A Compendium of the Ninth Census (June 1, 1870) compiled persuant to a concurrent resolution of Congress and under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census.

Includes statistics of population by race, nativity, and nationality; school attendance and illiteracy; schools, libraries, newspapers, and churches; pauperism and crime; areas, families and dwellings; sex, and school, military and citizenship ages; occupations; the blind, deaf and dumb, insane, and idiotic; wealth, taxation, and public indebtedness; and agriculture, manufactures, mining and fishing.

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Title page, Table of Contents, Report of the Superintendent [8.3 MB]

Population, With Race

      Table IX. Population of Minor Civil Divisions, with General Nativity and Race, 1870

Nativity and Nationality

School Attendance and Illiteracy

Table XXI. School Attendance and School Ages, by States and Territories, 1870 Table XXII. School Attendance and School Ages, by States and Territories, 1860 Table XXIII. School Attendance and School Ages, by States and Territories, 1850 Table XXIV. Illiteracy, by States and Territories, 1870 Table XXV. Illiteracy, by States and Territories, 1860 Table XXVI. Illiteracy, by States and Territories, 1850 Table XXVII. School Attendance and Illiteracy (with Population) of Fifty Principal Cities, 1870 [3.6 MB]

Schools, Libraries, Newspapers, and Churches

Pauperism and Crime

Table XLIII. Pauperism and Crime, with Population, by States and Territories, 1870 Table XLIV. Pauperism and Crime, with Population, by States and Territories, 1860 Table XLV. Pauperism and Crime, with Population, by States and Territories, 1850 [1.1 MB]

Areas, Families, and Dwellings

Table XLVI. Areas, Famlies, and Dwellings, 1870-1860-1850 Table XLVII. Families and Dwellings in Fifty Principal Cities, 1870 [<1.0 MB]

Sex, and School, Military, and Citizenship Ages

Occupations

The Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Insane, and Idiotic

Table LXXII. The Blind, with Race and Sex, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXIII. The Blind, with Nativity, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXIV. The Deaf and Dumb, with Race and Sex, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXV. The Deaf and Dumb, with Race and Sex, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXVI. The Insane, with Race and Sex, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXVII. The Insane, with Nativity, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXVIII. The Idiotic, with Race and Sex, by States and Territories, 1870 Table LXXIX. The Idiotic, with Nativity, by States and Territories, 1870 [<1.0 MB]

Wealth, Taxation, and Public Indebtedness

Agriculture

Table LXXXIV. Farms: Their number and Acreage, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table LXXXV. Value of Farms, Farming Implements, and Machinery, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table LXXXVI. Value of Farm Productions and Wages, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table LXXXVII. Principal Cereal Proudctions, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table LXXXVIII. Principal Fibrous Productions, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table LXXXIX. Hay, Hops, Rice, and Tobacco, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table XC. Sugar and Molasses, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table XCI. Potatoes, Peas adn Beans, Beeswax, Honey, and Domestic Wines, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table XCII. Clover, Grass, and Flax Seed, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table XCIII. Live Stock on Farms, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 Table XCIV. Dairy Products, by States and Territories, 1870-1860-1850 [2.7 MB]

      Table XCV. Selected Statistics of Agriculture, by Counties, in each State and Territory, 1870

Manufactures, Mining, and Fisheries

Table XCVI. Manufactures, by Totals of States and Territories, 1870 Table XCVII. Manufactures, by Totals of States and Territories, 1860 Table XCVIII. Manufactures, by Totals of States and Territories, 1850 Table XCIX. Manufactures, by Specified Industries, in the United States, 1870 [1.9 MB]

      Table C. Manufactures, by Totals of Counties, in each State and Territory, 1870

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A Note on Language

Census statistics date back to 1790 and reflect the growth and change of the United States. Past census reports contain some terms that today’s readers may consider obsolete and inappropriate. As part of our goal to be open and transparent with the public, we are improving access to all Census Bureau original publications and statistics, which serve as a guide to the nation's history.

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