The 1990 United States Census [2nd]
1992
In 1990, America stood at a hinge moment in its history. The Cold War was ending, the digital revolution was barely beginning, and the country was about to undergo demographic transformations that would reshape every city, suburb, and small town. This census captured the nation in that precise instant: 248,709,873 people counted, their ages, their races, their households, their regions. The four great quadrants, Northeast, South, Midwest, West, split a country at a crossroads, each with distinct population profiles that would diverge dramatically in the decades to follow. Here are the raw numbers behind the headlines of early 1990s America: the aging baby boom, the growing diversity, the shifting household compositions, the migration patterns that would accelerate into the dot-com boom. This isn't a book to read in bed. It's a reference work, yes, but also a time capsule, the most comprehensive demographic photograph ever taken of a nation about to change beyond recognition. For demographers, historians, policy analysts, and anyone who wants to understand where modern America actually began, these tables hold the answers.
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