Exploring the 1950 Census Fun Facts

Exploring the 1950 Census Fun Facts

Did you know the 2020 Census showed 331 million people lived in the United States, a 119 percent increase from 151 million in 1950? Take a step back in time with students and have them discover and compare a range of kid-friendly statistics about American life in the 1950s with corresponding information from the 2020 Census.

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