Washington sentinel., 1853-12-18
pu6lie Document.
Report of the superintendent of the Census.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
CENSUS OFFICE, Dec. IA, 1862

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Census OFFICE, Dec. IA, 1853.
The public printer has completed, and is
now delivering into the hands of the binder,
the volume of the census of 1850, which en-
braces the material ordered to be printed by
the last Congress. aggregated for the United
States, with such comparative and illustrative
tables, notes, de-, seemed necessary to a
complete understanding of the work, and Tor
preserving upon the subject Of the census the
experiences Of the government.
The volume will compare favorably in typo
graphical execution with any document hith.
erto published by Congress; and am in hopes
will compare with equal advantage in this re-
spect, as well as in the arrangement and gene.
raj fidelity Of execution, with any Of the sta
tlstical works of other countries. Ii contains
l,l5S quarto pages, 80 Of which are devoted
to the aggregate tables proper of the United
States, notes, schedules, &c., and 5 or pages
to the additional and comparative tables Of
other countries. In the opening page, and in a
note to this report it will be seen what portions
OF the volume have been prepared under my
own superintendent, and to which my respon-
sibllity extends. The remainder was prepared
under the previous administration Of the
offce.#
The eight or ten Introductory pages embrace
a copions index; q chapter upon the schedules,
their deficiencies, &C.; brief letter relating
to the business and finances Of the Office; some
notes upon the machinery, &c, of the census,
and a statement Of the census expenditure at
each period since 1890, &c. These are sue
ceeded by about eighteen pages, imbodying
compactly the various schedules adoped for
each census, from the beginning Of the govern
ment, including those of 1850 the blanks used
in the census office for condensing information;
the instructions to marshals at different peri
ods; an abstract Of the census legislation since
1890; the acts, &c, relating to the census Of
1850; with two or three pages upon the census
system adopted in the various States of Eu-
rope, as compared with our own. About one
hundred pages follow, of tables more or less
elaborate, closely condensed, with brief expla-
tory notes, upon the following subjects:
population Decennially from 1890 10 1850;
Territorial Extent ofthe United States; Coast and
and River lines Of the United States Colonial
Population at various periods Progress Of Popu-
lation in the United States; Square Miles density,
&c., OF the States, and dates Of admission into the
Union; Progress of European population Ratio
OF representatives In the States since 1880; Ma
tvities Of the Population, white and free coored
Births, Marriages, Deaths, Dwellings, and Fami-
hes; Classltications of the Ages Of the White,
Free Colored, and Slave Population Rank of the
States since 1790, with reference 10 each class of
population and of area Increase and Decrease Of
Population by States Deaf, Dumb, Blind Insane,
and ldiotic, 1850, 1910, and 1890 Comparative
Population of the Cities and Towns ofthe United
States from the earliest period compared with
the population Of The leading cities of the world;
Increase of Population Male and Female in sixty
years; Churches in the United States, Church
Property, Church Accommodations, 0he number of
u
Adults who Cannot Read and Write, 1910 and
1880; Schools, Colleges, Academies. 1910 and 1850,
Compared with Great Britain Libraries in the
United States Newspapers and Periodicals, 1910
and 1880: Professions, Occupations, and Trades Of
the male population over lSyears, in 1850; Occu-
pations of the Free and Slave Population of the
United States, OF both sexes and Of all ages, in
1910 Occupation Of the Population Of Great
Britain in lS41 Agricultural Productions Of the
United States, 1910 and 1850; Ratio Of Population
TO Females, 1880; Proportion Of White, Free color
ed, and Slaves, and of Sexes, at each census
period; Ratio of Increase of Population in the
United States in GO years by general divisions
Ratio of Ages and sexes combined, White Free
Colored, and Slaves; Ratio Of the Several Glasses
Of Population in each State to the total of the
United States, &C.; Immigration into the United
States since 1890, ages and sex; Nativtes and Oc-
cupations of Passengers; Meteorology ofihe Uni
ted States Indian Statistics Of the United States
since 1907
Succeeding the above are two elaborate ta-
bes. lst Table of counties, districts, and
parishes in the United States, alphabetically
arranged, embracing their population, white,
free, colored and slave; foreign born, dwell
ings, and families. 2. Population Of places
included in the census volume of 1850, includ.
ing every State, Territory, county, district,
parish, city, town, township, hundred, &C., in
the United States, alphabetically arranged.
The States and Territories now follow in the
geographical order, each being separated by
fy-leaf and title, with the following heads:
l. Population by counties classification OF ages
and color; aggregates.
2 Population by subdivisions of counties.
g. Nativiies of the population.
a. Births, marriages, deaths, dwellings, and fami-
lies.
s. Progress Of the, population.
G. Deaf dumb blind, idiotic and insane.
T. Colleges, academies, schools, etc.
s. Attending school during the year, as returned
by families.
g. Adults in the State who cannot read and
write
10. Professions, occupations and trades Of the
male population.
il. Agriculture-farms and implements, stock,
produce, home manufactures, etc.
IL. Newspapers and periodicals..
l3. Libraries other than private.
~. Churches, church properly, &C.
The State census of California, taken in 1852,
is appended by order Of Congress, and the
volume concludes with general appendix, EN-.
bracing notes upon the deficiencies in the sched
ules of each of the States, and correcting such
typographical or clerical errors as had escaped
attention in the next.
In the progress of such work through the
press, and in the arrangement of so great
multitude of figures, errors we're of course to be
expected. They are, however, for the most
part, unimportant and are not only pointed
out in the appendix, but corrected in the ag-
gregate tables in the opening of the work. The
tables have been carefully examined by different
sets of persons and will be again revised, should
an edition of the aggregate matter be ordered,
as am in hopes it will
Of the sum Of $50, ,936, which was subject to
the orders Of the census upon my entrance into
office, about $4,000 still remain, and the total
expense incurred upon each census since 1890,
as made up at the treasury, is as follows: