United States Census, 1900
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The Twelfth United States Census
, conducted by the Census Office
on June 1, 1900, determined the resident population of the United States
to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 62,979,766 persons enumerated
during the 1890 Census.
Full documentation for the 1900 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
from the 1900 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data
for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System
.
United States Census
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats , electoral votes, and government program funding. The United States Census Bureau The United States Census...
, conducted by the Census Office
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
on June 1, 1900, determined the resident population of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 62,979,766 persons enumerated
Enumeration
In mathematics and theoretical computer science, the broadest and most abstract definition of an enumeration of a set is an exact listing of all of its elements . The restrictions imposed on the type of list used depend on the branch of mathematics and the context in which one is working...
during the 1890 Census.
Census questions
The 1900 census collected the following information:- address
- name
- relationship to head of family
- gender
- race
- age, month and year born
- marital status and, if married, number of years married
- for women, number of children born and number now living
- place of birth of person, and their parents
- if foreign born, year of immigration and whether naturalized
- occupation
- months not employed
- school
- ability to speak English
- whether on a farm
- home owned or rented, and, if owned, whether mortgaged
Full documentation for the 1900 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Data availability
MicrodataMicrodata (statistics)
In the study of survey and census data, microdata is information at the level of individual respondents. For instance, a national census might collect age, home address, educational level, employment status, and many other variables, recorded separately for every person who responds; this is...
from the 1900 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data
Aggregate data
In statistics, aggregate data describes data combined from several measurements.In economics, aggregate data or data aggregates describes high-level data that is composed of a multitude or combination of other more individual data....
for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System
National Historical Geographic Information System
The National Historical Geographic Information System is a historical GIS project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000...
.