[APG Public List] Ancestry census searches, other resources

[Carolyn Earle Billingsley]

What you're looking for are census compendiums--published statistics for 
every census year, produced by the US Bureau of Census. They usually 
compile not only statistics from a particular census, but also compare 
with previous ones. Go to WorldCat and search for US Census Compendium.

Here's one, just as an example. They contain about all the statistics 
about counties and states and cities you would ever want to know (almost!).:

*Statistical view of U.S., embracing its territory, population -white, 
free colored, and slave -moral and social condition, industry, property, 
and revenue; detailed statistics of cities, towns and counties; being 
compendium of 7th Census, to which are added results of every previous 
census, beginning with 1790, in comparative tables, with explanatory and 
illustrative notes, based upon schedules and other official sources of 
information.* </oclc/70752451&referer=brief_results>
by J D B De Bow; United States. Bureau of the Census.;
Book : National government publication : Microfiche
Language: English  
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer, 1854.

I buy them when I can find them as they are so useful.

Regards, Carolyn


Rev. David McDonald wrote:
> Good afternoon.
>
> In the past, I've had good luck using the databases on Ancestry to do some statistics based on census records. When I now go to do a search in these materials, based on birthplace and locale, only, I find the search results vary widely from what I would expect.
>
> Can anyone identify for me a census database provider, whose materials and search engine will simply let me do a numerical count of persons in a jurisdiction (like a state or county within a state) from a particular jurisdiction (like a state or country). I do not want to have to enter every county in the state individually, I am looking to develop some summary statistics.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Dave McDonald
>   
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