,344 | 1,829,553 | 21,209 | 1.17% |
| Wisconsin |
5,363,675 | 5,400,585 | 36,910 | 0.69% |
| Wyoming | 493,782
| 501,405 | 7,623 | 1.54% |
| United States | 281,421,906 |
284,683,782 | 3,261,876
| 1.16% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, USA Today
© 2003 The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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