1900's Census Records

The 1900 U.S. Federal Census:

• Census Day was 1 June 1900.
• The twelfth census included the states of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; the District of Columbia; and the territories of Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, and Indian.
• The questionnaire provided space to tally the following information:
  • Location
    - Street
    - House number
    - Number of dwelling house in the order of visitation
    - Number of family, in the order if visitation
  • Name if each person whose place if abode in June 1, 1990, was in this family
  • Relationship of each person to the head of the family
  • Personal description
    - color or race
    - sex
    - date of birth - month
    - date of birth year
    - age at last birthday
    - whether single, married, widowed, or divorced
    - number of years of present marriage
    - mother of how many children
    - number of these children living
  • Nativity; Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in United States, give state or territory. If foreign birth, give the country
    - place of birth of this person
    - place of birth of father of this person
    - place of birth of mother of this person
• There are no substantial losses.

Other 1900's Census Records:

Other census records for the 1900 decade will be added as they are discovered.