| Table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 5 through 11. There are special headers in columns L, M, N, O, P, and Q with headers in rows 16 & 17, 40 & 41, 64 & 65, 74 & 75, 102 & 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Table 39. Pennsylvania - Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Large Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| (See text for sources, definitions, and explanations) | ||||||||||||||||
| Census year (national rank through 100, state rank through 3) 1 |
Total population |
Race | Hispanic origin (of any race) |
White, not of Hispanic origin |
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| White | Black | American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut |
Asian and Pacific Islander |
Other race | ||||||||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Allegheny 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1900 (27, 3) | 129 896 | 100.0 | 126 552 | 97.4 | 3 315 | 2.6 | 1 | - | 28 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1890 (28, 3) | 105 287 | 100.0 | 102 759 | 97.6 | 2 507 | 2.4 | 1 | - | 20 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1880 (23, 3) | 78 682 | 100.0 | 76 620 | 97.4 | 2 059 | 2.6 | - | - | 3 | - | Black | |||||
| 1870 (23, 3) | 53 180 | 100.0 | 52 018 | 97.8 | 1 162 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | Total | Free | Slave | |||
| 1860 (29, 3) | 28 702 | 100.0 | 28 012 | 97.6 | 690 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | 690 | 100.0 | 690 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1850 (29, -) | 21 262 | 100.0 | 20 672 | 97.2 | 590 | 2.8 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 590 | 100.0 | 590 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1840 (37, -) | 10 089 | 100.0 | 9 843 | 97.6 | 246 | 2.4 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 246 | 100.0 | 246 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1830 (88, -) | 2 801 | 100.0 | 2 759 | 98.5 | 42 | 1.5 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 42 | 100.0 | 35 | 83.3 | 7 | 16.7 |
| Allentown | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 (-, -) | 105 090 | 100.0 | 90 557 | 86.2 | 5 230 | 5.0 | 186 | 0.2 | 1 414 | 1.3 | 7 703 | 7.3 | 12 274 | 11.7 | 86 510 | 82.3 |
| .Sample | 105 090 | 100.0 | 90 482 | 86.1 | 5 316 | 5.1 | 82 | 0.1 | 1 522 | 1.4 | 7 688 | 7.3 | 11 822 | 11.2 | 86 648 | 82.5 |
| 1980 (-, -) | 103 758 | 100.0 | 96 962 | 93.5 | 3 254 | 3.1 | 83 | 0.1 | 572 | 0.6 | 2 887 | 2.8 | 5 330 | 5.1 | 94 163 | 90.8 |
| .Sample | 103 758 | 100.0 | 97 610 | 94.1 | 3 176 | 3.1 | 125 | 0.1 | 726 | 0.7 | 2 121 | 2.0 | 5 294 | 5.1 | 94 508 | 91.1 |
| 1970 (-, -) | 109 527 | 100.0 | 107 247 | 97.9 | 1 980 | 1.8 | 37 | - | 152 | 0.1 | 111 | 0.1 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| .15% sample | 109 501 | 100.0 | 107 310 | 98.0 | 1 961 | 1.8 | 230 0.2 | 1 352 | 1.2 | 106 119 | 96.9 | |||||
| .5% sample | (NA) | 100.0 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1 397 | 1.3 | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1960 (-, -) | 108 347 | 100.0 | 107 500 | 99.2 | 745 | 0.7 | 6 | - | 64 | 0.1 | 32 | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1950 (100, -) | 106 756 | 100.0 | 106 264 | 99.5 | 463 | 0.4 | 8 | - | 19 | - | 2 | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1940 (97, -) | 96 904 | 100.0 | 96 524 | 99.6 | 378 | 0.4 | 2 - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | |||
| 1930 (97, -) | 92 563 | 100.0 | 92 193 | 99.6 | 357 | 0.4 | - | - | 13 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| ."Mexican" in Other race | 92 563 | 100.0 | 92 193 | 99.6 | 357 | 0.4 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1920 (95, -) | 73 502 | 100.0 | 73 316 | 99.7 | 176 | 0.2 | - | - | 10 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1910 (-, -) | 51 913 | 100.0 | 51 774 | 99.7 | 134 | 0.3 | 1 | - | 4 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1900 (-, -) | 35 416 | 100.0 | 35 325 | 99.7 | 85 | 0.2 | - | - | 6 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1890 (-, -) | 25 228 | 100.0 | 25 192 | 99.9 | 35 | 0.1 | - | - | 1 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1880 (-, -) | 18 063 | 100.0 | 18 042 | 99.9 | 20 | 0.1 | - | - | 1 | - | Black | |||||
| 1870 (-, -) | 13 884 | 100.0 | 13 880 | 100.0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | Total | Free | Slave | |||
| 1860 (-, -) | 8 025 | 100.0 | 8 013 | 99.9 | 12 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1850 (-, -) | 3 779 | 100.0 | 3 763 | 99.6 | 16 | 0.4 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 16 | 100.0 | 16 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1840 | 2 493 | 100.0 | 2 470 | 99.1 | 23 | 0.9 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 23 | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1830 | 1 544 | 100.0 | 1 506 | 97.5 | 38 | 2.5 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 38 | 100.0 | 36 | 94.7 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Erie | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 (-, 3) | 108 718 | 100.0 | 93 556 | 86.1 | 13 086 | 12.0 | 229 | 0.2 | 514 | 0.5 | 1 333 | 1.2 | 2 606 | 2.4 | 92 405 | 85.0 |
| .Sample | 108 718 | 100.0 | 93 703 | 86.2 | 13 279 | 12.2 | 238 | 0.2 | 421 | 0.4 | 1 077 | 1.0 | 2 347 | 2.2 | 92 501 | 85.1 |
| 1980 (-, 3) | 119 123 | 100.0 | 106 207 | 89.2 | 11 567 | 9.7 | 168 | 0.1 | 397 | 0.3 | 784 | 0.7 | 1 364 | 1.1 | 105 486 | 88.6 |
| .Sample | 119 123 | 100.0 | 106 550 | 89.4 | 11 485 | 9.6 | 214 | 0.2 | 442 | 0.4 | 432 | 0.4 | 1 272 | 1.1 | 105 783 | 88.8 |
| 1970 (-, 3) | 129 231 | 100.0 | 120 380 | 93.2 | 8 577 | 6.6 | 61 | - | 90 | 0.1 | 123 | 0.1 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| .15% sample | 129 188 | 100.0 | 120 397 | 93.2 | 8 615 | 6.7 | 176 0.1 | 760 | 0.6 | 119 727 | 92.7 | |||||
| .5% sample | (NA) | 100.0 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 383 | 0.3 | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1960 (88, 3) | 138 440 | 100.0 | 131 695 | 95.1 | 6 656 | 4.8 | 12 | - | 45 | - | 32 | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1950 (75, 3) | 130 803 | 100.0 | 127 366 | 97.4 | 3 369 | 2.6 | 12 | - | 54 | - | 2 | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1940 (72, -) | 116 955 | 100.0 | 115 565 | 98.8 | 1 375 | 1.2 | 2 | - | 13 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1930 (69, -) | 115 967 | 100.0 | 114 715 | 98.9 | 1 214 | 1.0 | 13 | - | 25 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| ."Mexican" in Other race | 115 967 | 100.0 | 114 686 | 98.9 | 1 214 | 1.0 | 13 | - | 25 | - | 29 | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1920 (75, -) | 93 372 | 100.0 | 92 596 | 99.2 | 749 | 0.8 | 6 | - | 21 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1910 (85, -) | 66 525 | 100.0 | 66 177 | 99.5 | 340 | 0.5 | - | - | 8 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1900 (73, -) | 52 733 | 100.0 | 52 483 | 99.5 | 244 | 0.5 | - | - | 6 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1890 (73, -) | 40 634 | 100.0 | 40 385 | 99.4 | 243 | 0.6 | - | - | 6 | - | (X) | (X) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1880 (70, -) | 27 737 | 100.0 | 27 513 | 99.2 | 222 | 0.8 | - | - | 2 | - | Black | |||||
| 1870 (72, -) | 19 646 | 100.0 | 19 446 | 99.0 | 200 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | Total | Free | Slave | |||
| 1860 (-, -) | 9 419 | 100.0 | 9 318 | 98.9 | 101 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | 101 | 100.0 | 101 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1850 (-, -) | 5 858 | 100.0 | 5 766 | 98.4 | 92 | 1.6 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 92 | 100.0 | 92 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1840 (-, -) | 3 412 | 100.0 | 3 362 | 98.5 | 50 | 1.5 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 50 | 100.0 | 50 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1830 | 1 465 | 100.0 | 1 417 | 96.7 | 48 | 3.3 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 48 | 100.0 | 47 | 97.9 | 1 | 2.1 |
| 1820 | 635 | 100.0 | 607 | 95.6 | 28 | 4.4 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 28 | 100.0 | 27 | 96.4 | 1 | 3.6 |
| 1810 | 394 | 100.0 | 376 | 95.4 | 18 | 4.6 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 18 | 100.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 14 | 77.8 |
| 1800 | 81 | 100.0 | 77 | 95.1 | 4 | 4.9 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | - | - |
| Black | ||||||||||||||||
| Northern Liberties 3 | Total | Free | Slave | |||||||||||||
| 1850 (11, 3) | 47 223 | 100.0 | 46 154 | 97.7 | 1 069 | 2.3 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1 069 | 100.0 | 1 069 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1840 (8, 2) | 34 474 | 100.0 | 33 466 | 97.1 | 1 008 | 2.9 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1 008 | 100.0 | 1 008 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1830 (7, 2) | 28 872 | 100.0 | 27 868 | 96.5 | 1 004 | 3.5 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1 004 | 100.0 | 1 002 | 99.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 1820 (7, 2) | 19 678 | 100.0 | 18 780 | 95.4 | 898 | 4.6 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 898 | 100.0 | 898 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1810 (6, 2) | 19 874 | 100.0 | 18 737 | 94.3 | 1 137 | 5.7 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1 137 | 100.0 | 1 137 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1800 (6, 2) | 10 728 | 100.0 | 10 004 | 93.3 | 724 | 6.7 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 724 | 100.0 | 724 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1790 (6, 2) | 9 913 | 100.0 | 9 633 | 97.2 | 280 | 2.8 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 280 | 100.0 | 218 | 77.9 | 62 | 22.1 |
| Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 (5, 1) | 1 585 577 | 100.0 | 848 586 | 53.5 | 631 936 | 39.9 | 3 454 | 0.2 | 43 522 | 2.7 | 58 079 | 3.7 | 89 193 | 5.6 | 825 839 | 52.1 |
| .Sample | 1 585 577 | 100.0 | 848 894 | 53.5 | 632 430 | 39.9 | 3 325 | 0.2 | 43 174 | 2.7 | 57 754 | 3.6 | 84 186 | 5.3 | 827 703 | 52.2 |
| 1980 (4, 1) | 1 688 210 | 100.0 | 983 084 | 58.2 | 638 878 | 37.8 | 2 325 | 0.1 | 17 764 | 1.1 | 46 159 | 2.7 | 63 570 | 3.8 | 963 469 | 57.1 |
| .Sample | 1 688 210 | 100.0 | 988 337 | 58.5 | 638 788 | 37.8 | 2 799 | 0.2 | 19 950 | 1.2 | 38 336 | 2.3 | 64 323 | 3.8 | 966 616 | 57.3 |
| 1970 (4, 1) | 1 948 609 | 100.0 | 1 278 717 | 65.6 | 653 791 | 33.6 | 1 961 | 0.1 | 6 748 | 0.3 | 7 392 | 0.4 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| .15% sample | 1 948 608 | 100.0 | 1 282 682 | 65.8 | 653 607 | 33.5 | 12 319 0.6 | 45 798 | 2.4 | 1 242 333 | 63.8 | |||||
| .5% sample | 1 948 609 | 100.0 | 1 282 028 | 65.8 | 653 526 | 33.5 | 13 055 0.7 | 44 679 | 2.3 | 1 243 393 | 63.8 | |||||
| 1960 (4, 1) | 2 002 512 | 100.0 | 1 467 479 | 73.3 | 529 240 | 26.4 | 936 | - | 3 521 | 0.2 | 1 336 | 0.1 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1950 (3, 1) | 2 071 605 | 100.0 | 1 692 637 | 81.7 | 376 041 | 18.2 | 409 | - | 1 658 | 0.1 | 860 | - | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| 1940 (3, 1) | 1 931 334 | 100.0 | 1 678 577 | 86.9 | 250 880 | 13.0 | 155 | - | 1 722 | 0.1 | (X) | (X) | 2 191 | 0.1 | 1 676 386 | 86.8 |
| .5% sample | (NA) | 100.0 | 1 685 660 | 87.3 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (X) | (X) | 2 200 | 0.1 | 1 683 460 | 87.2 |
| 1930 (3, 1) | ||||||||||||||||