DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06503.v1
title: Manuscript Censuses of Population and Agriculture for 1860, 1870, and 1880: Missouri
title: Version 1

description: These data were drawn from three separate U.S. 
 censuses--1860, 1870, and 1880--for the state of Missouri, and pertain 
 to six Missouri townships. The data were linked to form a pooled 
 cross-section time-series, in which multiple observations for 
 individuals are linked together. There is one record for each 
 enumerated person in the sample from the population schedules, and each 
 slave and farm has its own record as well. Agricultural data in the 
 collection provide information on a variety of topics, such as the 
 amount and dollar value of livestock, including cows, sheep, and pigs, 
 agricultural commodities, such as wheat, oats, and barley, and dairy 
 products like cheese and butter. Information about the value of 
 orchards, farm land, and equipment is also included. Part 1, the 
 agricultural census data for 1860, also provides information on the 
 number of slaves in households, giving the number of male and female 
 slaves in specific age groups (adults, teens, children, and babies). 
 The agricultural census data for 1870 in Part 2 supply additional 
 demographic variables, including U.S. citizen status, voting status, 
 parents' birthplaces, and whether the person could write. Part 3, the 
 agricultural census data for 1880, provides more in-depth information 
 on livestock, including the number of sheep and cattle that were sold, 
 slaughtered, born, or died. Other variables relate to the acreage of 
 crops planted in corn, rice, wheat, and barley. Demographic variables 
 common to all three agricultural censuses include age, sex, race, 
 occupation, birthplace, literacy, and number of males and females in 
 the household for all age groups (adults, teens, children, and babies). 
 The U.S. Census population manuscript data offer demographic 
 information similar to the demographic variables from the agricultural 
 census data, and also include whether the person attended school. In 
 addition, Part 6, Population Manuscript Data, 1870, covers citizen 
 status, voting status, parents' birthplaces, and whether the person was 
 deaf, dumb, blind, or insane. The 1880 population data in Part 7 
 provide variables for various health conditions: sick, blind, deaf, 
 idiocy, insanity, and whether the person was maimed. Parents' 
 birthplace and the person's relationship with the head of the household 
 and head of the family are also included. Part 4, Panel Data: Farms 
 Reported in Two or More Census Years, and Part 8, Panel Data: Household 
 Heads and Other Males Enumerated in Two or More Census Years, supply 
 data on farms and individuals who were enumerated in two or more census 
 years. These two files provide information similar to that presented 
above.
description: Cluster sample.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Agricultural Data File, 1860
DS2: Agricultural Data File, 1870
DS3: Agricultural Data File, 1880
DS4: Panel Data: Farms Reported in Two or More Census Years
DS5: Population Manuscript Data File, 1860
DS6: Population Manuscript Data File, 1870
DS7: Population Manuscript Data File, 1880
DS8: Panel Data: Household Heads and Other Males Enumerated in Two or More Census Years
description: All townships in Missouri in 1860, 1870, and 1880.