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- NC State University Libraries Guide to Census Data Resources - Provides links to online and other electronic data sources.
- US Census Bureau PDF publications
- 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)
- Sixth Census or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States
- U.S. Documents C3.14:840/rep 1990 v.1 (reclassed from I7.5:1)
- * GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, states, Territories, Counties, Ward, Town, Township, Parish, Precinct, Hundred or District
- * CONTENTS: Sex and Age of Free White Persons, Free Colored Persons, Slaves; Numbers of deaf, dumb, blind, insane white persons, colored persons; Numbers of persons employed in seven categories; Numbers of schools and educational attainment
- * 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 Free Colored Persons, and Slaves, both by sex: under 10, 10-23, 24-35, 36-54, 55-99, 100+
- * Deaf and dumb totals for White Persons, and Colored, reported by age ranges: under 14, 14-24, 25+
- * Blind totals for White Persons, and Colored
- * Insane totals at Private and Public charge for White Persons, and Colored
- * Employment - Persons employed in Mining; Agriculture; Commerce; Manufactures and trade; Navigation of the ocean; Navigation of canals, lakes and rivers; Learned professions and engineers; Military pensioners
- * Education - Totals for Universities/colleges, Number of students, Academies/grammar schools, Number of scholars, Primary/common schools, Number of scholars, Scholars at public charge, White persons over 20 who cannot read or write
- Compendium of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants and Statistics of the United States
- Census Bureau PDF file
- U.S. Documents C3.14:840/rep 1990 v.3 (reclassed from I7.2:C73/1))
- * GEOGRAPHIES: States, Territories, Counties
- * QUESTIONS: Same as in v.1 above
- * Employment figures (pages 106-364) are reported by more occupations than are given in v. 1