1810 United States census

1810 United States census

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Seal of the United States Marshals Service, which administered the census
A page of the 1810 United States census
General information
CountryUnited States
AuthorityOffice of the United States Marshal
Results
Total population7,239,881 (Increase 36.4%)
Most populous ​stateVirginia
983,152
Least populous ​stateDelaware
72,674

The 1810 United States census was the third census conducted in the United States. It was conducted on August 6, 1810. It showed that 7,239,881 people were living in the United States, of whom 1,191,362 were slaves.[1]

The 1810 census included one new state: Ohio. The original census returns for the District of Columbia, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Ohio were lost or destroyed over the years.[2] Most of Tennessee's original forms were also lost, other than Grainger and Rutherford counties.[3]

This was the first census in which New York was ranked as the most populous state, if excluding West Virginia from Virginia. Otherwise this would be the last census with Virginia ranked as the most populous state.

  1. ^ "Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970" (PDF). census.gov.
  2. ^ Dollarhide, William (2001). The Census Book: A Genealogists Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes. North Salt Lake, Utah: HeritageQuest. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Tennessee Census Availability at TSLA and Online". March 5, 2013. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2013.