Census and Population
Subject Resources

Many of the online resources listed on this page are for UAkron students, faculty, and staff only.
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Indexes and Abstracts (Databases)

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Bibliographies

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Reference Resources, Guides, Handbooks

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
  • Anderson, Margo J., ed. Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census.
  • Dictionary of U.S. Government Statistical Terms (Bierce Reference. Desk HA 17 .D53)
  • Glossary from U.S. Bureau of the Census
Guides and Handbooks
Reference
  • County and City Databook (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.134/2:C 83/2)
  • Demographic Yearbook. Annuaire demographique (Bierce Reference HA 17 .D45)
  • Demographics USA County Edition (Bierce Reference Desk HF 5415.2 .S941), includes information on metropolitan area rankings, households by effective buying power, and household data
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  • Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (Bierce Reference. Desk. C 3.134/2:H62/789-970)
  • Population and Vital Statistics Report -United Nations (Bierce Reference HA 13 .U5), Includes estimates for population, births, deaths and infant deaths for 235 countries.
  • Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.2: P 81/26)
  • Rand McNally …Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide (Bierce Reference Desk G1019 .R22x)
  • State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.134/5J)
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.134)

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Government Resources

The following are Census print sources at Bierce Library. These are not all the census sources, but a starting point.

Census of Population Print sources at Bierce Library (Bierce Gov’t Doc)
  • 1790 (1st) Return of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States : according to "An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States." Passed March the first, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one (I 2.5:)
  • 1800 (2nd) Return of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States : according to "An act providing for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States." Passed February the twenty eight, one thousand eight hundred. Printed by order of the House of representatives (Bierce Gov’t Doc oversize I 3.5)
  • 1810 (3rd) Aggregate amount of each description of persons within the United States of America, and the territories thereof : agreeably to actual enumeration made according to law, in the year 1810 (Bierce Gov’t Doc oversize I 4.5)
  • 1820 (4th) Census for 1820 / Published by authority of an act of Congress, under the direction of the Secretary of State (Bierce Gov’t Doc. oversize I 5.5:)
  • 1830 (5th) Fifth census : or, Enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1830 : To which is prefixed, a Schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, taken according to the Acts of 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 (Bierce Gov’t Doc oversize I 6.5:)
  • 1840 (6th) Sixth Census : or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States, as Corrected at the Department of State,in 1840 (Bierce Gov’t doc oversize I 7.5:)
  • 1850 (7th) The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 (Bierce Gov’t doc I 8.5:)
  • 1860 (8th) Population of the United States in 1860 : Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census (Bierce Gov’t doc I 9.5:)
  • 1870 (9th) A Compendium of the Ninth Census / U.S. Census Office (Bierce Gov’t doc I 10.2:C73/2)
  • 1880 (10th) Compendium of the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880 (Bierce Gov’t doc I 11.2: C73/)
  • 1890 (11th) Compendium of the Eleventh Census, 1890 (Bierce Gov’t doc I 12.2:C73/
  • 1900 (12th) Twelfth Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1900 (I 13.5:)
  • 1910 (13th) Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910 Volume I Population 1910 General Report and Analysis (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.16: )
  • 1920 (14th) Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920 (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.28/5:)
  • 1930 (15th) Fifteenth census of the United States:1930 (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.37/5:P 81/)
  • 1940 (16th) Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 Population Volume I Number of Inhabitants Total Population for States, Counties, and Minor Civil Divisions; for Urban and Rural Areas; for Incorporated Places; for Metropolitan Districts; and for Census Tracts comprising the First Series of Population Bulletins for the States, Territories, and Possessions (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.940-5:P 81/)
  • 1950 (17th) Report of the Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States Census of Population: 1950 Volume I Number of Inhabitants (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.950-7:)
  • 1960 (18th) Census of Population: 1960 Volume I Characteristics of the Population Part A Number of Inhabitants Total Population Counts for the U.S., States, Outlying Areas, Counties, Cities, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Urban and Rural, etc (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.223/9: 960/v.1/pt.A)
  • 1970 (19th) 1970 Census of Population Characteristics of the Population United States Summary (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.223/9:970/v.1/pt.1/)
  • 1980 (20th) 1980 Census of Population. Volume 1, Characteristics of the Population. Chapter C, General social and economic characteristics. Part 1, United States summary (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.223/7:980/C1)
  • 1990 (21st) 1990 Census of Population. Social and Economic Characteristics. United States (Bierce Gov’t Doc C 3.223/7:1990-CP-2-1)
Selected Census Schedules for Certain Ohio Counties on microfilm
(There is a folder in the Government Documents Microfiche cabinet with a listing of the selected Ohio Counties from 1820 to 1920 beginning with I 5.5:) This source is used by genealogists.
United States: 2000 Summary Population and Housing Characteristics (Bierce Reference Desk C 3.223/18:2000 PHC-1-1/)

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News from the Field

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