United States Census 1880

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The United States Census 1880 was the tenth census in the United States since 1790 . As a result of the census, a population of 50,189,209 inhabitants was determined for the USA on August 1, 1880 (30.2% more than at the 1870 Census).

As with the 1870 census , a lot of information was collected. The 1880 questionnaire consisted of five parts, four of which were filled out by the registration staff. The first part concerned the demographic data, part 2 the mortality (such as 1870 with civil status, place of birth of parents, length of stay in the USA, place of discovery of the disease or place of death), the third part agricultural data (if applicable). The fourth part was not recorded by the recording staff, but by separately employed staff. It was the tax and debt burden as well as data on the infrastructure. Part 5 was recorded conventionally and concerned the craft (where applicable).

For the first time, women were also allowed to conduct the survey. The data is still available today as microdata. Since the counting of the data took more than seven years, Herman Hollerith was commissioned to develop a calculating machine for the 1890 census . Incidentally, the high increase in the population at the 1870 census was questioned and it was assumed that the 1870 census was under-recorded.

The Alabama Paradox was revealed or discovered by the 1880 census .

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.

States by population

States of the United States by population in 1880.

rank State population
1 new York 5,082,871
2 Pennsylvania 4,282,891
3 Ohio 3,198,062
4th Illinois 3,077,871
5 Missouri 2,168,380
6th Indiana 1,978,301
7th Massachusetts 1,783,085
8th Kentucky 1,648,690
9 Michigan 1,636,937
10 Iowa 1,624,615
11 Texas 1,591,749
12 Tennessee 1,542,359
13 Georgia 1,542,180
14th Virginia 1,512,565
15th North Carolina 1,399,750
16 Wisconsin 1,315,497
17th Alabama 1,262,505
18th Mississippi 1,131,597
19th New Jersey 1,131,116
20th Kansas 996.096
21st South carolina 995.577
22nd Louisiana 939.946
23 Maryland 934.943
24 California 864.694
25th Arkansas 802.525
26th Minnesota 780.773
27 Maine 648.936
28 Connecticut 622,700
29 West Virginia 618.457
30th Nebraska 452.402
31 New Hampshire 346.991
32 Vermont 332.286
33 Rhode Island 276,531
34 Florida 269.493
35 Colorado 194,327
... District of Columbia 177,624
36 Oregon 174,768
37 Delaware 146.608
... Utah 143.963
... New Mexico 119,565
... South Dakota 98,268
... Washington 75.116
38 Nevada 62,266
... Arizona 40,440
... Montana 39,159
... North Dakota 36,909
... Idaho 32,610
... Wyoming 20,789

Cities by population

The 20 most populous cities in the United States by population in 1890. New York City was the first American city to have over a million inhabitants.

rank city State population
1 New York City new York 1,206,299
2 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 847.170
3 Brooklyn new York 566,663
4th Chicago Illinois 503.185
5 Boston Massachusetts 362,839
6th St. Louis Missouri 350,518
7th Baltimore Maryland 332.313
8th Cincinnati Ohio 255.139
9 San Francisco California 233,959
10 New Orleans Louisiana 216.090
11 Cleveland Ohio 160.146
12 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 156.389
13 Buffalo new York 155.134
14th Washington District of Columbia 147.293
15th Newark New Jersey 136.508
16 Louisville Kentucky 123.758
17th Jersey City New Jersey 120,722
18th Detroit Michigan 116,340
19th Milwaukee Wisconsin 115,587
20th Providence Rhode Island 104,857

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States (PDF; 13.9 MB) United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 6, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www2.census.gov  

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