pop'n

A form of population — The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

Meanings

nounpop'n (plural pop'ns)

plural pop'ns

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of population.

    Pop'n

    1869 August 27, anonymous author, “Population of the West.”, in Steubenville Weekly Herald, volume 64, number 27, via NewspaperArchive, page 2
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    Average Pop'n. same time, 78,000.

    1828, anonymous author, The Picture of New-York, and Stranger's Guide to the Commercial Metropolis of the United States, New York: A. T. Goodrich, via Internet Archive, page 173

    Various Foreign Pop'ns

    1892, Davis S. Monroe, editor, Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New York; Cincinnati: Hunt & Eaton; Cranston & Curtis, via Internet Archive, page 673

    Total Pop'n

    1908, “The City of Chicago”, in Ernst W. Olson, editor, History of the Swedes of Illinois, The Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company, via Internet Archive, page 128

    Income Characteristics (General Pop'n) (cont.)

    1979, Jan A. Stølen, Travel Needs, Mobility and Accessibility to Opportunities for the Elderly, Kristiansand: Agder Distriktshøgskole, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 167

    Avg annual pop'n change

    2000 June 1, Catherine Harris, quoting Rose Zgodzinski, “Urban prospects”, in Canadian Banker, volume 107, number 2, via EBSCO, →ISSN, page 43
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APA

pop'n. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop'n

MLA

“pop'n.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop'n. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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