U.S. Census Bureau,
1990 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit
Counts (CPH-2);
Current Population Reports, P25-1106;
“ST-99-3 State Population Estimates: Annual Time Series, July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1999;”
published 29 December, 1999;
< http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/st-99-3.txt >;
Population Change and Distribution: 1990 to 2000, Census 2000 Brief,
(C2KBR/01-2), April 2001; and
Population Change for 2005 and 2006: “Table 3: Estimates of Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico and Region and State Rankings: July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006”
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2006-03.xls
Release Date: December 22, 2006
State ranking was calculated using the following data:
“Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, and States and for Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006”
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2006-01.xls
Release Date: December 22, 2006
referenced on dataset section Data (#1)
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