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Aftermath of the 1921 fire which destroyed almost the entirety of the 1890 census records. The original data for the 1890 census is mostly unavailable. The population schedules were damaged in a fire in the basement of the U.S. Department of Commerce building in Washington, D.C. in 1921. Some 25% of the materials were presumed destroyed and ...
Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]
Instead he contends that enslavement in gold and silver mines was the primary reason why the Native American population of Hispaniola dropped so significantly. [ 172 ] [ 173 ] and that even though disease was a factor, the Native population would have rebounded the same way Europeans did following the Black Death if it were not for the constant ...
However, the loss of several states' detailed census records in the Burning of Washington D.C. in the War of 1812 makes estimation difficult. Nearly all states that lost their 1790 (and 1800) census records have tried to reconstitute their original census from tax records etc. with various degrees of success.
This is a list of the largest cities in each U.S. state and territory by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census, starting with the 1790 Census. Data for the tables below is drawn from U.S. Census Bureau reports. For the 1990 Census and earlier, the primary resource is the 2005 Working Paper number POP ...
Native Americans were not identified in the Census of 1790 through 1840 and only sporadically from 1850 until 1890, if they lived outside of Indian Territory or off reservations. Beginning with the 1900 census, Native Americans were fully enumerated along with the general population.
The 1890 census was the first to record both Native Americans living among the general population as well as in tribal communities, but due to a fire that destroyed many of the documents, the 1900 census is typically considered the oldest one to give an inclusive count of the country's Native American population. [7]
However, the first census to enumerate all Native Americans occurred in 1890. [176] Before that point Native Americans living on reservations were not counted, and thus most Native Americans in the U.S. were not counted in census data before 1890. [176] Between 1850 and 1870, and in 1890, 1910, and 1920, the U.S. Census Bureau also enumerated ...