The
Census of 1790 - 1790 Census Act for kids
The
1790 Census Act was passed on March 1, 1790. The law as detailed in
the 1790 Census Act required that every household be visited and
that completed census schedules be posted in "two of the most public
places within [each jurisdiction], there to remain for the
inspection of all concerned" and that "the aggregate amount of each
description of persons" for every district be transmitted to the
President.
Reason for the First
Census of 1790
The
Constitution provided that representatives should be distributed
among the states according to population (as modified by the federal
ratio). To do this it was necessary to find out how many people
there were in each state.
● Federal
Ratio: It had been agreed that
slaves should be counted at three-fifths of their real number.
This rule was called the "federal ratio." The result of this
rule was to give the Southern slave states representation in
Congress out of all proportion to their voting population
● The 1790
Census was the first law that had an impact on Congressional
apportionment. As a result of the 1790 Census, the House of
Representatives increased from 69 members, in the 2nd US
Congress, to 105 members in the 3rd Congress.
The Census was
also used to assess the industrial and military potential
of the country.
US Census of 1790 for kids - Where was the Census Taken?
Marshals
took the population count in the original 13 States, plus the
districts of Maine, Kentucky and Vermont, and the Southwest
Territory (Tennessee).
US Census of 1790 for kids - What were the requirements of the Census?
The Marshals
were directed to detail the name of the head of the family and the
number of people in each household of the following categories and
descriptions:
● Free White
males of 16 years and over
● Free White
males under 16 years
● Free White
females
● All other
free persons
● Slaves
The
Census of 1790 for kids - The First Census
The
Census of 1790 in the United States of America recorded the
population on August 2, 1790. In the First count the population of
the USA was enumerated (counted) as 3,929,214 people.
US Census of 1790 for kids - Slaves
There were
then nearly 700,000 slaves in the country. Of these only 50,000 were
in the states north of Maryland. The country was therefore already
divided into two sections. One section where slavery was of little
importance and the other section where slavery was of great
importance.
US Census of 1790 for
kids
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US Census of 1790 provides interesting facts and
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US Census of 1790 - Results
The results
of the US Census of 1790 is shown in the following table which
details the districts where the census was conducted and the total
number of the population with the number of slaves.
1790 Results
DISTRICT ●* POPULATION
●* NUMBER OF SLAVES
Vermont ●* 85,539
●* 16
New Hampshire ●* 141,885
●* 158
Maine ●* 96,540
●* 0
Massachusetts ●* 378,787
●* 0
Rhode Island ●* 68,825
●* 948
Connecticut ●* 237,946
●* 2,764
New York ●* 340,120
●* 21,324
New Jersey ●* 184,139
●* 11,423
Pennsylvania ●* 434,373
●* 3,737
Delaware ●* 59,094
●* 8,887
Maryland ●* 319,728
●* 103,036
Virginia
●* 747,610 ●* 292,627
Kentucky ●* 73,677
●* 12,430
North Carolina ●* 393,751
●* 100,572
South Carolina ●* 249,073
●* 107,094
Georgia ●* 82,548
●* 29,264
DISTRICT ●* POPULATION
●* NUMBER OF SLAVES
1790 Results
US Census of 1790 for kids - President George Washington Video
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Census of 1790
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Interesting Facts about the
law of 1790 for kids and schools
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Number of Population
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events of the era
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