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200 Years of U.S. Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990; by the U.S. Government Printing Office; 108 pp; Paper; ISBN: 0945433727; Item # A0130
The Questions the enumerators of the U.S. federal censuses asked and what those questions meant.
Table of Contents
Preface
Historical Background
- The 1790 Census
- Into the 19th Century
- Census Expansion
- Moving into the 20th Century
- New Direction
- Processing
- Collecting the data
- Publishing
Availability of Population Schedules
- Limitations
- Confidentiality
- Microfilm
- Finding Guides
- The 1840 Census
- The 1885 Census
- The 1890 Records
Availability of Mortality Schedules
Principal Data Collection Forms, 1790–1990
- 1790. General Population Schedule
- 1800. General Population Schedule
- 1810. General Population Schedule
- 1820. General Population Schedule
- 1830. Schedule of Whole Number of Persons
- 1840. Schedule of Whole Number of Persons
- 1850. Schedule 1—Free Inhabitants
- Schedule 2—Slave Inhabitants
- 1860. Schedule 1—Free Inhabitants
- Schedule 2—Slave Inhabitants
- 1870. Schedule 1—Inhabitants
- 1850. Schedule 1—Inhabitants
- Indian Division...Schedule No. 1—Population
- 1890. Schedule No. 1—Population and Social Statistics
- Special Schedule—Surviving Soldiers....etc.
- 1900. Schedule No. 1—Population
- Special Schedule No. 1—Inquiries Relating to Indians
- 1910. Population
- 1920. Population
- 1930. Populations Schedule
- Unemployment Schedule
- Supplemental Schedule for Indian Population
- 1940. Population Schedule
- Confidential Report on Wage or Salary Income, 1939
- Vacant-Swelling Schedule
- 1950. Population Schedule
- Housing Schedule
- 1960. Population Inquiries
- Housing Inquiries
- 1970. Population Inquiries
- Housing Inquiries
- 1980. Population Inquiries
- Supplementary Questionnaire for Indian Reservations
- Housing Inquiries
- 1990. Population Inquiries
- Supplementary Questionnaire for Indian Reservations
- Housing Inquiries
Bibliography
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