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Negro, Black and African-American Census Reports: 1900

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Twelfth Census - 1900

Overview - 1900 Census
Census Bureau

Index of Questions
Census Bureau

Census of Population and Housing
Census Bureau

Volume 1: Population: Population of States and Territories
Title Page [PDF] , ZIP [222.1 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] 1055 pages.

A discussion of increase of population. (Bulletin 4) 63 pages.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 14.6 MB]

Negroes in the United States. (Bulletin 8) 333 pages.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 89.8 MB]
Hathi Trust

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

Bulletins Nos. 61-106 Title Page [PDF], ZIP [176.5 MB]}

Supplementary Analysis and Derivative Tables.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 208.8 MB]

Population.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 97.1 MB]

Abstract of the 12th Census, 1902.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 69.3 MB]

Abstract of the 12th Census, 1904.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 53.4 MB]

United States., & Gannett, H. (1903). Statistical atlas. Washington: United States Census Office. 91 pages, 207 leaves of plates.
Hathi Trust
WorldCat

United States., Cummings, J., & Hill, J. A. (1969). Negro population in the United States, 1790-1915. New York: Kraus Reprint. 844 pages. : illus., maps. Reprint of 1918 edition.
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WorldCat 

Negro Population of Fifty Cities: 1880 to 1930 Release N-34. 1 page. 
Newberry.org

United States., & McKenney, N. D. R. (1979). The social and economic status of the Black population in the United States: An historical view, 1790-1978. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 270 pages.
ERIC (full-text)
WorldCat

Other Reports

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
. 754 pages
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 173.1 MB]

The Blind and the Deaf 1900.  (Special reports) 264 pages.
Hathi Trust

Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 37.6 MB]

A century of population growth: From the first census of the United States to the twelfth, 1790-1900. 185 pages.
Hathi Trust
WorldCat

United States. (1966). A century of population growth from the first census of the United States to the twelfth, 1790-1900. New York, N.Y: Johnson Reprint Corp. 303 pages : illustrations, maps
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WorldCat

Census statistics of teachers (Bulletin 23) 20 pages.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 2.5 MB]

Child labor in the District of Columbia based on unpublished information derived from the schedules of the twelfth census: 1900 (1906) (Bulletin 68) 21 pages.
WorldCat

Child labor in the United States based on unpublished information derived from the schedules of the twelfth census: 1900 (1907) (Bulletin 69) 200 pages.
WorldCat

A discussion of age statistics. 1904. (Bulletin 13) 53 pages.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 7.6 MB]

Education of the Negro, 1869-1903. Office of Education.
Hathi Trust

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

United States., Willcox, W. F., Hill, J. A., & Hall, F. S. (1905). Illiteracy in the United States. Washington: Govt. Print. Off. 54 pages.
WorldCat

Insane and feeble-minded in hospitals and institutions, 1904. (Special reports) 232 pages.
Internet Archive

United States, Hunt, W. C., Willcox, W. F., & Du, B. W. E. B. (1904). Negroes in the United States. Washington: G.P.O. 313 pages.
ERIC
WorldCat

Occupations at the Twelfth Census. 
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 164.0 MB] 597 pages.

Paupers in almshouses, 1904.  (Special reports) 237 pages.
Internet Archive

Prisoners and juvenile delinquents in institutions, 1904.  (Special reports) 298 pages.
Internet Archive

United States & Willcox, W. F. (1905). Proportion of children in the United States. Washington: G.P.O. 27 pages.
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Proportion of the children in the United States, 1905. (Bulletin 22) 25 pages.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 5.9 MB]

Proportion of the sexes in the United States. 1904. (Bulletin 14) 47 pages.
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 13.8 MB]

Religious bodies,1906. 565 pages.
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WorldCat

Statistics of women at work
Title Page [PDF] , Full Document [ZIP, 64.6 MB] 399 pages.

Supplementary analysis and derivative tables. 680 pages.
Hathi Trust
WorldCat

Statistical Abstract

Annual compendium of data and statistics on finance, commerce, coinage, public lands, immigration, shipping, the Postal Service, population, railroads, education, agriculture and prices. 

1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909

Images

A Census Bureau employee sorts punch cards for tabulation by the agency's electronic tabulators.

A Census Bureau employee sorts punch cards for tabulation by the agency's electronic tabulators. (link)

Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - elementary school students exercise.

Howard University, Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - elementary school students exercise. (link)

Negro family, Grant's Town, Nassau, WI

Negro family, Grant's Town, Nassau, WI (link)

three men standing at the entrance to the business establishment of "Chas. F. Gardner Electrician and Locksmith"

Photo shows three men standing at the entrance to the business establishment of "Chas. F. Gardner Electrician and Locksmith" at 2933 State Street, Chicago, Illinois. (link)

map city population 1900
City Population 1900 (link)