United States Census Data

This page provides information about the 1810 census and links to online resources for digital data and printed reports.

NOTE: that the microdata for the 1810 census no longer exists, with the exception of a transcript of Randolph Count Illinois Territory available HERE

Read more about the 1810 census HERE from the National Archives

Direct URL : https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1810

See more below for:

• Questions Asked
• Data Description
• 1810 Census Geography
• Data Sources including tabular data and original reports.

• Name of head of family
• Number of free white males under 10 years of age
• Number of free white males of 10 and under 16 years of age
• Number of free white males of 16 and under 26 years of age
• Number of free white males of 26 and under 45 years of age
• Number of free white males of 45 years of age and upwards
• Number of free white females under 10 years of age
• Number of free white females of 10 and under 16 years of age
• Number of free white females of 16 and under 26 years of age
• Number of free white females of 26 and under 45 years of age
• Number of free white females of 45  years of age and upwards
• Number of all other free persons, except Indians, not taxed [free African-Americans]
• Number of slaves

Aggregated results of the 1810 census are available from the National Historical GIS Project at IPUMS from the University of Minnesota : NHGIS (Requires free registration).  

• Direct URL nhgis.org

An index of variables is available HERE

• Direct URL : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zrx61ewSUuY3v1zOKFna9nmz-LXK11ZopIUKfLQEBvQ/edit?usp=sharing

The following spatial data are available from NHGIS.org

1810 States

18 States : Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts (including Maine), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.  6 Territories : Illinois Territory, Indiana Territory, Louisiana Territory, Michigan Territory, Mississippi Territory, Orleans Territory

1810 Counties

587 Counties : Some Counties and districts contain no population data.

Digital data in tabular format:

Aggregated results of the 1790 census are available from the National Historical GIS Project at IPUMS from the University of Minnesota. 

Click here: https://www.nhgis.org/ (Requires free registration)

Printed Reports:

• 1810 Census: Aggregate Amount of Each Description of Persons within the United States of America, and the Territories [via HathiTrust]

Direct URL :https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015032989587&seq=1

• A Statement of the Arts and Manufactures of the United States of America, for the year 1810

Direct URL : https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1814/dec/1810v2.html