1790 United States census

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The 1790 United States census was the first national population count conducted in the U.S., used to determine representation in Congress and allocate seats in the House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States census ⓘ
population census ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First United States census ⓘ
archivedBy United States National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
authorizedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
conductedBy United States marshals ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dataCollectedOn name of head of household ⓘ
number of all other free persons ⓘ
number of free white females ⓘ
number of free white males 16 years and older ⓘ
number of free white males under 16 years ⓘ
number of slaves ⓘ
dataUsedFor allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
apportionment of direct taxes among the states ⓘ
dateOfCensusDay 1790-08-02 ⓘ
decennial true ⓘ
endYear 1791 ⓘ
establishedPracticeOf decennial census in the United States ⓘ
excludedPopulationOf Native Americans not taxed ⓘ
followedBy 1800 United States census ⓘ
frequencyEstablished every 10 years ⓘ
includesPopulationOf District of Kentucky ⓘ
Southwest Territory ⓘ
Vermont ⓘ
the Thirteen Original States ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
isFirstOf United States decennial censuses ⓘ
largestStateByPopulation Virginia ⓘ
legalFoundation Census Act of 1790 ⓘ
legalRequirement all free persons to be enumerated ⓘ
marshals to post schedules for public inspection ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
populationCountedAs 3,929,214 ⓘ
precededBy colonial and state enumerations ⓘ
primaryPurpose apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
determination of representation in the United States Congress ⓘ
recordsLostFrom Delaware ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
recordsStatus partially lost ⓘ
secondLargestStateByPopulation Pennsylvania ⓘ
startYear 1790 ⓘ
supervisedBy Secretary of State ⓘ
supervisingOfficial Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
thirdLargestStateByPopulation North Carolina ⓘ
timeToComplete approximately 18 months ⓘ
totalPopulationCounted 3929214 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

3rd United States Congress → apportionedBy → 1790 United States census ⓘ
Census Day → hasCensusDay → 1790 United States census ⓘ
6th United States Congress → apportionedAccordingTo → United States census of 1790 ⓘ
linked to: 1790 United States census
1790 United States census → legalFoundation → Census Act of 1790 ⓘ
linked to: 1790 United States census
1790 United States census → alsoKnownAs → First United States census ⓘ
linked to: 1790 United States census
1800 United States census → precededBy → 1790 United States census ⓘ