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The 1880 census determined the resident population of the United States to be 50,189,209, an increase of 30.2 percent over the 38,555,983 persons enumerated during the 1870 census. [7] The mean center of United States population for 1880 was in Boone County, Kentucky .
The 1855 to 1875 New York state censuses asked the person for the name of the county that one was born in if one was born in New York State. [15] Also, the 1865 New York state census asked many questions about military service. [15] New York did not conduct a census in 1885 because its Governor David B. Hill refused to support the proposed ...
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
A large percentage of the immigrants that came to New York City after 1965 were from non-European countries. [5] Large numbers of Irish people arrived in New York City during the Great Famine in the 1840s, while Germans, Italians, Jews, and other European ethnic groups arrived in NYC mostly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [5]
A Hollerith tabulator that has been modified for the first 1890 census tabulation; the punched-card reader was removed, replaced by a simple keyboard. [2]: 61 The 1890 census was the first to be compiled using methods invented by Herman Hollerith and was overseen by Superintendents Robert P. Porter (1889–1893) and Carroll D. Wright (1893–1897).
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November 2 – U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock. November 4 – The first cash register is patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. November 22 – Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City.
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