1860 United States Census - Census Questions

Census Questions

The 1860 census collected the following information:

  • name
  • address
  • age
  • sex
  • color (white, black or mulatto) for each person
  • freeman or slave (if in a Southern state)
  • whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
  • value of real estate and of personal estate owned (required of all free persons)
  • profession, occupation or trade of each male and female over 15 years of age
  • place (state, territory or country) of birth
  • whether married within the year
  • whether attended school within the year
  • whether unable to read and write (for persons over 20)
  • whether a pauper or convict

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