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General Information
The 1800 federal census included two new states admitted to the Union since 1790: Kentucky and Tennessee, for a total of 16 states in the Union. In addition, three territories were enumerated for the first time in 1800: Mississippi Territory, the Northwest Territory and Indiana Territory. Maine was still a federal court district within the state of Massachusetts and had a separate census taken. The District of Columbia was created in 1791 from land ceded by Maryland and Virginia, but its first census of 1800 was taken with Maryland and Virginia.
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- Name for head-of-household Number of free white males and free white females in specific age categories
- Name of a slave owner and number of slaves owned by that person
Census Losses
District-wide census losses include those for Georgia, Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Mississippi Territory, New Jersey, Northwest Territory and Tennessee. These have no known substitutes except for some isolated tax lists. |
