1870 Census: Volume 2. The Vital Statistics of the United States
1870 Census: Volume 2. The Vital Statistics of the United States
The vital statistics of the United States, embracing the tables of deaths, births, sex, and age, to which are added the statistics of the blind, the deaf and dumb, the insane, and the idiotic.
Compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870), under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census.
On this page:
Introduction
The General Tables
Of Deaths
Table I. Deaths with Sex, by States and Territories
Table II. Deaths with Sex and Age, by States and Territories
Table III. Deaths with Sex and Month of Death, by States and Territories
Table IV. Deaths with Race and Nationality
Deaths in the U.S. and in each State and Territory, with Specification of the Cause of Death, and with Sex and Age
Deaths in the U.S. and in each State and Territory, with Specification of the Cause of Death, and with Sex and Month of Death
Deaths in the U.S. and in each State and Territory, with Race and Nationality
Deaths in each State and Territory with Classes of Diseases by Certain Occupations
Deaths in each State and Territory with Race, Sex and Age
Of the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb, the Insane and the Idiotic, by States and Territories
Summary by Classes, with Race and Sex
Table XI. The Blind by Race and Nativity
Table XII. The Blind by Race, Age, and Sex
Table XIII. The Deaf and Dumb by Race and Nativity
Table XIV. The Deaf and Dumb by Race, Age, and Sex
Table XV. The Insane by Race and Nativity
Table XVI. The Insane by Race, Age, and Sex
Table XVII. The Idiotic by Race and Nativity
Table XVIII. The Idiotic by Race, Age, and Sex
Table XIX. Double and Treble Inclusions in Tables X to XVIII
Of Births
Table XX
Persons Born and Surviving at the Close of the Year
Of Sex
Table XXI
Sex with General Nativity and Race, by States and Territories
Of Age
Ages with Sex, with Nativity and Race
Ages with Sex, by States and Territories
Ages with Sex for the Native Population, by States and Territories
Ages with Sex for the Foreign-Born Population, by States and Territories
Ages with Sex for the White Population, by States and Territories
Table XXVII. Ages with Sex for the Native White Population, by States and Territories
Table XXVIII. Ages with Sex for the Foreign-Born White Population, by States and Territories
Ages with Sex for the Colored Population, by States and Territories
Ages with Sex for the Chinese and Civilized Indian Population, by States and Territories
Table XXXI. Ages with Sex of Persons Aged Eighty and More Years, with Nativity and Race
Table XXXII. Ages with Sex of Persons Aged Eighty and More Years for each State and Territory
Maps
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