Data Dictionary: Census 1880
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Survey: Census 1880
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.
Data set: Social Explorer Dataset (SE)
Dataset Description
Social Explorer Dataset
Documentation

Full survey documentation is available here.

Notes
  • Counties of Bottineau, Cavalier, Desmet, Gingras, Logan, McHenry, Mercer, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan, and Stark of Dakota Territory (present day North Dakota), counties of Cheyenne, Delano, Edmunds Forsythe/Fall River, Gregory, Hyde, White River/Jackson, Lugenbeel, Mandan, McPherson, Potter, Pratt, Presho, Tripp, Ziebach (Old),and Unorganized Territory of Dakota Territory (present day South Dakota), and counties of Andrews, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Moore, Ochiltree, Parmer, Sherman, Terry, Yoakum of Texas are all recognized as counties but do not have any demographic counts. Dickerson County, VA is missing all demographic enumerations except for “property value” and “taxes.”
  • Alaska and its counties contain only total population and white population counts without other enumerations.
Tables
Social Explorer Dataset  (57 tables)
TableTitle
T1Total Population
A1Population Density
A2Area (square miles)
T2Urban Population (Places of 2,500 and over)
T3Urban Population (Cities of 25,000 and over)
T4Sex
T5Selected Age Groups
T6Race
T7Nativity
T8State of Birth (Native Born Population)
T9Place of Birth (Foreign Born Population)
T10Place of Birth By Nativity
T11Number of Farms
T12Farms By Tenure
T13Farms By Acreage
T14Farms By Acreage (Owner Operated Farms)
T15Farms By Acreage (Farms Rented For Fixed Money)
T16Farms By Acreage (Farms Rented For Shares of Products)
T17Farms By Tenure By Acreage
T18Acreage in Farms
T19Average Farm Size
T20Improved/Unimproved Farm Land
T21Value of Farm
T22Value of Farm Equipment
T23Value of Livestock
T24Cost of Buildings And Repairing Fences
T25Cost of Fertilizer Purchased
T26Bushels of Agricultural Products
T27Number of Manufacturing Establishments
T28Average Number of People By Age Employed in Manufacturing
T29Manufacturing Expenditures
T30Iron And Steel Manufacturing Establishments
T31Iron And Steel Employment
T32Average Number of Employees in Iron And Steel By Sex
T33Total Annual Wages of Iron And Steel Workers
T34Average Hours of Work Per Week in Iron And Steel Manufacturing
T35Average Daily Wages of Iron And Steel Workers
T36Iron And Steel Manufacturing Expenditures
T37New Vessels
T38Value of New Vessels Built
T39Average Value of New Vessels Built
T40Value of Repairing Vessels
T41Total Value of All Shipbuilding Products
T42Real Property Value
T43Personal Property Value
T44Taxes
T45Farm Output Value
T46Value of Products in Manufacturing
T47Capital Invested in Manufacturing
T48Value of Raw Materials in Manufacturing
T49Annual Wages Paid in Manufacturing
T50Value of Products in Iron And Steel Manufacturing
T51Total Capital (Real And Personal) Invested in Iron And Steel Manufacturing
T52Total Value of Raw Materials in Iron And Steel Manufacturing
T53Total Annual Wages Paid in Iron And Steel Manufacturing
T54Area
Notes:
  • Counties of Bottineau, Cavalier, Desmet, Gingras, Logan, McHenry, Mercer, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan, and Stark of Dakota Territory (present day North Dakota), counties of Cheyenne, Delano, Edmunds Forsythe/Fall River, Gregory, Hyde, White River/Jackson, Lugenbeel, Mandan, McPherson, Potter, Pratt, Presho, Tripp, Ziebach (Old),and Unorganized Territory of Dakota Territory (present day South Dakota), and counties of Andrews, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Moore, Ochiltree, Parmer, Sherman, Terry, Yoakum of Texas are all recognized as counties but do not have any demographic counts. Dickerson County, VA is missing all demographic enumerations except for “property value” and “taxes.”
  • Alaska and its counties contain only total population and white population counts without other enumerations.
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