United States Census Social Statistics Schedules

Additional Information may be found on the United States Census Portal Page.

Availability
1850 - 1870.

Historical Background
Social statistics schedules provide information about the ancestor's community.

Content
1850-1870--for each political subdivision, these schedules show:


 * value of real estate
 * annual taxes
 * number of schools, teachers, and pupils
 * number and type of libraries and the number of volumes they have
 * name, type, and circulation of newspapers
 * types of church denominations, the number of people each church can seat, and the value of their property
 * number of native and foreign-born paupers and the cost of supporting them
 * number of native and foreign-born criminals convicted and in prison
 * average wages paid to farm hands, day laborers, carpenters, and female domestics.

Value
These schedules do not provide information about specific individuals, only statistical data.

Web Sites
NARA: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/

Bibliographic Citations

 * Dollarhide, William. The Census Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes. (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999.) FHL Book 973.X27d.
 * Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Wright, Matthew. Finding Answers in U.S. Census Records. (Orem, Utah: 2001 Ancestry) FHL Book 973 X27s.