1880's Census Records

The 1880 U.S. Federal Census:

• Census Day was 1 June 1880.
• The tenth census included the states of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin; the District of Columbia; and the territories of Alaska, Arizona, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Indian.
• The questionnaire provided space to tally the following information:
  • In cities
    - Name of street
    - House number
  • Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation
  • Families numbered in order of visitation
  • The names of each person whose place of abode on the 1st day of June 1880, was in this family
  • Description
    - age at last birthday. If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus 3/12
    - Sex (M), Female (F)
    - Color White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (C), Indian (I)
  • If born within the census year, give the month?
  • Relationship of each person to the head of this family — whether wife, son, daughter servant, boarder, or other.
  • Civil condition
    - single
    - married
    - widowed, divorced
  • Married during the census year
  • Occupation
    - Profession, occupation, or trade of each person, male or female
    - Number of months this person has been unemployed during the census year
  • Is the person (on the day of the enumerator’s visit) sick, or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability?
  • Health
    - blind
    - deaf and dumb
    - idiotic
    - insane
    - maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled?
  • Education
    - attended school within the census year
    - cannot read
    - cannot write
  • Nativity
    - Place of birth of this person, naming state or territory of United States, or the country if of foreign born
    - Place of birth of the father of this person, naming state or territory of United States, or the country if of foreign born
    - Place of birth of the mother of this person, naming state or territory of United States, or the country if of foreign born
• There are no substantial losses.

Other 1880's Census Records:

Other census records for the 1880 decade will be added as they are discovered.