United States Census 1890
The 1890 United States Census was the eleventh census in the United States since 1790 . "Census Day" was June 1, 1890 .
history
The United States Census 1890 was carried out from June 2, 1890 by the United States Department of the Interior , but the official "Census Day" was June 1, 1890, a Sunday. 47,000 data collectors and 175 supervisors were entrusted with collecting the data. With the help of the punch card technology further developed by Herman Hollerith , the evaluation of the questionnaires could be accelerated considerably. After the evaluation of the 1880 census took eight years, the evaluation of this census was successfully completed after just one year.
Only a small fraction of the original documents of the Census is still available. After part of the data had already been destroyed in 1896 by order of the Ministry of the Interior and another part was damaged in a fire, a large part of the data was burned in a fire in January 1921. 25% of the data was destroyed directly by fire, another 50% by fire, Extinguishing water and smoke badly damaged. As a result of these events, the call for a national archive became loud in the public debate. Nevertheless, in 1934, the last remaining original documents were destroyed by order of Congress.
Results
The total population of the United States in 1890 was 62,947,714, 12,791,931 more than in the previous 1880 census, an increase of 25.5 percent. With an area of 3,021,295 square miles, the population density is 21.2 people per square mile.
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
U.S. states by population in 1890.
| rank | State | population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | new York | 6.003.174 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 5,258,113 |
| 3 | Illinois | 3,826,352 |
| 4th | Ohio | 3,672,329 |
| 5 | Missouri | 2,679,185 |
| 6th | Massachusetts | 2,238,947 |
| 7th | Texas | 2,235,527 |
| 8th | Indiana | 2,192,404 |
| 9 | Michigan | 2,093,890 |
| 10 | Iowa | 1,912,297 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 1,858,635 |
| 12 | Georgia | 1,837,353 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 1,767,518 |
| 14th | Wisconsin | 1,693,330 |
| 15th | Virginia | 1,655,980 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 1,617,949 |
| 17th | Alabama | 1,513,401 |
| 18th | New Jersey | 1,444,933 |
| 19th | Kansas | 1.428.108 |
| 20th | Minnesota | 1.310.283 |
| 21st | Mississippi | 1,289,600 |
| 22nd | California | 1,213,398 |
| 23 | South carolina | 1,151,149 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 1,128,211 |
| 25th | Louisiana | 1,118,588 |
| 26th | Nebraska | 1,062,656 |
| 27 | Maryland | 1,042,390 |
| 28 | West Virginia | 762.794 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 746.258 |
| 30th | Maine | 661.086 |
| 31 | Colorado | 413.249 |
| 32 | Florida | 391.422 |
| 33 | New Hampshire | 376,530 |
| 34 | Washington | 357.232 |
| 35 | South Dakota | 348,600 |
| 36 | Rhode Island | 345.506 |
| 37 | Vermont | 332.422 |
| 38 | Oregon | 317,704 |
| 39 | North Dakota | 190.983 |
| 40 | Delaware | 168,493 |
| 41 | Montana | 142.924 |
| 42 | Nevada | 47,355 |
Cities by population
The 20 most populous cities in the United States by population in 1890.
| rank | city | States | population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City | new York | 1,515,301 |
| 2 | Chicago | Illinois | 1,099,850 |
| 3 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 1,046,964 |
| 4th | Brooklyn | new York | 806.343 |
| 5 | St. Louis | Missouri | 451.770 |
| 6th | Boston | Massachusetts | 448.477 |
| 7th | Baltimore | Maryland | 434,439 |
| 8th | San Francisco | California | 298.997 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 296.908 |
| 10 | Cleveland | Ohio | 261.353 |
| 11 | Buffalo | new York | 255.664 |
| 12 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 242.039 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 238.617 |
| 14th | Washington | District of Columbia | 230.392 |
| 15th | Detroit | Michigan | 205,876 |
| 16 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 204,468 |
| 17th | Newark | New Jersey | 181,830 |
| 18th | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 164,738 |
| 19th | Jersey City | New Jersey | 163.003 |
| 20th | Louisville | Kentucky | 161.129 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Library Of Congress: Plate, punch card, and instructions for Herman Hollerith's Electric Sorting and Tabulating Machine, ca.1895 , accessed March 26, 2010
- ↑ National Archives : History of the United State Census 1890 , accessed March 26, 2010
