| Data Dictionary: | Census 1820 |
| Data Source: | Digitally transcribed by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Edited, verified by Michael Haines. Compiled, edited and verified by Social Explorer. |
Full survey documentation is available here.
When selecting more than one component from the same geographical level, Social Explorer provides a total for these components in the "All Selected Geographies" column. This total is for the available geographies only within the same geographical level. When a value is missing from one or more components from the same geographical level, Social Explorer denotes it with an asterisk (*) in the All Selected Geographies column.
- 1820 Census enumeration regarded all non-white or non-black individuals as "Other Population (excluding Indians)". Furthermore, "Other Population (excluding Indians)" was not iterated by Sex, Age or any other characteristics.
- Refer to "Circular From the Secretary to the several Marshals, Dated 30th June, 1820" enclosed in "Letter From the Secretary of State, Transmitting Sundry Documents Relating to Take the Fourth Census, or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States." December 20, 1821. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton.
When selecting more than one component from the same geographical level, Social Explorer provides a total for these components in the "All Selected Geographies" column. This total is for the available geographies only within the same geographical level. When a value is missing from one or more components from the same geographical level, Social Explorer denotes it with an asterisk (*) in the All Selected Geographies column.
- 1820 Census enumeration regarded all non-white or non-black individuals as "Other Population (excluding Indians)". Furthermore, "Other Population (excluding Indians)" was not iterated by Sex, Age or any other characteristics.
- Refer to "Circular From the Secretary to the several Marshals, Dated 30th June, 1820" enclosed in "Letter From the Secretary of State, Transmitting Sundry Documents Relating to Take the Fourth Census, or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States." December 20, 1821. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton.
