Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide

1880 Census Reports

Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers: * Questionnaire description and Instructions to Enumerators - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)
Statistics of the Population of the United States: Census Bureau PDF file; U.S. Documents C3.14:880/1 (reclassed from I11.5:1); * GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, States, Territories, Counties, Civil Divisions less than counties; * CONTENTS: Presents 36 tables on various topics:; - Population, 1860-1880, for States and Territories for White, Colored, Japanese, Chinese, and Civilized Indian; - Population by County for the same groups and years; - Population for Cities and towns over 4000 population for White and Colored (1870-1880), and Native and Foreign (1870-1880); - Nativity at various geographies; - Sex and Nativity, aggregate; - Population by Ages, Special and Select; - Areas, Dwellings, and Families; - Foreign Parentage; - Population of Alaska; - Occupational tables; - Newspapers and Periodicals; - Public Schools; - Illiteracy; - Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
Report of the Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States, Pt. 1. Statistics of Deaths by States, Principal Cities, etc.: Census Bureau PDF file
Report of the Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States, Pt. 2. Statistics of Deaths by Locality, Cause, etc.: Census Bureau PDF file; U.S. Documents C3.14:880/11 and 12 (reclassed from I11.5:11 and 12); * Most tables have 1880 statistics only; the first table has 1860-1880 data; - State and 50 Principal Cities Tables; - Chinese and Indian tables; - Causes of Death; - Morbidity or Sick Rates; - Births, Birth Rates, and Life Tables; - Ages of Living Population
Report of the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes of the Population of the United States: Census Bureau PDF file; U.S. Documents C3.14:880/21 (reclassed from I11.5:21); * Contents: Statistics at various geographic levels on; - Insane; - Idiotic; - Blind; - Deaf and Dumb; - Homeless Children; - Paupers; - Crime
Compendium of the Tenth Census, Pt. 1: Census Bureau PDF file
Compendium of the Tenth Census, Pt. 2: Census Bureau PDF file; U.S. Documents C3.14:880/23 and 24 (reclassed from I11.2:C73/2; * Contents: Statistics at various geographic levels on; - Population; - Agriculture; - Manufactures; - Power Used in Manufactures; - Mining; - Railroads, Steam Craft, Canals, Telegraphs, and Telephones; - Occupations; - Fisheries; - Foreign Parentage; - Areas, Dwellings, and Families; - Alaska; - Life Insurance; - Fire and Marine Insurance; - Valuation and Taxation; - Public Indebtedness; - Newspapers and Periodicals; - Public Schools; - Illiteracy; - Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes; - Mortality

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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