1790

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 - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)
* Table headers - from Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 (I8.5:1)

 

Return of the Whole Number of Persons Within the Several Districts of the United States
Census Bureau PDF file
U.S. Documents C3.14:790/rep. 1942 (reclassed from I2.5:1790)
* GEOGRAPHIES:   Nation, states, counties, and towns; North Carolina also reported data by district
* CONTENTS:   Sex, Age (of free white males 16 & over, under 16), Other free persons, Slaves

 

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790
Census Bureau PDF files(12 volumes)
U.S. Documents C3.11:N81/3 (North Carolina volume only)
* Reports are available for Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia
* Returns for Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey and Tennessee were destroyed when the Capitol building was burned in 1812.
* Provides the numbers of persons in each household characterized by the questions found in Return of the Whole Number of Persons.
* The North Carolina Heads of Families volume is the only Census product in the NC State University Libraries that contains individual family names.
* Surnames are not in alphabetical order in the tables, but an index is provided for each volume.

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