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Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide

1820 Census Reports

Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers

* Questionnaire description - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)

* Table headers - from Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 (I8.5:1)

Census for 1820

Census Bureau PDF files

U.S. Documents C3.14:820/v.1 (reclassed from I5.5:1)

* GEOGRAPHIES:   Nation, states, Territories, Counties, Parish, Township, Town, or City

* CONTENTS:   Sex, Age, Foreigners not naturalized, Slaves, Free colored persons, All other persons except Indians not taxed

* For Free White Males and Females, reports the number of persons under 10, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45- ; for Males the number of those 16-17 is recorded

* For Slaves and Free colored persons, sex and age groups are reported:   under 14, 14-25, 26-44, 45-

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