joy at moll projects dot com
The Historical Statistics of the U.S.: Colonial Times to 1970 has recently been released as an electronic document. It's in PDF and not particularly convenient to use, but not impossible either. The Adobe find tool (binoculars) doesn't work and the page numbers of the book don't match the page numbers of the Adobe document. Still, I had some luck finding interesting facts using the subject index and patience.
| 1970 | 1900 | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 204,879,000 | 76,094,000 | Series A 23-28 Annual estimates of Population, p. 9 |
| Male | 100,266,000 | 38,867,000 | ditto |
| Female | 104,613,000 | 37,227,000 | ditto |
| Median age | 28.1 | 22.9 | Series A 143-157 Median Age of Population, p. 19 |
| Librarians | 124,000 | 3,000 | Series D 233-682 Detailed Occupation, p. 140 |
| Shoemakers | 32,000 | 102,000 | Series D 233-682 Detailed Occupation, p. 142 |
| Female workers | 30,601,000 | 5,319,000 | Series D 172-232 Major Occupation Group, p. 140 |
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