POPULATION AND HOUSING ITEMS ON THE GENERAL CENSUS SCHEDULES 1790-2010 Compiled by Grace York, Librarian Emerita, University of Michigan, August 2010 See methodology and acknowledgements at end of table. ACS is the American Community Survey, 2009 version, which replaced the sample () form after 2000. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 ACS 2010 Age (group) 1 1 Age (year) Sex 1 1 1 Color or race (single) Color or race (multiple) Spanish origin or descent Hispanic origin If American Indian, portions of Indian or other blood * * * Tribe * * * Relationship to head of family or household Married in past year 2 2 Marital status No. of years married Age at or date of marriage Married more than once If remarried, was first marriage terminated by death No. of years widowed, divorced, or separated Widowed/divorced in last yr. 1
SOCIAL Free or slave Per slave owner, no. of slaves No. of fugitives No. of manumitted Physical and mental handicaps and infirmities: Deaf or deaf mutes * * * * 11 Blind * * * * 11 Insane *..Feeble-minded (idiotic) 3 * * *...How supported (insane and idiotic only) * * Ill or disabled * * * Duration of disability * * Paupers 2 2 * * * Poverty Status 10 10 10 10 Convicts 2 2 * * * * Homeless Children * * * Education: Literacy 1 2 2 School attendance 2 2 Educational attainment Bachelor's Major Public or private school Vocational training Ancestry Place of birth 2 2 4 Place of birth of parents 5 Citizenship (U.S.) 6 4 Year of naturalization Eligibility to vote 6 If foreign born, year of immigration Language 7 7 7 Language of parents Ability to speak English 2
SOCIAL Children born in last yr Grandparent responsible for grandchildren Grandchildren in household No. of children living No. of children ever born to mother Veteran status * Length of service Whether wife or widow of veteran * If child of veteran, is father dead Farm residence 8,9 9 Farm residence in a previous year Place of residence in a previous year Year moved to present residence 9 9 9 ECONOMIC Industry Occupation 2 2 Class of worker Private or non-public emergency work, or public emergency work Employment status * Duration of unemployment * Year last worked Weeks worked in preceding year * Hours worked in preceding week * Activity 5 years ago Industry 5 years ago Occupation 5 years ago Class of worker 5 years ago Health Insurance 3
ECONOMIC Value of real estate 2 2 9 9 9 9 Value of personal property 2 Income Poverty Status 10 10 10 10 Social Security: Registered Deductions from all or part of wages or salary Public assistance income Pension income Interest income Place of work Means of transportation to work Transportation time to work Carpooling POPULATION NOTES: * See also supplemental questionnaires 7 Whether person could speak English. In 1900, this was the only s Sample Question the only question; in 1920 and 1930 this question was in addition 1 Free white persons only addition to the request for mother tongue. 2 Question only asked of free inhabitants 8 Asked only outside cities 3 Question was whether insane or idiotic 9 On housing portion of questionnaire 4 In 1960, place of birth was asked on a sample basis but a 10 Poverty was not asked on the questionnaire but derived from 100% basis in New York and Puerto Rico. Citizenship was income and household data. only asked in New York and Puerto, where it was a 100% item. 11 Vision and hearing conditions reported as group in 2000 Census 5 Question was only whether parents were foreign born. 6 For males 21 years of age and over 4
HOUSING OCCUPANCY No. of slave houses Farm or nonfarm Occupied or vacant Tenure--owned or rented Owned free or mortgage Year-round or seasonal (for vacant only) 1 Vacancy status (for sale, rent, etc.) Duration of vacancy Second home Share with business Acreage STRUCTURAL Type of structure (single, semi-detached, trailer) 2 No. of rooms 2 No. of bedrooms Year built Original purpose of building Exterior material Whether 10 or more units at this address No. of units in structure Mobile home or trailer Mobile or fixed Condominium status Basement No. of stories Elevator Access to unit 5
CONDITION AND PLUMBING FACILITIES 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 ACS 2010 Condition Water supply Toilet facilities Bathing facilities No. of bathrooms Source of water Sewage disposal EQUIPMENT AND FUELS 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 ACS 2010 Lighting Heating equipment Heating fuel Cooking fuel Water heating fuel Refrigeration Kitchen sink Kitchen, cooking facilities Radio 3 Clothes washing machine Clothes dryer Home food freezer Telephone available Air conditioning Television sets Whether television equipped for UHF Dishwasher Automobiles Vans, trucks 6 6 6 6
FINANCIAL Value * *4 5 Contract rent 5..If furnished, estimated rent unfurnished..estimated rent of owned nonfarm home Gross rent Utility costs Real estate taxes Insurance premiums Condominium fees Mobile home rent HOUSING NOTES: * Supplemental Questionnaire S Sample Question 1 Also migratory 2 There was also a specific question as to whether the dwelling unit was in a residential structure 3 Battery-operated only 4 Mortgaged non-farm home 5 100% in cities; 25% outside 6 Vans and truck incorporated with automobiles Table for 1790-1970 adapted from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population and Housing Queries in the U.S. Decennial Censuses, 1790-1970, Working Paper No. 39, Washington, D.C. 1973. Data for 1980-2010 compiled from corresponding Census questionnaires. Later revised based on Measuring America <http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf> Notify Grace York <graceyor@umich.edu> for any corrections. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~graceyor/censub10.xls 7