U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March 31

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31: 1900 CENSUS

Profile America — Wednesday, March 31st.  The national census beginning tomorrow will be the 23rd time this once-a-decade count has been conducted since 1790. The 12th census in 1900 profiled a nation adapting to a rush of technological innovation and immigration.  The census counted more than 76 million people in a nation with 45 states.  New York City had grown to nearly 3.5 million, and Chicago and Philadelphia both topped a million.  In the decade to follow, the Wright Brothers flew the first powered airplane, up to 3,000 died in the great San Francisco earthquake, and the wave of European immigration reached a peak in 1907 with more than 1 million arrivals. At the end of the decade, Henry Ford built the first Model T.  The latest chapter in the long-running history of America will be written beginning tomorrow, as the 2010 Census gets underway.

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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