3. CENSUS
• MANDATE: U.S. Constitution Article 1 Section 2
"such manner as they shall by Law direct"
• PURPOSE: count every person living in America
to determine representation in Congress.
• GOAL ACCOMPLISHED: First national census
in 1790 and every 10 years since then in the US.
• 1890
“tragedy of immense proportions”
• Other Losses e.g. NC 1790 Caswell, Granville &
Orange; Virginia 1790 & 1800.
• State Census, e.g. NC 1785-1787, per 1783
resolution of the Continental Congress.
4. CENSUS
“Factfinder for the Nation”
• Questions Usually different, 1800 &1810
• 1790-1840:
– Location, head of household, number of persons
• 1850-1930:
– Location, name, gender, age, race, occupation
• BONUS, BONUS, BONUS
5. 1850: names all free, occupation, youth age fraction, birth place
1860: school attendance & literacy, pauper or convict
1870: all-inclusive, race Chinese & Native-American [In], voting rights
1880: street name & #, relationships, parents birthplace, marital status
1900: month & year of birth, # years married, # of children, Owned or Rented.
1910: naturalization status, Civil War veteran, English spoken in the home
1920: less detailed marriage, year naturalized, temporarily out-of-house
1930: age @ 1st marriage, military service in war/s, own a radio set
AND
1940: 02 Apr. 2012 [countdown 500 days], digital release, 43 questions, e.g.
religious background
Special Schedules: Agriculture, Industry & Manufacturers, Mortality, Slave
6. CENSUS DAY ENUMERATION
– 1790-1820: First Monday in August
– 1830-1900: June 1 (June 2 in 1890)
– 1910: April 15
– 1920: January 1
– 1930-1940: April 1
• 1790 / 2 August / 9 months
1800 / 4 August / 9 months
1810 / 6 August / 10 months
1820 / 7 August / 13 months
1830 / 1 June / 12 months
1840 / 1 June / 18 months
1850 / 1 June / 5 months
1860 / 1 June / 5 months
1870/ 1 June / 5 months
1880 / 1 June/ 1 month
1890 / 1 June / 1 month
1900 / 1 June / 1 month
1910 / 15 April / 1 month
1920 / 1 January / 1 month
1930 / 1 April / 1 month
• Instruction the same
» http://www.historicalpreservationgroup.org/hgs_census_day.htm 03 November 2010
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