Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide

1830 Census Reports

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US Census Bureau 1830 Documents as PDFs

Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers

* Questionnaire description and Instructions to Marshals - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)

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

Fifth Census; or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States, 1830

U.S. Documents C3.14:830/rep. 1990 (reclassed from I6.5:1)

* GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, states, Territories, Counties, Ward, Town, Township, Parish, Precinct, Hundred or District

* CONTENTS: Sex and Age of Free White Persons, Slaves, Free Colored Persons; Numbers of deaf, dumb, blind white persons, colored and slaves; Number of Aliens (foreigners not naturalized)

* Age ranges reported for Free White Persons by sex: under 5, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-99, 100+

* Age ranges reported for Slaves, and Free Colored Persons, both by sex: under 10, 10-23, 24-35, 36-54, 55-99, 100+

* Deaf and dumb totals for all White Persons, Slaves and Colored, reported by age ranges: under 14, 14-24, 25+

* Blind White Persons, and Blind Slaves and Colored totals

* White Aliens (Foreigners not naturalized) total

* Prefixed by a "Schedule of the Whole Number of Persons" with county- level figures from 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820.

Abstract of the Returns of the Fifth Census

Census Bureau PDF file

U.S. Documents C3.14:830/rep. 1968 (reclassed from I6.5:2)

* Subtitle: "Showing the Number of Free Persons, the Number of Slaves, the Federal or Representative Number, and the Aggregate of Each County of Each State of the United States"

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