U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Feb. 1

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1: 1970 CENSUS

Profile America — Monday, February 1st.  The national census this April will be the 23rd time this once-a-decade count has been conducted since 1790. The 19th census in 1970 profiled a nation in political and military turmoil. There were more than 203 million residents of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories. New York, continued to head the list of largest cities, followed by Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. In the decade to follow, the U.S. wrestled with an Arab oil embargo, President Richard Nixon resigned, and the last U.S. servicemen left Vietnam. One of the top books was "Jonathon Livingston Seagull," by Richard Bach. At the decade's end, entertainment superstar Elvis Presley died at 42. You can learn more about the census in U.S. history online at

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/.

Sources:  U.S. Census Bureau, Through the Decades

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).  

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