1890 Census

1890 Census Number:   62,947,714

1890 Census Data (99% of records destroyed in 1921)

• Name of each person in household
• Relationship to Head of Household
• Personal Description
  - Age
  - Sex
  - Color
  - Birthplace
  - Marital Status (Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced)
  - Married within previous year
  - Month of Marriage, If married within the previous year
  - Deaf, dumb, blind or insane
  - Occupation
  - Sick or temporarily disabled
  - Maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled
  - Convict
  - Prisoner
  - Homeless Child
• Place of Birth
  - Each person’s parents
• Education
  - Attended school in previous year
  - Ability to read and write in English
• Home Data
  - Value of Real Estate
• Citizenship
  - Number of years in US
  - Naturalization
  - Ability to speak English
• Veterans
  - Soldier, Sailor during the Civil War
• Location
  - Name of street and number of house
  - City/Village/Town/Borough
  - County

1890 Census Day:  June 2, 1890

1890 Census duration:  1 month

1890 Census Geography

• 42 States - New States in 1890 Census:  North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington
• Territories –  Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Montana, Alaska, Oklahoma  and Indian

What has lost from the 1890 Census?

• Over 99% of the 1890 census records were destroyed by fire and flooding. Of the 62,979,766 people enumerated a total of 6,160 names could be extracted.

1890 Facts

• President during census:  Benjamin Harrison
• Most of the 1890 census records were destroyed in a fire in 1921
• Three urban areas in the United States with over a million people New York City (1,515,301), Chicago (1,099,850) and Philadelphia (1,046,964)
• Ellis Island Immigration station begins processing immigrants to the United States on January 1, 1892
• The Battle of Wounded Knee occurs in South Dakota on December 29, 1890. This is the last major battle between United States Troops and Native Americans