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TotallynottheCCP t1_iu8bkxn wrote

Um...so how does PA have more than CA or TX again?

And how is WI higher than FL?

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Oddity_Odyssey t1_iu8mu2r wrote

I would assume it's because Pennsylvania is a lot older than Texas and California. Also everyone moved to Florida in the last 50 years or so. Not enough time to catch up.

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TotallynottheCCP t1_iu90u0e wrote

Wasn't California and Texas also states in 1850? I'm too lazy to Google it I just figured they were.

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BroSnow t1_iu8pniw wrote

California and Florida’s population didn’t explode until after the 1950s, whereas Pennsylvania was one of the most populous states at the start of the country and continued to be so through industrialization until the rust started to form in the 1970s. That’s almost 200 years of growth compared to CA and FLs recent 50.

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DarkAgeOutlaw t1_iudyrcc wrote

Pennsylvania’s population in 1850 was over 2 million. California was like 90 thousand. California wouldn’t reach 2 million people until 1900, with the majority of those moving in from the east, not born there. By that point Pennsylvania’s population was over 6 million. They just had a huge head start

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