Census Bureau's "By Decade" website
Includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more
Highlights
Questions asked (see questionnaire)
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 in each family employed in each of six classes of industry and one of occupation; literacy; pensioners for Revolutionary or military service.
For more information:
Find all 1840 census publications in the Library.
Key publications:
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Print available in the Library |
Online access |
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Sixth Census |
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Statistics of the United States of America |
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Census of Pensioners for revolutionary or military services |
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Compendium |
