They are also counted in the total population figures above. The below figures cover only people held in bondage. Beginning with the 1900 census, Native Americans were fully enumerated along with the general population. Native Americans were not identified in the Census of 1790 through 1840 and only sporadically from 1850 until 1890, if they lived outside of Indian Territory or off reservations. Simplified chart showing Growth of Chicago through Annexation. Chicago Department of Public Works, Bureau of Maps and Plats 1930. Total population counts for the Censuses of 1790 through 1860 include both free and enslaved persons. Map Showing the Territorial Growth of Chicago. SOURCE: Decennial censuses 1790 to 1890 NOTE: The official Census Bureau designation of 'unsettled' or frontier territory was that which had population densities of less than 2 people per square mile.
Minor Outlying Islands, are not included in the count of total U.S. territories ( American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Since 1920, the "total population" of the United States has been considered the population of all the States and the District of Columbia territories and other possessions were counted as additional population. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. territories or the division of existing states. Although the decennial census collects a variety of information that has been used in demographic studies, marketing, and other enterprises, the purpose of the census as stated in the Constitution is to produce an "actual enumeration" of the number of persons in the states in order to calculate their Congressional apportionment.Īs the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. As required by the United States Constitution, a census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790. states and territories by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census.