Approximately how many people lived in the United States in 1850?

Answer:23,191,876

The United States Census of 1850 was the seventh census of the United States. Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876-an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 Census.

According to the census of 1850 there were approximately 23,191,876 people living in the United States