Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-01
COUNTING THE PEOPLE.
Some of the Inquiries to be Made by til
Census Enumerafora

Some of the Inquiries to be Made by the
Census Enumerstors.
The eleventh census of the United States
will be taken during the month of June.
The census enumerators will begin their
work on Monday, June I'd, and will visit
every house and ask questions concerning
every person and every family in the
United States. The questions that will be
asked call for the name of every person re-
siding in the United States on the first day
of June, with their sex and age, and
whether white, black, mulatto, quadroon.
octoroon, or Chinese, Japanese or Indian.
inquiry will be made also of every per-
son as TO whether they are single, married,
widowed or divorced, and, if married,
whether married during the census wear.
The place of birth of each person, and the
place OF birth of the father and mother of
each person, will also be called for, as well
as statement as to the profession. trade
or occupation followed and the number of
months unemployed during the census
Year. For all persons 10 years of age or
over return must be made by the emu
merator as TO the number sble 10 read and
write, and also the number who can speak
English. For those who cannot sneak
spoken by them will be ascertained For
children of school age, also, the number of
months they attended school will be re-
corded by the census enumerators
IN the case OF mothers an inquiry will
be made as TO the number of children they
have had, and the number of these chill
dren living at the present time. This in
quiry is to be made of all women who are
or nave been married, including all who
are widows or have been divorced. For
eign-born males of adult age, that is, 81
years OF age or over, will be asked as to the
number OF years they have been in the
United States, and whether they are ma
turalized or have taken out naturalization
papers.
OF the head of each family visited the
question will be asked as to the number of
persons in the family, and whether his
home is owned or hired also, if owned.
whether the home is free from mortgage
membranes. If the head of a family is a
farmer, similar inquiries will be made con-
corning the ownership of the farm,
In addition to these inquiries, all of
which are made on the population sched-
ule, the law under which the census is
taken makes provision for special INQUIRIES
concerning such of the population as may
be mentally or physically defective in any
respect, that is, insane, feeble-minded, deaf,
blind, or crippled, or who may be tempo
rarily disabled by sickness, disease, or ac-
cident at the time of the enumerators visit.
Certain special inquiries will also be
made concerning inmates of prisons and
reformatories and of charitable and benev.
olent institutions. Besides this, state.
ment will be called for concerning all per-
sons who have died during the census
year, giving their name, age sex, occupa-
ton, and cause of death.
This official count of the people comes
but once in ten years, and every family
and every person should consider it to be
their duty to answer the questions of the
census enumerators willingly and promptly,
so that definite and accurate information
may be gained concerning the 65, OO0, 900
people living within the bounds of this
great country