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Copy the Historical Populations wikitext below either onto the page or onto a sandbox page to edit.

HISTORICAL POPULATION CHART CODE

The population numbers can be found on wikipedia by looking up the county name you are working on and going down to the Demographics section. INSTRUCTIONS FOR EDITING THE CODE

The easiest way to edit this code is to copy and paste the above into your sandbox area and edit all the census data there, then when finished paste the completed document to your Wiki page.

The first number on each line represents the census year (1800, 1810, 1820, etc). The "xxxx" represents the population number for that census (usually a 3-6 digit number WITHOUT commas). The percent of increase/decrease will be calculated automatically when the chart is embedded on the Wiki page.

The population numbers go immediately after the second pipe, with no space, example:

1890 |791

1900 |1043

Retrieve the census populations.

The data can be obtained on Wikipedia.org. Go to the respective county page and look under Demographics. While on that page, copy the URL and paste it into the "zzzzzzzz" section on the template.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSERTING THE CHART INTO YOUR PAGE

=== Census ===
 * If there is not a heading for Census, create one. Click to edit the heading that would be just below “Census” alphabetically.
 * Create a blank line at the very top of the edit box and type in


 * On the line immediately following that, paste in your Hist/Pop box code.
 * Preview your page to be sure you have it inserted properly.
 * When your previewed changes look the way you want them to, then save your page. Enter "added census chart" in the edit summary box. Always leave your Hist/Pop Chart as the beginning information in the Census topic.


 * Once you have saved your chart, you will need to add a reference to Wikipedia. Go into the page using the "Edit" button and go too the bottom of the chart.  Place your cursor after the end of the template and click on Insert in the nav bar.  Choose "Reference" and it will add a little (1) behind it.  Then go to the bottom of the page and click on "Insert" again and choose "References List."   This will bring up a pop up that allows you to enter the reference information.  In the box add "Wikipedia and the URL of the page you got the data from.