United States Census 1880

1880 Census

Dates: 1 Jun (2 weeks-30 days)

Uniqueness: -Asked the relationship to the head of household -Asked marital status -Lists the name of the streets and house numbers of some of the urban homes. -Lists an illness or disability on the day of visitation. -Lists number of months unemployed.

Problems: -The census was to list only those abiding in the house as of June 1 (those who may have died since may be missed or children born after that date but by the time the enumerator came would not have been accounted for but again they may have. -Soundex: Lists only families with children under the age of 10 years.

States Covered: Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Missouri California Nebraska Colorado Nevada Connecticut New Hampshire Delaware New Jersey Florida New York Georgia North Carolina Illinois Ohio Indiana Oregon Iowa Pennsylvania Kansas Rhode Island Kentucky South Carolina Louisiana Tennessee Maine Texas Maryland Vermont Massachusetts Virginia Michigan West Virginia Minnesota Wisconsin District of Columbia

States Missing: (none)

Territories: Arizona Idaho New Mexico Washington Dakota Montana Utah Wyoming

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