Census Bureau's "By Decade" website
Includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more
Highlights
Questions asked (see questionnaire)
Address; name; relationship to head of family; sex; race; age; month and year of birth; marital status; number of years married; for women, number of children born and number now living; place of birth of person and parents; if foreign born, year of immigration to the U.S., number of years in the U.S., and whether naturalized; occupation; months not employed; months attended school during census year; literacy; ability to speak English. Supplemental schedules for the blind and for the deaf.
For more information:
Find all 1900 census publications in the Library.
Key publications:
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Vol I: Population. |
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Vol II: Population. |
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Vol III: Vital Statistics |
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Vol IV: Vital Statistics |
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Vol V: Agriculture |
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Vol VI: Agriculture |
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Vol VII: Manufactures |
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Vol VIII: Manufactures |
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Vol IX: Manufactures |
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Vol X: Manufactures |
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Abstract |
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Statistical Atlas |
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Supplementary analysis and derivative tables |
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Bulletin 69: Child labor in the United States |
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Occupations at the twelfth census |
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Bulletin 8: Negroes in the United States |
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Bulletin 26: Illiteracy in the United States |
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Statistics of women at work |
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Wealth, debt, and taxation |
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A discussion of the vital statistics of the Twelfth Census |
