1900 Connecticut Census Material

Location of Connecticut Information included in the 1900 Census:

	Title  [online versions underlined]	Location in State Library Collections
1	Twelfth Census of the United States, taken in the year 1900. Population, Part 1.  CT County data begins on pg. 12. CT Minor Civil Divisions begins on pg. 89.CT data is interspersed through the Census volumes by various subjects.	I 13.5:vol. 1
2	Population of Connecticut by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, Bureau of the Census, Bulletin number 9.  Click on Thumbnail  #91, or scroll to Bulletin no. 9	I 13.3:9
3	Historical Census Browser, 1790-1960 posted  by the University of Virginia Library

Questions asked on the 1900 Census:

Title [online versions 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

1900 Census data for Connecticut is available for these geographic areas:

• State
• County
• Cities
• Minor Civil Divisions
• Wards
• Voting Districts

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 18) and town maps. (Note that not all data is available for all geographic areas)

Related Links:

• Census of 1900, link to the State Library Catalog for other related material
• United States Census Bureau, link to other online publications related to Census 1900 including population data for other states, and special census returns such as manufactures, agriculture, and mines

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