1790 United States Federal Census

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1790 United States Federal Census

1790 United States Federal Census

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The United States Census of 1790 was the first census conducted in the United States. Conducted on August 2, 1790, it recorded the population of the United States to be 3,929,214. The schedules for some counties are missing in the 1790 census and no schedules are known to exist for the Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia. This census (1790) provides names for heads of household, for about 10 to 15 percent of the population, and provides only a number count for the others. Federal census takers were asked to record information about every person who was in each household on the census day. A census taker might have visited a house on a later date, but the information he collected was supposed to be about the people who were in the house on the census day. The basic census enumeration unit was the county. Each county was divided into enumeration districts, one for each enumerator. The completed forms were sent to the Commerce Department's Census Office in Washington, D.C. Federal censuses are usually reliable, depending on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. Information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.

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