A Century of Population Growth: From the 1st Census of the United States to the 12th, 1790-1900. Washington, DC: U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1909.
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Government Documents C 3.2:P81
Includes data on sex, age, race, family, children, surnames, slaves, nationality and foreign birth, migration, occupations, and wealth.
Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2000: America Year by Year. By George Thomas Kurian. Lanham, MD: Bernan Press, 1994.
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Government Documents (reference) HA 202 .K871 1994
Historical Statistics of Black America. Ed. Jessie Carney Smith and Carrell Peterson Horton. 2 vols. New York: Gale Research, 1995.
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Reference E185 .H543 1995
Statistics on population, agriculture, education, labor, crime and law enforcement, family, religion, vital statistics, housing, and other topics such as slavery and lynchings.
Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990. Compiled by Donald B. Dodd. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
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Reference HA 214 .D63 1993
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. 2 vols. Washington: U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1975.
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Reference HA 202 .B87 1975
International Historical Statistics : the Americas, 1750-1993. Compiled by B. R. Mitchell.
4th ed. New York : Stockton Press, 1998.
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Reference HA 175 .M55x 1998
Statistics on population, labor, industry, trade, finance, education, agriculture, price indexes and other topics.
Population Abstract of the United States. Ed. Donna Andriot. McLean, VA: Documents Index, Inc., 1983.
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Government Documents HA 202 .P671 1993
Each state section has a brief history of the state and the historical population totals for state, counties, and cities from 1980 back to the earliest census.
The Population of the United States: Historical Trends and Future Projections. By Donald J. Bogue. New York: Free Press, 1985.
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Reference HB 3505 .B63 1985
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, DC: U. S. Bureau of the Census. 1878-.
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Reference HA 202 .U5
VALUE OF A DOLLAR: PRINT SOURCE
The Value of a Dollar, Prices and Income in the United States, 1860-1999. Lakeville, CT: Grey House, 1999.
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Business Reference HB 235.U6 V35x 1999
Arranged by time period, this source gives data on investments, income for selected/standard jobs, and food and other commodity prices.
Data and terminology are drawn from the U.S. Census of Population and Housing, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia.
Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau)
Digest of major statistics from many U.S. agencies including the Census Bureau since 1878.
EH.net (European Economic History Services)
Supported by Economic History Association, and contains economic-historical data for various countries, mainly Britain and USA, for example interest rates in USA 1790-2001, the purchasing power of the British pound 1264-2004, and the exchange rate between dollar and pound 1791-2004.
National Historical Geographic Information System ( NHGIS)
Provides aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States,1790 -- 2000.
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