Table 6.  Comparison of 1990 and 1980 Final County Estimates by Size and Region

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  June 20, 1997

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              |                     |                              1990                                ||                                       1980
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              |                     |        |          Mean |          Mean |       50th |            ||           |          Mean |          Mean |       50th |
              |                     |        |     Algebraic |      Absolute | Percentile |       90th ||           |     Algebraic |      Absolute | Percentile |       90th
       REGION |                SIZE | NUMBER | Percent Error | Percent Error |   (Median) | Percentile ||    NUMBER | Percent Error | Percent Error |   (Median) | Percentile
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United States   All                     3141             1.8             3.6          2.7          7.4 ||      3143            -2.0             4.1          3.3          8.5
                50,000 and over          792             0.9             2.4          1.8          5.2 ||       679            -2.4             3.2          2.6          6.7
                10,000 to 50,000        1592             2.2             3.6          3.0          7.3 ||      1584            -2.8             3.9          3.4          8.0
                <10,000                  757             1.8             4.8          3.7          9.9 ||       880            -0.1             5.2          4.1         10.4
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Northeast       All                      217             0.6             2.1          1.6          4.4 ||       217            -1.8             2.7          2.1          5.3
                50,000 and over          151             0.1             1.8          1.5          3.7 ||       146            -1.2             2.3          2.0          4.7
                10,000 to 50,000          58             1.0             2.4          1.5          5.9 ||        63            -3.3             3.4          3.3          6.6
                <10,000                    8             5.1             5.6          5.9         13.4 ||         8            -0.2             3.1          2.0          7.6
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Midwest         All                     1055             2.4             3.2          2.6          6.4 ||      1056            -0.6             3.2          2.6          6.9
                50,000 and over          206             1.1             1.9          1.6          4.0 ||       185            -0.9             2.2          1.6          4.8
                10,000 to 50,000         550             2.6             3.2          2.9          6.1 ||       551            -1.6             2.8          2.5          5.7
                <10,000                  299             3.1             4.1          3.5          8.2 ||       320             1.4             4.5          3.6          9.1
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South           All                     1425             1.7             4.0          3.1          8.4 ||      1425            -3.7             4.9          4.2          9.6
                50,000 and over          316             1.1             2.9          2.2          6.1 ||       253            -4.0             4.3          3.7          8.2
                10,000 to 50,000         827             2.4             4.0          3.3          8.4 ||       818            -4.0             4.8          4.2          9.2
                <10,000                  282             0.7             5.1          3.9         10.8 ||       354            -2.7             5.4          4.7         10.9
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West            All                      444             0.8             4.1          2.9          9.1 ||       445             0.1             4.5          3.3          9.2
                50,000 and over          119             1.1             2.7          1.8          6.2 ||        95            -3.0             3.4          3.0          6.6
                10,000 to 50,000         157             0.3             3.9          2.9          8.6 ||       152            -0.8             3.2          2.6          6.8
                <10,000                  168             1.2             5.3          4.2         11.6 ||       198             2.2             6.1          4.3         12.7
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