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词条 1790 United States Census
释义

  1. Contemporary perception

  2. Loss of data

  3. Data availability

  4. Data

  5. City rankings

  6. References

  7. External links

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| country = United States
| date = {{start date|1790|08|02}}
| population = 3,893,635
| percent_change =
| region_type = state
| most_populous = Virginia
747,610
| least_populous = Delaware
59,094
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The United States Census of 1790 was the first census of the whole United States. It recorded the population of the United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution and applicable laws. In the first census, the population of the United States was enumerated to be 3,929,214.[1]

Congress assigned responsibility for the 1790 census to the marshals of United States judicial districts under an act which, with minor modifications and extensions, governed census taking until the 1840 census. "The law required that every household be visited, that completed census schedules be posted in 'two of the most public places within [each jurisdiction], there to remain for the inspection of all concerned...' and that 'the aggregate amount of each description of persons' for every district be transmitted to the president."[2]

Contemporary perception

Both Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and President George Washington expressed skepticism[3] over the results, believing that the true population had been undercounted. If there was indeed an undercount, possible explanations for it include dispersed population, poor transportation links, limitations of contemporary technology, and individual refusal to participate.

Loss of data

Although the Census was proved statistically factual, based on data collected, the records for several states (including: Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, and Virginia) were lost sometime between 1790 and 1830.[4] Almost one third of the original census data have been lost or destroyed since their original documentation. These include some 1790 data from: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont; however, the validity and existence of most of these data can be confirmed in many secondary sources pertaining to the first census.[5]

Data availability

No microdata from the 1790 population census are available, but aggregate data for small areas, together with compatible cartographic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.

Data

Census data included the name of the head of the family and categorized inhabitants as follows: free white males at least 16 years of age (to assess the country's industrial and military potential), free white males under 16 years of age, free white females, all other free persons (reported by sex and color), and slaves.[6] Under the direction of the current Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, marshals collected data from all thirteen states (Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), and from the Southwest Territory.[2] The census was not conducted in Vermont until 1791, after that state's admission to the Union as the 14th state on March 4 of that year. (From 1777 until early 1791, and hence during all of 1790, Vermont was a de facto independent country whose government took the position that Vermont was not then a part of the United States.)

At 17.8 percent, the 1790 Census's proportion of slaves to the free population was the highest ever recorded by any census.

State Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families. Free white males under 16 years. Free white females, including heads of families. All other free persons.Slaves.Enslaved % of State PopulationTotal.% of US Population
Vermont22,43522,32840,50525516[7][8]0.02%85,539[9]2.2%
New Hampshire 36,086 34,851 70,160 630 158 0.1% 141,885 3.6%
Maine 24,384 24,748 46,870 538 0 0.0% 96,540 2.5%
Massachusetts 95,453 87,289 190,582 5,463 0 0.0% 378,787[10][11] 9.7%
Rhode Island 16,019 15,799 32,652 3,407 948 1.4% 68,825 1.5%
Connecticut 60,523 54,403 117,448 2,808 2,764 1.2% 237,946 6.1%
New York 83,700 78,122 152,320 4,654 21,324 6.3% 340,120 8.7%
New Jersey 45,251 41,416 83,287 2,762 11,423 6.2% 184,139 4.7%
Pennsylvania 110,788 106,948 206,363 6,537 3,737 0.9% 434,373 11.2%
Delaware 11,783 12,143 22,384 3,899 8,887 15.0% 59,094[12] 1.5%
Maryland 55,915 51,339 101,395 8,043 103,036 32.2% 319,728 8.2%
Virginia 110,936 116,135 215,046 12,866 292,627 39.1% 747,610[13][11] 19.2%
Kentucky 15,154 17,057 28,922 114 12,430 16.9% 73,677 1.9%
North Carolina 69,988 77,506 140,710 4,975 100,572 25.5% 393,751 10.1%
South Carolina 35,576 37,722 66,880 1,801 107,094 43.0% 249,073 6.4%
Georgia 13,103 14,044 25,739 398 29,264 35.5% 82,548 2.1%
Total 807,094 791,850 1,541,263 59,150 694,280 17.8% 3,893,635 99.9%
1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1790_fast_facts.html |title=History: 1790 Fast Facts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1790.html |title=History: 1790 Overview |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1790.html |title=1790 Overview |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Dollarhide|first=William |title=The Census Book: A Genealogists Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes|publisher=HeritageQuest|location=North Salt Lake, Utah|year=2001|page=7}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.1930census.com/1790_census.php |title=1790 Census |publisher=1930 Census Resources for Genealogists}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=1790 Census of Population and Housing |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |archivedate=May 12, 2015 }}
7. ^The census of 1790, published in 1791, reports 16 slaves in Vermont. Subsequently, and up to 1860, the number is given as 17. An examination of the original manuscript allegedly shows that there never were any slaves in Vermont. The original error occurred in preparing the results for publication, when 16 persons, returned as "Free colored", were classified as "Slave". But this claim is disputed by at least one historian.
8. ^http://slavenorth.com/vermont.htm
9. ^Corrected figures are 85,425, or 114 less than the figures published in 1790, due to an error of addition in the returns for each of the towns of Fairfield, Milton, Shelburne, and Williston, in the county of Chittenden; Brookfield, Newbury, Randolph, and Strafford, in the county of Orange; Castleton, Clarendon, Hubbardton, Poultney, Rutland, Shrewsburg, and Wallingford, in the county of Rutland; Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, and Westminster, in the county of Windham; and Woodstock, in the county of Windsor.
10. ^The figures for Massachusetts do not include the population of Maine. Though Maine was then a part of Massachusetts, the Maine figures were compiled separately, and are shown on the line for Maine.
11. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9KwtRkiO1YC&pg=PA42&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900 |year=1909 |page=47 }}
12. ^Corrected figures are 59,096, or 2 more than figures published in 1790, due to error in addition.
13. ^The figures for Virginia do not include the population of Kentucky. Though Kentucky was then a part of Virginia, the Kentucky figures were compiled separately, and are shown on the line for Kentucky. The Virginia figures do include the portion of Virginia that later became the state of West Virginia.
14. ^{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau }}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/econ/census/help/geography/regions_and_divisions.html |title=Regions and Divisions |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=September 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203020637/http://www.census.gov/econ/census/help/geography/regions_and_divisions.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}

City rankings

Rank City State Population[14] Region (2016)[15] Population (2010)
01 New York New York 33,131 Northeast 1,585,873 [Manhattan only]
02 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 28,522 Northeast 1,526,006
03 Boston Massachusetts 18,320 Northeast 617,594
04 Charleston South Carolina 16,359 South 120,083
05 Baltimore Maryland 13,503 South 620,961
06 Northern Liberties Pennsylvania 9,913 Northeast N/A
07 Salem Massachusetts 7,921 Northeast 41,340
08 Newport Rhode Island 6,716 Northeast 24,672
09 Providence Rhode Island 6,380 Northeast 178,042
10 Marblehead Massachusetts 5,661 Northeast 19,808
11 Southwark Pennsylvania 5,661 Northeast N/A
12 Gloucester Massachusetts 5,317 Northeast 28,789
13 Newburyport Massachusetts 4,837 Northeast 17,416
14 Portsmouth New Hampshire 4,720 Northeast 21,233
15 Sherburne Massachusetts 4,555 Northeast 10,172
16 Middleborough Massachusetts 4,526 Northeast 23,116
17 New Haven Connecticut 4,487 Northeast 129,779
18 Taunton Massachusetts 3,804 Northeast 55,874
19 Richmond Virginia 3,761 South 204,214
20 Albany New York 3,498 Northeast 97,856
21 New Bedford Massachusetts 3,313 Northeast 95,072
22 Beverly Massachusetts 3,290 Northeast 39,502
23 Plymouth Massachusetts 2,995 Northeast 56,468
24 Norfolk Virginia 2,959 South 242,803
25 Rochester New Hampshire 2,857 Northeast 29,752
26 Petersburg Virginia 2,828 South 32,420
27 Alexandria Virginia 2,748 South 139,966
28 Hartford Connecticut 2,683 Northeast 124,775
29 Londonderry New Hampshire 2,622 Northeast 24,129
30 Gilmanton New Hampshire 2,613 Northeast 3,777
31 Hudson New York 2,584 Northeast 6,713

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html Historic US Census data]
  • [https://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html 1790 Census of Population and Housing official reports]
  • [https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab02.txt Population of 24 Urban Places: 1790]
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