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## Publications - Other

History of the American Community Survey
, January 2024 [PDF 10.4 MB]
The *Statistical Abstract of the United States*, published from 1878 to 2012, contains summary statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.  Sources of data include the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other federal agencies and private organizations.
 Historical Statistics from the *Statistical Abstract*

Statistical Atlases:
Census Atlas of the United States
 (2007)
1870 Statistical Atlas of the United States
1880 Statistical Atlas of the United States
1890 Statistical Atlas of the United States

Tracts and Block Numbering Areas:
Census Tract Manual: 1934 Edition
 [861KB PDF]
Census Tract Manual: 1937 Edition
 [647KB PDF]
Census Tract Manual: 1947 Edition
  [2.96MB PDF]

Other:
Sanitation and Statistics: How Public Health Professionals Revolutionized the U.S. Census
 [625KB PDF]
Factfinder for the Nation
 (CFF 4) 
History and Organization
 [PDF 159KB]
*The Boy With the U.S. Census*
, by Francis Rolt Wheeler, 1911, courtesy of Google Books [PDF 6.79MB]
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
 [74.4MB PDF]
A July 2001 monograph on 
Privacy and Confidentiality
. [PDF 1.61 MB]
A Census Bureau monograph on 
The Development and Implementation of the Commerce Administrative Management System (CAMS) at the U.S. Census Bureau
 [PDF 270KB]
Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000
 [PDF 16.5MB]
200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990
 [PDF 11.4MB], November 1989
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1980
 [PDF 8.49MB], October 1979
History and Growth of the United States Census: 1790-1890
 [PDF 117MB], by Carroll D. Wright and William C. Hunt
Census of the Philippine Islands publications are available from the 
Haithi Trust Digital Library
.

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