Come to Your Census!

1. Come to Your Census! Using Census Records in the History Classroom (Bozeman) Jim McNeill Silver Bluff High School Aiken, SC For NCHE

2. What information can be found in historical census records? Categories of measure reflect a changing society and the evolving interests of the United States government.

3. 1790 Name of family head Free white males of 16 years of age and up Free white males under 16 Free white females Slaves Other persons 1840 Name of head of family Age, sex, race Slaves Number of deaf and dumb Number of blind Number of insane and idiotic and whether in public or private charge Number of persons employed in each of six classes of industry and one of occupation Literacy Pensioners for Revolutionary or military service Comparing Census Years 1790 and 1840 Items colored green show changes.

4. 1840 Name of head of family Age, sex, race Slaves Number of deaf and dumb Number of blind Number of insane and idiotic and whether in public or private charge Number of persons employed in each of six classes of industry and one of occupation Literacy Pensioners for Revolutionary or military service Comparing Census Years 1840 and 1870 Items colored green show changes.

5. 1870 Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value of real estate Value of personal estate Birthplace Whether parents were foreign born Month of birth if born within the year Month of marriage if married within the year School attendance Literacy Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic Male citizens 21 and over and number of such persons denied the right to vote for other than rebellion Supplemental schedule for persons who died during the year Comparing Census Records of 1840 and 1870 Items colored green show changes.

6. Address Name Relationship to family head Sex Race Age Marital status Number of years of present marriage for women Number of children born and number now living Birthplace and mother tongue of person and parents Occupation, industry and class of worker If foreign born, year of immigration, whether naturalized, and whether able to speak English, or if not, language spoken Occupation, industry and class of worker If an employee, whether out of work during the year Literacy, School attendance Home owned or rented, if owned whether mortgaged Whether farm or house Whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy Whether blind deaf or dumb Population Census Items 1910

7. Address Home owned or rented Value or monthly rental Whether on a farm Name Relationship to household head Sex Race Age Marital status School attendance Educational attainment Birthplace Citizenship of foreign born Location of residence 5 years ago and whether on a farm Employment status If at work, whether in private or non-emergency government work, or in public emergency work (WPA, CCC, NYA, etc.) If in private work, worked in week If seeking work on public emergency work, duration of unemployment Occupation, industry and class of worker Weeks worked last year, income last year Population Census Items – 1940

8. Information about population change… Table 33 – Louisiana Race and Hispanic Origin 1810 - 1990

9. Louisiana - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 - 1990

10. Agricultural Census Schedule Measures of agricultural output

11. Wealth of Selected States Wealth, Taxation and Public Indebtedness, table 1

12. Wealth, Taxation and Public Indebtedness, table 1

13. Wealth of geographic regions within the United States Most wealth gained in all regions in Real Estate and Improvement. Wealth, Debt and Taxation, table 1

14. Mortality Records Special Tables of Mortality

15. Common Causes of Death in the United States, 1850 – 1870 General Diseases A: scarlet fever, enteric fever, hooping cough, measles General Diseases B: Consumption, dropsy, cancer Local Diseases: Encephalitis, Convulsions, other, paralysis Circulatory Diseases: other Respiratory Diseases: pneumonia, croup Digestive System Diseases: cholera infantum, enteritia, dysentery, diarrhea Accident and Injury: drowning, burns and scalds

16. Population for Louisiana 2000 census Population patterns

17. Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

18. Population Change in DeKalb County, GA for All Races 1970 - 2000 ( Composite Line Graph) Changing demographics of cities and towns

19. Finding the Information All information was gathered from materials provided by the United States Census Bureau website. http://www.census.gov/ To access the records used: • Go to the home page. • Type in decade of search in search box. • Click on decade results. Then use the link to The Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970. http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/start.php?year=V1830 The University of Virginia interactive census records site

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22. Activity 3 • California • Oregon • Washington • New York • Nevada • Montana • Idaho • Colorado • Arizona • Pennsylvania

23. Activity 4 • Individual written responses

24. Activity 5 • Indian Territory • South Dakota • Montana • New Mexico • Arizona • Minnesota • Washington • Utah • North Dakota • Idaho

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27. Activity 8 • Individual written response

28. Activity 9 • New York • Pennsylvania • California • Ohio • Michigan • Illinois • Texas • New Jersey • Massachusetts • Oklahoma

29. Activity 10