A Century of Population Growth in the United States: From the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth: 1790-1900

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A Century of Population Growth in the United States: From the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth: 1790-1900

June 1909

Introduction

The resuits of a modern census have been accurately defined as a national account of stock. Early censuses were merely counts of inhabitants; additional facts relating to population were next secured; and the most recent step in census taking, especially in the United States, has been to include practically all lines of human activity. The modern census is thus the resuit of evolution.

Table of Contents

Title pages, Table of Contents, Letter of Transmittal, Introduction [2.8 MB]
I. Population in the Colonial and Continental Periods [5.3 MB]
II. The United States in 1790 [13 MB]
III. The First Census of the United States [3.9 MB]
IV. Area and Total Population [2.6 MB]
V. Population of Counties and their Subdivisions [4.6 MB]
VI. White and Negro Population [4.1 MB]
VII. Sex and Age of the White Population [<1.0 MB]
VIII. Analysis of the Family [2.1 MB]
IX. Proportion of Children in White Population [2.1 MB]
X. Surnames of the White population in 1790 [1.7 MB]
XI. Nationality as Indicated by Names of Heads of Families Reported at the First Census [2.2 MB]
XII. Interstate Migration [<1.0 MB]
XIII. Foreign Born Population [1.1 MB]
XIV. Statistics of Slaves [2.7 MB]
XV. Occupations and Wealth [1.4 MB]
Enumerations of Population in North America Prior to 1790 [7.6]
General Tables Derived from the First and Subsequent Censuses: 1790-1900 [25 MB]
Index [1.1 MB]

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