The 1860 United States Census was the eighth census in the United States since 1790 . As a result of the census, a population of 31,443,321 inhabitants was determined for the USA on June 1, 1860, of which 3,953,761 were slaves .
The data contain information on the number of residential buildings, the number of families and their members with age, gender, skin color, occupation or education (for people over the age of 15), property value, value of personal property, place of birth, date of birth, civil status, illiteracy (for people over the age of 20), disabilities (deafness or deaf dumbness, blindness, insanity, feeble-mindedness), neediness, criminal record.
The state population figures from the 10-year United States censuses are key to determining the number of representatives from those states in the United States House of Representatives . The adjustment is usually made in the next but one Congress after a census.
Most populous cities
The 50 most populous cities in the United States by population in 1860.
