Title:  Total population
Column Name:
 pop/tot*
Span:  1790-2000
Units:  Persons
Format:  
Integer

*Please be aware that the sum of population subtypes may not equal the data presented under the total population type due to the fact the U.S. Census did not collect data for all subtypes of population every year.


Population - 1790-1820
Total population is a count of all inhabitants, except Indians not taxed (i.e. Indians still under tribal relations or on reservations), at their usual place of residence as of the first Monday of August. Thus, total population includes every person living on and omits all children born after the first Monday of August. Place of residence generally means the place where a person lives and sleeps most of the time, and is not necessarily the same as the legal residence, voting residence, or domicile.

Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Original Source:
-U.S. Census Office. First Decennial Census of the United States, 1790. Heads of Families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790, reprint. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907.
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. 200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1989.


Population  - 1830-1880
Total population is a count of all inhabitants, except Indians not taxed (i.e. Indians still under tribal relations or on reservations), at their usual place of residence as of June 1. Thus, total population includes every person living on June 1 and omits all children born after June 1. Place of residence generally means the place where a person lives and sleeps most of the time, and is not necessarily the same as the legal residence, voting residence, or domicile.


Source (where directly obtained):

Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1989.


Population  - 1890-1900
Total population is a count of all inhabitants at their usual place of residence as of June 1. Place of residence generally means the place where a person lives and sleeps most of the time, and is not necessarily the same as the legal residence, voting residence, or domicile. Persons without a usual place of residence were counted where they were enumerated.

Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Original Source:
-U.S. Census Office. Eleventh Decennial Census of the United States, 1890. Volume I, Report of the Population of the United States at the Eleventh Census, Part I. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1892.
-U.S. Census Office. Twelfth Decennial Census of the United States, 1900. Volume I, Population, Part I. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901.


Population  - 1910
Total population is a count of all inhabitants at their usual place of residence as of April 15. Place of residence generally means the place where a person lives and sleeps most of the time, and is not necessarily the same as the legal residence, voting residence, or domicile. Persons without a usual place of residence were counted where they were enumerated.

Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1910. Volume I, Population. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913.

 

Population  - 1920
Total population is a count of all inhabitants at their usual place of residence as of January 1. Place of residence generally means the place where a person lives and sleeps most of the time, and is not necessarily the same as the legal residence, voting residence, or domicile. Persons without a usual place of residence were counted where they were enumerated.

Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu


Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1989.


Population  - 1930-2000
Total population is a count of all inhabitants at their usual place of residence as of April 1. Place of residence generally means the place where a person lives and sleeps most of the time. This place is not necessarily the same as the legal residence, voting residence, or domicile (e.g., college students were counted where they lived while attending school). Persons without a usual place of residence were counted where they were enumerated.

Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu


County and City Data Books from the University of Virginia, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, 2003.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/

Original Source:
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. 200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1989.
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. Eighteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1960. Population, Volume I, Characteristics of the Population. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1961.
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1977. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1978.
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1988-2000 [CDROM]. Washington D.C.: Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, 1989-2001.