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2 bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center" Historical population
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"center" Census<br>year !! align="right" Population
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"center" 1900 align="right" 1,883,669
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"center" 1910 align="right" 2,537,167
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"center" 1920 align="right" 3,155,900
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"center" 1930 align="right" 4,041,334
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"center" 1940 align="right" 4,160,165
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"center" 1950 align="right" 4,835,329
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"center" 1960 align="right" 6,066,782
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"center" 1970 align="right" 7,168,164
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"center" 1980 align="right" 7,364,823
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"center" 1990 align="right" 7,730,188
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"center" 2000 align="right" 8,414,350
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