Mark TebeauCleveland State University

October 2008

United States Census

Census Links

Historical Census Browser http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/

Historical Census Statistics: Immigration http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0

029/twps0029.html

Selected Reports http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendat

a.html

Measuring America http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf

Statistical Abstracts http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html

Cleveland Immigration http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM

Sample Assignment: http://urbanhumanist.org/2008/11/03/united-states-census/

The Census

Why the Census? House of Representatives Electoral College Taxation Federal Disbursements

Teaching the Census Quantitative Literacy Charts, Graphs, & Maps History Lessons Embedded Crosses 8th & 10th grade curriculum

Historical Census Browser

Historical Census Browser http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensu

s/

By DecadeBy Category

No city, community, or individual-level data

Levels of Analysis

A Cross Sectional Look at the 1910 CensusLevels of Analysis

National Data State-level Data County Level Data

Techniques

How to evaluate the data Absolute Numbers Percentages Maps

Categories of Analysis w/in Population

SexRaceNational OriginFamily

Urban verse ruralCommercialHousing

History Lessons

Counting African Americans & Immigrants Through the Civil War

Slaves 1790-1860 Free Colored 1830-1860

1870-1880 Colored Native vs. foreign-born Chinese

1890-1960 Negro Native vs. foreign-born Nationality

Analysis

TablesMapsComparison: Extant Census ReportsComparison: Census Data

Census LinksHistorical Census Browser

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/Historical Census Statistics: Immigration

http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html

Selected Reports http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm

Selected Reports http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/

hiscendata.html Measuring America

http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf Statistical Abstracts

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html Cleveland Immigration

http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM

Supporting Sources

Margo Anderson The American Census: A Social History (1990) Who Counts: The Politics of Census-Taking in

Contemporary America (2001) Encyclopedia of the United States Census (2000)

Individual-level Data IPUMS: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/

Ohio 1850:Ohio 1850:Distribution, African American (free)Distribution, African American (free)

1880 Ohio:1880 Ohio:Population DistributionPopulation Distribution

Ohio 1880Ohio 1880Manufacturing Establishments--DistributionManufacturing Establishments--Distribution

Ohio 1880:Ohio 1880:Foreign BornForeign Born

Ohio 1880:Ohio 1880:Germany & IrelandGermany & Ireland

Ohio 1910:Ohio 1910:DistributionDistribution

Ohio 1910:Ohio 1910:ImmigrantImmigrant

Ohio 1910:Ohio 1910:RaceRace

Change Over TimeChange Over TimeOhio & Race, 1910-1940Ohio & Race, 1910-1940

Immigration, Migration, and the United States Census

Website: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/