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The United States Census of 1860 was the eighth
Census conducted in the United States. It
determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 — an
increase of 35.4 percent over the 23,191,875 persons enumerated during the
1850
Census. The total population included 3,953,761 slaves.
By the time the 1860 census returns were ready for tabulation,
the nation was sinking into the American Civil War. As a result,
Census Superintendent Joseph C. G. Kennedy and his staff
produced only an abbreviated set of reports, which included no
graphic or cartographic representations. This new round of
statistics did allow the Census staff to produce a cartographic
display, including preparing maps of Southern states for Union
field commanders. These maps displayed militarily vital topics,
including white population, slave population, predominant
agricultural products (by county), and rail and post-road
transportation routes.
Census
questions
The 1860 census collected the following information[1]:
- name
- address
- age
- sex
- color (white, black or mulatto) for each person
- whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
- value of real estate and of personal estate owned (required of
all free persons)
- profession, occupation or trade of each male and female over 15
years of age
- place (state, territory or country) of birth
- whether married within the year
- whether attended school within the year
- whether unable to read and write (for persons over 20)
- whether a pauper or convict
Full documentation for the 1860 population census, including
census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Data
availability
Microdata from the 1860
population census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data
for small areas, together with compatible cartographic boundary
files, can be downloaded from the National
Historical Geographic Information System.
See also
Notes
- ^
"Library Bibliography Bulletin
88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925". New
York State Library. October 1981. pp. 44 (p. 50 of PDF). http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270.
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