1820's Census Records

The 1820 U.S. Federal Census:

• Census Day was 7 August 1820.
• The fourth census included the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia; the District of Columbia; and the territories of Arkansas, Michigan, and Missouri.
• The census collected the following information:
  • Name of the head of family
  • Number of free white males
    - under 10 years of age
    - of 10 years but under 16 years
    - of 16 years but under 18 years
    - of 16 years but under 26 years
    - of 26 years but under 45 years
    - 45 years and upward
  • Number of free white females
    - under 10 years of age
    - of 10 years but under 16 years
    - of 16 years but under 26 years
    - of 26 years but under 45 years
    - 45 years and upward
  • Number of male slaves
    - under 14 years of age
    - of 14 years but under 26 years
    - of 26 years but under 45 years
    - 45 years and upwards
  • Number of female slaves
    - under 14 years of age
    - of 14 years but under 26 years
    - of 26 years but under 45 years
    - 45 years and upwards
  • Number of free colored males
    - under 14 years of age
    - of 14 years but under 26 years
    - of 26 years but under 45 years
    - 45 years and upwards
  • Number of free colored females
    - under 14 years of age
    - of 14 years but under 26 years
    - of 26 years but under 45 years
    - 45 years and upwards
  • Number of foreigners not naturalized
  • Number of persons engaged in
    - agriculture
    - commerce
    - manufactures
• Original census returns for the state of New Jersey and the territories of Arkansas and Missouri were lost.

Other 1820's Census Records:

Other census records for the 1820 decade will be added as they are discovered.