Census counts 73,160 people: Chuuk 37,488, Pohnpei 22,081, Yap 8,100, Kosrae 5,491.

What happened

This was the first census after the federation formed, and it showed Chuuk with just over half of all FSM residents. The population grew fast in the next years: censuses counted 105,506 people in 1994 and 107,008 in 2000. Emigration later cut the 2023 count to 75,817.