1810 United States Census

The United States Census of 1810 was the third Census conducted in the United States. It was conducted on August 6, 1810. It showed that 7,239,881 people were living in the United States, of which 1,191,362 were slaves.

The 1810 Census included one new state: Ohio. The original census returns for the District of Columbia, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Ohio were lost or destroyed over the years.[1] Most of Tennessee's original forms were also lost, other than Grainger and Rutherford counties.[2]

Questions

The 1810 Census form contained the following information (identical to the 1800 census):

  1. City or township
  2. Name of the head of family
  3. Number of free white males under age 10
  4. Number of free white males age 10-15
  5. Number of free white males age 16-25
  6. Number of free white males age 26-44
  7. Number of free white males age 45 and over
  8. Number of free white females under age 10
  9. Number of free white females age 10-15
  10. Number of free white females age 16-25
  11. Number of free white females age 26-44
  12. Number of free white females age 45 and over
  13. Number of all other free persons
  14. Number of slaves

Note to researchers

Census taking was not yet an exact science. Before 1830, enumerators lacked pre-printed forms, and some drew up their own, resulting in pages without headings. Some enumerators did not tally their results. As a result, census records for many towns before 1830 are idiosyncratic. This is not to suggest that they are less reliable than subsequent censuses, but that they may require more work on the part of the researcher.

Data availability

No microdata from the 1810 population census are available, but aggregate data for small areas, together with compatible cartographic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.

City rankings

Rank City State Population[3] Region (2016)[4]
01 New York New York 96,373 Northeast
02 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 53,722 Northeast
03 Baltimore Maryland 46,555 South
04 Boston Massachusetts 33,787 Northeast
05 Charleston South Carolina 24,711 South
06 Northern Liberties Pennsylvania 19,874 Northeast
07 New Orleans Louisiana 17,242 South
08 Southwark Pennsylvania 13,707 Northeast
09 Salem Massachusetts 12,613 Northeast
10 Albany New York 10,762 Northeast
11 Providence Rhode Island 10,071 Northeast
12 Richmond Virginia 9,735 South
13 Norfolk Virginia 9,193 South
14 Washington District of Columbia 8,208 South
15 Newport Rhode Island 7,907 Northeast
16 Newburyport Massachusetts 7,634 Northeast
17 Alexandria District of Columbia 7,227 South
18 Portland Maine 7,169 Northeast
19 Portsmouth New Hampshire 6,934 Northeast
20 Nantucket Massachusetts 6,807 Northeast
21 Gloucester Massachusetts 5,943 Northeast
22 Schenectady New York 5,903 Northeast
23 Marblehead Massachusetts 5,900 Northeast
24 New Haven Connecticut 5,772 Northeast
25 Petersburg Virginia 5,668 South
26 New Bedford Massachusetts 5,651 Northeast
27 Lancaster Pennsylvania 5,405 Northeast
28 Savannah Georgia 5,215 South
29 Charlestown Massachusetts 4,959 Northeast
30 Georgetown District of Columbia 4,948 South
31 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 4,768 Northeast
32 Beverly Massachusetts 4,608 Northeast
33 Brooklyn New York 4,402 Northeast
34 Middleborough Massachusetts 4,400 Northeast
35 Lexington Kentucky 4,326 South
36 Plymouth Massachusetts 4,228 Northeast
37 Lynn Massachusetts 4,087 Northeast
38 Hudson New York 4,048 Northeast
39 Hartford Connecticut 3,955 Northeast
40 Reading Pennsylvania 3,462 Northeast
41 New London Connecticut 3,238 Northeast
42 Trenton New Jersey 3,002 Northeast
43 Elizabeth New Jersey 2,977 Northeast
44 Norwich Connecticut 2,976 Northeast
45 York Pennsylvania 2,847 Northeast
46 Cincinnati Ohio 2,540 Midwest

References

  1. ↑ Dollarhide, William (2001). The Census Book: A Genealogists Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes. North Salt Lake, Utah: HeritageQuest. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Tennessee Census Availability at TSLA and Online". March 5, 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  4. ↑ "Regions and Divisions". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 9, 2016.


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