A census enumerator's records from the 1790 census, the first-ever to be conducted in the United States. National Archives. August 2, 1790: the first Census Day, when brave enumerators went out on ...

The population U.S. population rose by 13.4% between 1960 and 1970, bringing numbers up to 203.4 million, and marked the first census year since 1800 that New York was not the most populous state ...

From the moment of the first American census, in 1790, through every decennial census we've had since, the categories the U.S. government has used to classify its residents have included the word ...

→ Philadelphia is the second-most-populous U.S. city from the first census, in 1790, through 1830, when Baltimore moves into the second spot. Philly regains it in 1860, ...

Its first target is the vast, resource-rich 'Northwest Territory', stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to the ...

Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how the nation sees itself. Here’s how they have changed over the last 230 years. By K.K. Rebecca Lai and Jennifer Medina Oct. 16, 2023 Since ...

WASHINGTON — The first race and ethnicity breakdowns from the 2020 Census, released Thursday, show a more diverse population than ever in the nation’s history.

Knock, knock. Who's there? The census taker. The census taker who? No, really, this is no joke. It's the census taker. "Snapshot of America" Super Bowl ads were followed by letters alerting tha… ...

The first census in 1790 had only six questions, and counted males and females as free whites, other free persons, and slaves. From then until 1860--the last census before the Civil War--these ...

If you take a beginning genealogy course you will often learn, as I did many years ago, that the 1790 census was destroyed by fire when the British invaded Washington D.C., during the War of 1812 ...

The US Census bureau is gearing up for next year’s count. The government’s been counting Americans for more than two centuries. The very first US Census was in 1790. Commerce Secretary Gary ...

From the moment of the first American census, in 1790, through every decennial census we've had since, the categories the U.S. government has used to classify its residents have included the word ...