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

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Deaths in each State and Territory with Classes of Diseases by Certain Occupations

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Deaths in each State and Territory with Race, Sex and Age

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Of the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb, the Insane and the Idiotic, by States and Territories

Summary by Classes, with Race and Sex

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Table XI. The Blind by Race and Nativity

Table XII. The Blind by Race, Age, and Sex

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Table XIII. The Deaf and Dumb by Race and Nativity

Table XIV. The Deaf and Dumb by Race, Age, and Sex

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Table XV. The Insane by Race and Nativity

Table XVI. The Insane by Race, Age, and Sex

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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

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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

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Ages with Sex, by States and Territories

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Ages with Sex for the Native Population, by States and Territories

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Ages with Sex for the Foreign-Born Population, by States and Territories

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Ages with Sex for the White Population, by States and Territories

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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

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Ages with Sex for the Colored Population, by States and Territories

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Ages with Sex for the Chinese and Civilized Indian Population, by States and Territories

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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

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Maps

A Note on Language

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