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Negro, Black and African-American Census Reports: 1810

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Third Census - 1810

Overview - 1810 Census
Census Bureau

Index of Questions
Census Bureau 

Aggregate amount of each description of persons within the United States of America, and the Territories [Census of the United States, third, 1810]. 
[Total Population; total free persons; all other free persons; free whites male and female under 10, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and older. Slaves and free colored: male and female under 14, 14-25, 26-44, 45 and older.]
Census Bureau 
Hathi Trust 
WorldCat 

Census of Population and Housing
Census Bureau 

A statement of the arts and manufactures of the United States of America, for the year 1810.
Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP 32.3 MB]
Census Bureau

A Series of Tables of Several Branches of American Manufacturers of Every County in the Union so far...
Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP 24 MB]

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.
Hathi Trust 
WorldCat 

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

(1990). Fifth census, or, enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1830: To which is prefixed a schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, taken according to the acts of 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820
WorldCat 

Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860: A Sourcebook. Westport Conn: Greenwood Press. 
WorldCat

Images

This map of the United States shows the boundaries of the states and territories at the time of the 1810 census.

This map of the United States shows the boundaries of the states and territories at the time of the 1810 census. (link)

Excerpt of a census schedule from the 1810 census.

Excerpt of a census schedule from the 1810 census. (link)

Negro man in straw hat, standing, stripping cane

Negro man in straw hat, standing, stripping cane (link)

map city population 1810
City population 1810 (link)