1890 Connecticut Census Material

Location of Connecticut Information included in the 1890 Census:

	Title  [online version underlined]	Location in State Library Collections
1	Connecticut Population by Minor Civil Divisions, Bureau of the Census Bulletin number 58.  (Scroll through to Bulletin 58 for CT data)	I 12.3:58
2	Report of the Population of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890.  CT begins in page 80 and throughout the volume	I 12.5:1/reprint
3	Compendium of the Eleventh Census 1890.  Table 3, CT begins on pg. 83.	I 12.2:C 73/1
4	Historical Census Browser, 1790-1960 posted  by the University of Virginia Library

Questions asked on the 1890 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

 1890 Census data for Connecticut is available for these geographic areas:

• State
• County
• Cities
• Towns
• Boroughs
• Wards of Cities

(Note that not all data is available for all geographic areas)

Related Links:

• Census of 1890, link to the State Library Catalog for other related material
• United States Census Bureau, link to other online  publications related to the Census of 1890 including population data for other states, and special census returns such as transportation, churches and mineral industries

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