United States Census 1870

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The United States Census 1870 was the ninth census in the United States since 1790 . As a result of the census, a population of 38,555,983 people was determined for the USA on June 1, 1870. For the first time, a detailed picture of the so-called black population was obtained after slavery was abolished. The 1870 Census was criticized for underestimating the actual population. An under-survey is suspected in the states of New York and Pennsylvania .

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 census data are documented as microdata and can be called up.

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 1870.

rank city State population
1 New York City new York 942.292
2 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 674.022
3 Brooklyn new York 396.099
4th St. Louis Missouri 310,864
5 Chicago Illinois 298,977
6th Baltimore Maryland 267.354
7th Boston Massachusetts 250,526
8th Cincinnati Ohio 216.239
9 New Orleans Louisiana 191,418
10 San Francisco California 149.473
11 Buffalo new York 117.714
12 Washington, DC District of Columbia 109.199
13 Newark New Jersey 105.059
14th Louisville Kentucky 100,753
15th Cleveland Ohio 92,829
16 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 86,076
17th Jersey City New Jersey 82,546
18th Detroit Michigan 79,577
19th Milwaukee Wisconsin 71,440
20th Albany new York 69,422
21st Providence Rhode Island 68.904
22nd Rochester new York 62,386
23 Allegheny Pennsylvania 53,180
24 Richmond Virginia 51,038
25th New Haven Connecticut 50,840
26th Charleston South carolina 48,956
27 Indianapolis Indiana 48,244
28 Troy new York 46,465
29 Syracuse new York 43,051
30th Worcester Massachusetts 41,105
31 Lowell Massachusetts 40,928
32 Memphis Tennessee 40.226
33 Cambridge Massachusetts 39,634
34 Hartford Connecticut 37,180
35 Scranton Pennsylvania 35.092
36 Reading Pennsylvania 33,930
37 Paterson New Jersey 33,579
38 Kansas City Missouri 32,260
39 mobile Alabama 32,034
40 Toledo Ohio 31,584
41 Portland Maine 31,413
42 Columbus Ohio 31,274
43 Wilmington Delaware 30,841
44 Dayton Ohio 30.473
45 Lawrence Massachusetts 28,921
46 Utica new York 28,804
47 Charlestown Massachusetts 28,323
48 Savannah Georgia 28,235
49 Lynn Massachusetts 28,233
50 Fall River Massachusetts 26,766

Web links

Individual evidence

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