Ordered LibertySix federal counts · 1810–1860
The Census
The republic counted itself six times between 1810 and 1860, and grew from 6,694,528 to 31,270,766 souls. New York counted itself harder still — its own census every five years, kept on its plate below.
Plate IThe nation
Total population at each federal census, with the decade's growth above each span.
Recorder's notes
- SC 1820: kept 472,245; a later sheet's carried-forward column reads 572,245.
- U.S. 1820: kept 8,646,984; a later sheet's carried-forward column reads 8,559,677.
- U.S. 1850: kept 23,097,355; a later sheet's carried-forward column reads 23,230,861.
- Sheet rows with no unit in the registry, recorded rather than dropped: D.C., IN T, N/A, SN T.