2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Census_Bureau/heKtzoXX">Census Bureau</a>, determined the resident population of the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the <a href="/facts/1990_United_States_census/uPN5syw5">1990 census</a>. This was the twenty-second federal census and was at the time the largest civilly administered peacetime effort in the United States.
Approximately 16 percent of households received a "long form" of the 2000 census, which contained over 100 questions. It would be the last census to include the "long form", since subsequent censuses, starting with the <a href="/facts/2010_United_States_census/RoYVI17A">2010 census</a>, would be "short form" only, with the more detailed questions being replaced by the new <a href="/facts/American_Community_Survey/vLQq3I5Q">American Community Survey</a>. Full documentation on the 2000 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the <a href="/facts/Integrated_Public_Use_Microdata_Series/p9D9nN64">Integrated Public Use Microdata Series</a>.
This was the first census in which a state—<a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>—recorded a population of over 30 million, as well as the first in which two states—California and <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a>—recorded populations of more than 20 million.

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2000 United States census