Tompkins, New York
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1820	1,206	—
1830	1,774	47.1%
1840	2,035	14.7%
1850	3,022	48.5%
1860	3,589	18.8%
1870	4,046	12.7%
1880	2,534	−37.4%
1890	2,626	3.6%
1900	2,482	−5.5%
1910	2,127	−14.3%
1920	1,737	−18.3%
1930	1,665	−4.1%
1940	1,642	−1.4%
1950	1,680	2.3%
1960	1,463	−12.9%
1970	905	−38.1%
1980	968	7.0%
1990	994	2.7%
2000	1,105	11.2%
2010	1,247	12.9%
2016 (est.)	1,166	[2]	−6.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

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