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by United States. Bureau of the Census
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United States Census Figures Back to 1630 is a comprehensive statistical compendium assembled by the Bureau of the Census, presenting a continuous series of population numbers from the colonial era through the late twentieth century. The work gathers official census data, averages multiple sources where they differ, and supplies its own estimates for years after 1992 by applying a one‑percent growth rate derived from the 1972‑1992 average. Detailed tables allow the reader to compare any chosen base year with any other year, showing both the ratio of the two figures and the implied growth percentage. Footnotes identify the raw data and clarify dating conventions, while explanatory notes warn about the pitfalls of interpreting raw percentages without accounting for underlying demographic trends.
The text reads like a methodical government report from the early 1990s, with a straightforward, data‑driven voice and occasional parenthetical asides that reveal the compiler’s cautionary approach. Its dense tables and precise calculations will appeal to researchers, demographers, and anyone interested in the quantitative evolution of the American population, especially those who appreciate primary‑source statistical documentation.
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Very recently, there was a report issued on education, which stated something on the order of people in the United States are receiving 10% more of a certain level of education, than they were a decade before.
The years and the exact figures have been altered to protect those responsible from embarrassment.
For example: let us presume the report stated: Graduation From Grade School was up 5% from 1981 to 1991.
You would think from this report that the average kid had 5% greater chances of getting a Grade School Diploma in 91 than in 81. . .but. . .it turns out that it was just the opposite because the population was 1.097352 times larger in 91, than it had been in 1981. . .which is about 10% larger, thus in a "real education" sense, in the same way the monetary reports are given in "real dollars" or "constant dollars," education was actually moving in just the opposite direction, and thus was DOWN about 5% instead of UP about 5% from 1981 to 1991.
Remember, these were not from years quoted in the report and the figures were not exactly 5% or 10% respectively, nor the diploma referred to was not a Grade School Diploma, but they are pretty close to being exact, in terms of the percentages and years; much closer than you might expect.
Here is a footnote explanation of how to be more exact
To be exact, one would have to do a demographic analysis, of the specific portions of the population of the ages at which such diplomas were conferred, as it would be irrelevant from a realistic point of view to measure the population on whole bases if you were only concerned with people who were of the age to receive Kindergarten Diplomas between 1981 and 1991-- or whatever ages and a whatever kind of diploma. Thus these figures are not as precise as they could be, but still given the trends of population and education, it is obvious that a trend in one is not following the direction of the other. A further look at the US Census figures averaged below will be sufficient to inform you that previous generations that were measured had even greater growth rates than 10%, so that the number of people getting any specific degrees or diplomas in the following decades should have been going up even more.
In the tables below, the first line shows the Base Year: or "The Year In Question" labeled "YEAR: ####" so if you want a chart based on 1980 as the base year, you simply search/find "YEAR: 1980" to find the relevant portions.
Once you have located the table for "YEAR: ####" you can see comparisons of that year to any other year by looking up the year you wish to compare to in the left column.
The SAMPLE comparison is 1991, presented below.
You will note a ten year comparison looks like:
This means a 1991 statistic would have to be shrunk to about 91% of its size to be relevant to a comparable 1981 statistic.
On the other hand, and 1981 statistic would have to be enlarged, this time by about 10% to be useful in comparison to 1991.
1991 is the latest year for which we have "hard statistics" so a copy of that year is presented first for you immediate use, with year back to colonization following, starting with estimates for 2009 when the United States population should reach 300 million.
You may note some fluctuations in these figures, because we used all reports from the major media and almanacs of the periods our researchers could find. If you have access to any figures which do not appear in the footnoted materials, please send them to us for inclusion in the next edition.
We are also working on a database that will NOT show fluctuation patterns of this nature, which will be based on massaged figures presented at later dates by the Census Bureau. These will be an example of the difference between the figure we can expect on an entirely "here-and-now" basis, and those which we would probably not see about today's events until a decade or two have passed.
*BYEAR = BASE YEAR *AYEAR = A YEAR IN COMPARISON TO THE BASE YEAR
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