1900 Census of Population and Housing

The twelfth census of the United States was conducted under the terms of the census act of March 3, 1899, and supervised by the Director of the Census, William R. Merriam. The enumeration was conducted in each state and organized territory, including Washington, DC, Alaska, Hawaii, and “Indian Territory.”¹ The census was taken as of June 1, 1900, and was to be completed in 2 weeks in places of 8,000 inhabitants or more (as of the 1890 Census) and 1 month in rural districts. The United States and its territories were divided into 297 supervisors’ districts, which were subdivided into 52,726 enumeration districts. [More/Less]

The enumeration of military and naval personnel (with in the country and abroad) was conducted through the Departments of War and the Navy. Similarly, the enumeration of the “Indian Territory” was carried out in cooperation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Large institutions (prisons, hospitals, etc.) were enumerated through the appointment of special “institution” enumerators.

Enumerators were much more closely supervised during the 1900 Census. In large cities, special agents were appointed to assist the census supervisor. Enumerators used “street books,” in which a record of each enumerator’s work was made on a daily basis. Enumerators used individual census slips for obtaining a correct return for any person (particularly lodgers and boarders) absent at the time of the enumerator’s visit.

Additionally, “absent family” schedules were used for securing a complete record for any person residing within the enumeration district, but temporarily absent.

¹ Censuses were not conducted until 1890 of Indian Territory. Alaska’s first census was conducted in 1880. Hawaii was annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898. Therefore, the 1900 Census was the first census of the islands taken under the supervision of the United States. The Hawaiian Government, however, did conduct censuses every 6 years, from 1866 to 1896.

1900 Census Information

Volume 1: Population: Population of States and Territories* - Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [222.1 MB]

Volume 2: Population Pt 2: Ages, School, Militia, and Voting Ages, Conjugal Condition, School Attendance, Illiteracy, Cannot Speak English, Occupations, Dwellings and Families, Proprietorship of Homes* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 173.1 MB]

Volume 3: Vital Statistics pt 1: Analysis and Ratio Tables* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 152.0 MB]

Volume 4: Vital Statistics pt 2: Statistics of Deaths. * - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 127.9 MB]

Volume 5: Agriculture: Farms, Livestock, etc.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 198.0 MB]

Volume 6: Agriculture: Crops and Irrigation.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 138.0 MB]

Volume 7: Manufactures: United States by Industries. * - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 171.5 MB]

Volume 8: Manufactures: States and Territories.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 209.2 MB]

Volume 9: Manufactures: Special Reports on Selected Industries (#1)* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 233.8 MB]

Volume 10: Manufactures: Special Reports on Selected Industries (#2)* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 172.1 MB]

Special or Miscellaneous Reports
Instructions to Enumerators 1900 - Full Document [PDF, 4.4 MB]

Special Reports: Mines and Quarries. (Special Reports) * - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 194.4 MB]

Occupations at the Twelfth Census. (Special Reports)* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 164.0 MB]

Statistics of women at work based on unpublished info...: 1900. (Spec. Rep.) * - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 64.6 MB]

Supplementary Analysis and Derivative Tables. (Special Reports)* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 208.8 MB]

Special Reports. The Blind and the Deaf 1900. * - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 37.6 MB]

General
Bulletin 1 - Geographical distribution of population. 1903. (unavailable)

Bulletin 4 - A discussion of increase of population.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 14.6 MB]

Bulletin 8 - Negroes in the United States.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 89.8 MB]

Bulletin 13 - A discussion of age statistics. 1904.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 7.6 MB]

Bulletin 14 - Proportion of the sexes in the United States. 1904.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 13.8 MB]

Bulletin 15 - A discussion of the vital statistics of the twelfth census 1904.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 3.4 MB]

Bulletin 22 - Proportion of the children in the United States, 1905.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 5.9 MB]

Bulletin 23 - Census statistics of teachers.* - Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 2.5 MB]

Bulletins of the Twelfth Census issues from Oct 6, 1900 to Oct 20, 1902.
No. 1-60* - Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [127.7 MB]
No. 61-106* - Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [176.5 MB]
No. 89 - Title Page [PDF] [4.8 MB]
No. 62-179* - Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [188.9 MB]
No. 101-110* - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 185.1 MB]
No. 107-163 (topics are different than 101-110)* - Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [225 MB]
No. 164-208* - Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [151.8 MB]

Twelfth Census of the United States. [Special] Census Bulletin nos. 1-3. March 1901-November 1901. (unavailable)
Manufactures, City of York Pennsylvania
Manufactures, District of Columbia
Distribution of Chinese and Japanese population…: 1880 to 1990

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CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING 1900 Census

1900 Census Information

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING
1900 Census