A Century of Population Growth: From the First Census of the U.S. to the Twelfth 1790-1900 - Hard Cover - Census Related
A Century of Population Growth: From the First Census of the U.S. to the Twelfth 1790-1900; Compiled by the U.S. Government; Published 1909 ; Reprinted 1989 by Heritage Quest Press; 315 pp; Hard Cover; ISBN# 9780806303321; Item # A0131
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This reference title relates histories of censuses that were taken in the United States and Europe. It reports population in the Colonial and Continental periods, population of counties and their subdivisions, white and Black population, and proportion of children in white population. A Century of Population Growth also contains information on surnames of the white population in 1790, nationality as indicated by names of heads of families reported at the first census, interstate migration, foreign born population, statistics of slaves, and occupations and wealth.
Chapter titles include:
- Population in the Colonial and Continental Periods
- The United States in 1790
- The first Census of the United States
- Area and Total Population
- Population of Counties and Their Subdivisions
- White and Negro Population
- Sex and Age of the White Population
- Analysis of the Family
- Proportion of Children in the White Population
- Surnames of the White Population in 1790
- Nationality as Indicated by Names of Heads of Families Reported at the First Census
- Interstate Migration
- Foreign Born Population
- Statistics of Slaves
- Occupations and Wealth