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 1850 Census Data for Connecticut

Location of Connecticut Information included in the 1850 Census:

 

Title  [online version underlined]

Location in State Library Collections
1
 The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850. Embracing a statistical view of each of the States and Territories, arranged by counties, towns, etc...with an introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the Untied States compared with every previous census since 1790...  [CT begins on pg. 75]

I 8.5:1
2
 Statistical View of the United States Census...being a Compendium of the Seventh Census.  CT data throughout volume I 8.2:C 73/1
3
 Report of the Superintendent of the Census for Dec. 1, 1852. (Cover title: Abstract of the Seventh Census)  CT data throughout volume I 8.1:852
4 Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.  CT on pp. 58-61 I 8.5:2/reprint
5
 Historical Census Browser, 1790-1960 posted  by the University of Virginia Library  

Questions asked on the 1850 Census:

Title [online version underlined]

Location in the State Library Collections
Measuring America the Decennial Censuses for 1790-2000 GIRS Reference C 3.2:M46/2
200 Years of U.S. Census Taking: population and housing questions 1790-1990 GIRS Reference C 3.2:T 93

 1850 Census data for Connecticut is available for these geographic areas:

Boundaries of geographic areas may be determined using a combination of Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts, (a microfilm set kept in the Newspaper Room at the State Library, call number F93 .U5 1978, reel 2) and town maps. (Note that not all data is available for all geographic areas)

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Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 3/2008.