Historical State Centers of Population by Year for 1880-2020 Censuses

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1990

The table below provides the centers of population for each state in 1990. The source of these coordinates is recomputation from archived national block group data resulting in a possible error of up to 1,000 feet.

State North Latitude West Longitude
Alabama 32° 59′ 48″ 86° 46′ 27″
Alaska 61° 11′ 51″ 148° 43′ 57″
Arizona 33° 21′ 08″ 111° 46′ 13″
Arkansas 35° 00′ 40″ 92° 29′ 15″
California 35° 26′ 35″ 119° 21′ 44″
Colorado 39° 29′ 34″ 105° 11′ 18″
Connecticut 41° 29′ 49″ 72° 52′ 10″
Delaware 39° 26′ 01″ 75° 33′ 59″
District of Columbia 38° 54′ 31″ 77° 00′ 43″
Florida 27° 47′ 60″ 81° 39′ 10″
Georgia 33° 15′ 35″ 83° 50′ 00″
Hawaii 21° 10′ 34″ 157° 34′ 14″
Idaho 44° 12′ 15″ 114° 58′ 14″
Illinois 41° 14′ 03″ 88° 23′ 46″
Indiana 40° 10′ 06″ 86° 16′ 15″
Iowa 41° 58′ 18″ 93° 03′ 16″
Kansas 38° 27′ 29″ 96° 34′ 60″
Kentucky 37° 47′ 51″ 85° 14′ 21″
Louisiana 30° 42′ 33″ 91° 27′ 53″
Maine 44° 22′ 15″ 69° 40′ 29″
Maryland 39° 09′ 03″ 76° 47′ 43″
Massachusetts 42° 16′ 29″ 71° 22′ 41″
Michigan 42° 51′ 13″ 84° 08′ 37″
Minnesota 45° 13′ 18″ 93° 36′ 31″
Mississippi 32° 33′ 46″ 89° 36′ 34″
Missouri 38° 27′ 47″ 92° 05′ 59″
Montana 46° 50′ 25″ 111° 01′ 35″
Nebraska 41° 11′ 29″ 97° 28′ 30″
Nevada 37° 25′ 14″ 116° 34′ 24″
New Hampshire 43° 09′ 42″ 71° 27′ 55″
New Jersey 40° 26′ 25″ 74° 25′ 46″
New Mexico 34° 36′ 42″ 106° 16′ 47″
New York 41° 32′ 37″ 74° 41′ 38″
North Carolina 35° 33′ 31″ 79° 39′ 17″
North Dakota 47° 24′ 50″ 99° 24′ 56″
Ohio 40° 29′ 46″ 82° 44′ 18″
Oklahoma 35° 35′ 22″ 96° 51′ 53″
Oregon 44° 42′ 55″ 122° 35′ 04″
Pennsylvania 40° 27′ 52″ 77° 07′ 20″
Rhode Island 41° 45′ 16″ 71° 26′ 47″
South Carolina 34° 01′ 58″ 81° 01′ 38″
South Dakota 44° 05′ 17″ 99° 05′ 33″
Tennessee 35° 47′ 00″ 86° 25′ 52″
Texas 30° 58′ 52″ 97° 26′ 31″
Utah 40° 29′ 29″ 111° 51′ 51″
Vermont 44° 03′ 53″ 72° 48′ 39″
Virginia 37° 41′ 53″ 77° 52′ 28″
Washington 47° 21′ 09″ 121° 36′ 46″
West Virginia 38° 44′ 46″ 80° 52′ 41″
Wisconsin 43° 43′ 16″ 88° 58′ 59″
Wyoming 42° 38′ 13″ 106° 58′ 46″

Page Last Revised - October 25, 2021