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United States. Census Office.
The seventh census of the United States, 1850 :
embracing a statistical view of each of the states and territories by counties, towns, etc. ... with an introduction ... and an appendix embracing notes upon the tables of each of the States, etc. / J.D.B. De Bow, Superintendent of United States Census. 1 vol.

HA 201 1850a - Butler Stacks


United States. Census Office.
[Census of Manufactures]
Abstract of the statistics of manufactures according to the returns of the seventh census /
condensed from the digest completed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in conformity with the first section of the act of June 12, 1858, by Jos. C.G. Kennedy, Superintendent.
1 vol.

HA 201 1850b - Butler Stacks


United States. Census Office.
[Census of Vital Statistics]
Mortality statistics of the seventh census of the United States, 1850 ..., :
with sundry comparative and illustrative tables / by J.B.D. De Bow, Superintendent United States census.
1 vol.

HA 201 1850c - Butler Stacks


United States. Census Office.
Statistical view of the United States:
embracing its territory, population--white, free colored, and slave--moral and social condition, industry, property, and revenue : the detailed statistics of cities, towns and counties : being a compendium of the seventh census, to which are added the results of every previous census, beginning with 1790, in comparative tables, with explanatory and illustrative notes, based upon the schedules and other official sources of information /
by J.D.B. De Bow, Superintendent of the United States Census. 1 vol.

HA 201 1850d - Butler Stacks


United States. Census Office.
Report of the Superintendent of the Census for December 1, 1852; to which is appended the report for December 1, 1851. 1 vol.

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United States. Census Office. 7th census, 1850.
Census of population, 1850. 1 reel.
MICROFLM F d4996 - Lehman

United States Census Bureau:

Seventh Census, 1850

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Census Data for the Year 1850 

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
The IPUMS consists of twenty-five high-precision samples of the American population drawn from thirteen federal censuses, 1850-1990. These samples collectively comprise our richest source of quantitative information on long-term changes in the American population.

1850 Census Questions


National Archives & Records Administration:

Census Records

Bohme, Fredrick G.
200 Years of U.S. Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990.
Washington : Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1989.
C 3.2:T 93 - U.S. Government Documents


Cook, Kevin L.
Dubester's U.S. Census Bibliography with SuDocs Class Numbers and Indexes.
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1996.
R016.3173 C772 - Butler Reference
Z 7553.C3 C66 1996 - Lehman Reference
Covers the 1790-1940 censuses, with a complete list of all census publications. Particularly useful for identification of the multiplicity of items in censuses after 1870.


Parker, J. Carlyle.
City, County, Town, and Township Index to the 1850 Federal Census Schedules.
Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1979.
R016.3173 P22 - Butler Reference


Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990.
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1996.
HA 214 .F67 1996g - Lehman Reference
C 3.2:P 81/26 - U.S. Government Documents


Schulze, Suzanne.
Population Information in Nineteenth Century Census Volumes.
Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1983.
R317.3 Sch85 - Butler Reference


Thorndale, William.
Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920.
Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987.
R911 T39 - Butler Reference
HA 217 .T5 1987g - Lehman Reference
Provides maps for each state showing changes in county boundaries for each census.