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Population pyramid by race of the United States over time from 1900 to 2020 Age and sex distribution
Racial and Ethnic Demographics of the United States (Total Numbers) Between 1850 and 1920; Race/Ethnic Group 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 Total Population 23,191,876 31,443,321 38,558,371 50,155,783 62,947,714 75,994,575 91,972,266 105,710,620 White 19,553,068 26,922,537 33,589,377 43,402,970 55,101,258 66,809,196 81,731,957
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The U.S. census is mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States... according to their respective Numbers... . The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and w...
Decennial U.S. census figures are based on actual counts of persons dwelling in U.S. residential structures. They include citizens, non-citizen legal residents, non-citizen long-term visitors and undocumented immigrants. The Census Bureau bases its decision about whom to count on the concept of usual residence. Usual residence, a principle establis...
In addition to its primary purpose of reapportioning the House of Representatives, census data are used for a wide variety of applications, including: 1. Apportionment of federal funding in a large number of programs, estimated at somewhere between $675 billion and $1.5 trillion per year. 2. Infrastructure and transportation planning 3. Military an...
The census has historically and up to the present been controversial due to its role in reapportioning political representation. In the 1850s, census planners suppressed information about slavery due to pressure from Southern lawmakers. The results of the 1920 census were ignored and no reapportionment took place, as rural lawmakers feared losing p...
Censuses had been taken prior to the Constitution's ratification; in the early 17th century, a census was taken in Virginia, and people were counted in almost all of the British colonies that became the United States. Between 1781 and 1786, the first "actual enumeration" was conducted separately in each state and compiled by John Kean for considera...
One purpose of the census is to divide the house seats by population. Furthermore, as with any Census Bureau survey, the data provides a beginning for the allocation of resources. In addition, collected data are used in aggregate for statistical purposes.Replies are obtained from individuals and establishments only to enable the compilation of such...
The census records data specific to individual respondents are not available to the public until 72 years after a given census was taken, but aggregate statistical data derived from the census are released as soon as they are available. Every census up to and including 1950 is currently available to the public and can be viewed on microfilm release...
Anderson, Margo J. The American Census: A Social History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-300-04014-8Anderson, Margo J. The American Census: A Social History, Second Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-300-19542-2Anderson, Margo J. Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000. ISBN 1-56802-428-2.Dorman, Robert L. "The Creation and Destruction of the 1890 Federal Census", American Archivist, 71 (Fall–Winter 2008), 350–83.Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, the main source for census microdatafor the period 1850 through the presentJul 12, 2018 · The 1900 census schedules, which contain the most information of all the schedules released to date, give for each person: name; address; relationship to the head of the household; color or race; sex; month and year of birth; age at last birthday; marital status; if a wife is listed within the household, then the number of years married, number ...
According to the 1900 census, the population of the United States was then 76.3 million. Nearly 14 percent of the population—approximately 10.4 million people—was born outside of the United States.
This report traces growth of census inquiry from the first enumeration, in 1790 to the eleventh, in 1890. The present purpose to consider, first, the purely historical features of the several censuses, as to methods of enumeration, general scope of the inquiries and printed results, and the cost of the work, and to then show the inception and growth of the inquiries concerning each of the ...
