Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide

1860 Census Reports

NCSU Libraries Guide to Census Data Resources - Provides links to online and other electronic data sources.

Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers

* Instructions to Marshals - from Census Bureau PDF file

Population of the United States in 1860

Census Bureau PDF file

U.S. Documents C3.14:860/1 (reclassed from I9.5:1)

* GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, states and Territories, by Counties

* CONTENTS: Presents six tables for each state and territory with county figures:

- I. Population by Age and Sex

- Statistics for White, Free Colored, Slave, Indian, Aggregate

- Age ranges: under 1, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-99, 100+

- II. Population by Color and Condition

- White, Free Colored (Black and Mulatto), Slave (Black and Mulatto)

- III. Population of Cities and Towns

- White, Free Colored, Slave

- IV. Free Population, Native and Foreign, by Counties

- US: White, Black, Mulatto; Foreign: White

- V. Nativities of the Free Population

- VI. Occupations

* Recapitulation (state level) of the Tables of Population, Nativity, and Occupation

Statistics of the United States (including mortality, property, &c.,) in 1860

U.S. Documents C3.14:860/4 (reclassed from I9.5:4)

* First half the volume contains Mortality statistics.

* Second half contains Miscellaneous statistics:

- Banks and Insurance

- Real and Personal Estate

- Public Press

- Railroads of the U.S.

- Canal and River Improvements

- Families and Free Population

- Religious Statistics

- Educational Statistics

- Libraries in the U.S.

- Schools, Colleges, etc.