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Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide
1870 Census Reports
- Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers
- * Questionnaire description and Instructions to Marshals and Assistants - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)
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- Statistics of the Population of the United States
- Census
Bureau PDF file
- U.S. Documents C3.14:870/1 (reclassed from
I10.5:1)
- * GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, States, Territories, Counties, Civil Divisions less than counties
- * CONTENTS: Presents 33 tables on various topics:
- - Population, 1870-1790, for States and Territories for
White, Colored, Free colored, Slave, Chinese, and Indian
- - Population by County for the same groups
- - Population by Civil Divisions of counties for White and
Colored (1870-1850), and Native and Foreign (1870)
- - Nativity at various geographies
- - School attendance and Illiteracy, various
geographies
- - Schools, 1870-1850, various geographies
- - Libraries, 1870-1850
- - Newspapers and Periodicals, 1870-1850
- - Churches, 1870-1850
- - Pauperism and Crime, 1870-1850
- - Areas, Families, and Dwellings, various geographies
- - Sex and Age compilations, various geographies
- - Persons in Occupational classes, various geographies
- Vital Statistics of the United States
- Census
Bureau PDF file
- U.S. Documents C3.14:870/2 (reclassed from
I10.5:2
- * Contents: Statistics at various geographic levels on
- - Mortality
- - Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Insane and Idiotic
- - Births in 1870
- - Sex
- - Age
- Compendium of the Ninth Census
- Census
Bureau PDF file
- U.S. Documents C3.14:870/4 (reclassed from
I10.2:C73
- * Contents: Statistics at various geographic levels and years on
- - Population, with Race
- - Nativity and Nationality
- - School Attendance and Illiteracy
- - Schools, Libraries, Newspapers, and Churches
- - Pauperism and Crime
- - Areas, Families, and Dwellings
- - Sex, and School, Military, and Citizenship Ages
- - Occupations
- - Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Insane, and Idiotic
- - Wealth, Taxation, and Public Indebtedness
- - Agriculture
- - Manufactures
From the 1870 Census forward, the number of published volumes grew each
decade. A comprehensive list of all these volumes is beyond the scope of this
guide that focuses on the volumes addressing population and housing
topics.
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