Census Bureau's "By Decade" website
Includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more
Highlights
Questions asked (see questionnaire)
Name; age; sex; race (white, black or mulatto); whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic; value of real estate; occupation; place of birth; whether married within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether a pauper or convict. Supplemental schedules for slaves; public paupers and criminals; persons who died during the year.
For more information:
Find all 1850 census publications in the Library.
Key publications:
Print available in the Library |
Online access |
The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850 |
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Statistics of Manufactures, 1850 |
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Mortality statistics of the United States, 1850 |
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Report of the Superintendent of the Census for December 1, 1852 |
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Compendium |