Nonmetropolitan Population and Land Area as Defined atSpecified Dates From 1950 to 1998 statistics


				POPULATION				Land area,
MA DEFINITION AS OF --								1990
	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1998	(sq. mi.)
	(April 1)	(April 1)	(April 1)	(April 1)	(April 1)	(April 1)	(July 1)

1950 census (Mar. 1952)	62,630,392	66,472,098	72,978,627	81,117,195	97,699,571	108,881,149	121,993,382	3,332,967
1960 census (Nov. 1960)	59,320,578	62,008,895	66,438,036	72,319,370	85,748,815	93,627,518	103,706,889	3,231,027
1964 (Aug. 31).	57,295,714	59,681,610	63,446,832	68,601,120	81,038,216	88,214,855	97,339,722	3,191,368
1968 (Jan. 31).	55,756,975	57,695,812	60,909,571	65,325,779	76,732,487	83,007,998	91,187,992	3,162,726
1970 census (Feb. 28, 1971)	55,010,258	56,746,790	59,729,677	63,822,225	74,881,302	80,819,024	88,796,024	3,153,527
1974 (Apr. 30).	50,127,383	51,106,091	52,709,465	55,103,038	63,789,313	67,590,103	73,422,666	3,049,218
1977 (Dec. 31).	49,360,217	50,216,653	51,648,357	53,819,367	62,159,143	65,725,428	71,285,070	3,029,928
1980 census (June 30, 1981)	46,766,723	47,152,945	48,004,461	49,608,264	57,112,118	59,954,400	64,910,819	2,974,481
1983 (June 30).	45,866,878	46,111,327	46,689,187	47,890,703	54,765,083	57,079,582	61,629,722	2,980,016
1984 (June 30).	45,830,950	46,056,497	46,615,427	47,782,691	54,585,994	56,810,440	61,288,556	2,975,972
1985 (June 30).	45,719,385	45,914,370	46,436,041	47,601,208	54,372,438	56,577,973	61,036,028	2,969,952
1986 (June 30).	45,672,397	45,844,587	46,345,595	47,496,579	54,237,880	56,399,570	60,838,298	2,968,023
1987 (June 30).	45,650,685	45,822,889	46,319,730	47,469,343	54,207,349	56,368,542	60,803,937	2,967,484
1988 (June 30).	45,574,657	45,742,837	46,234,775	47,364,756	54,086,948	56,236,986	60,661,121	2,966,208
1989 (June 30).	45,451,077	45,607,648	46,089,398	47,217,451	53,940,023	56,095,091	60,523,018	2,965,146
1990 census (June 30, 1990)	45,434,051	45,582,942	46,047,763	47,164,694	53,863,818	55,988,196	60,390,759	2,959,632
1992 (Dec. 31).	43,078,615	43,034,129	43,151,372	43,906,404	49,879,345	51,247,716	54,902,677	2,866,411
1993 (June 30)	42,929,937	42,877,114	42,987,120	43,722,380	49,649,464	50,989,391	54,599,202	2,863,281
1994 (June 30)	42,882,940	42,818,834	42,920,723	43,649,322	49,559,625	50,890,653	54,487,950	2,862,317
1995 (June 30)	42,827,818	42,753,651	42,825,484	43,544,201	49,399,063	50,695,748	54,254,688	2,836,378
1996 (June 30)	42,734,735	42,650,144	42,719,270	43,430,006	49,257,676	50,547,947	54,087,622	2,834,554
1998 (June 30)	42,705,697	42,614,651	42,674,607	43,371,743	49,181,660	50,469,260	53,998,633	2,831,956
1999 (June 30)	42,650,613	42,538,008	42,585,688	43,256,699	49,037,166	50,311,303	53,820,424	2,830,671

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1950-1970, U.S. Census ofPopulation, vol. 1; 1980 Census of Population, vol. 1, chapters Aand B and Supplementary Report, Metropolitan Statistical Areas(PC80-S1-18); 1990 Census of Population and Housing Data PaperListing (CPH-L-10 and CPH-L-118);1990 Census of Population and Housing, Supplementary Reports,Metropolitan Areas as Defined by the Office of Management and Budget,June 30, 1993, (1990 CPH-S-1-1); andPopulation Paper Listing (PPL-60 and PPL-83).

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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