HISTORICAL STATISTICS
 

UNITED STATES

BACKGROUND

"200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990."
Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census, 1989.
The United States government conducts an enumeration of the nation every ten years, as required by the Constitution. This article provides historical background on the census.

SOURCES

A Century of Population Growth: From the 1st Census of the United States to the 12th, 1790-1900.  Washington, DC:  U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1909.
    SCIENCE LIBRARY            C   3.2:P81
       Documents
        Includes data on sex, age, race, family, children, surnames, slaves, nationality and foreign birth, migration, occupations, and wealth.

Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2000: America Year by Year.  By George Thomas Kurian. Lanham, MD: Bernan Press, 1994.
        SCIENCE LIBRARY            HA  202 .K871 1994
           Documents (reference)

Historical Statistics of Black America.  Ed. Jessie Carney Smith and Carrell Peterson Horton. 2 vols.  New York: Gale Research, 1995.
     LIBRARY WEST   185 .H543 1995
        Reference
    Statistics on population, agriculture, education, labor, crime and law enforcement, family, religion, vital statistics, housing, and other topics such as slavery and lynchings.

Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990.  Compiled by Donald B. Dodd.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
    LIBRARY WEST             HA  214 .D63 1993
      Reference
 

Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970.  2 vols.  Washington: U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1975.
     LIBRARY WEST            HA  202 .B87 1975
       Reference

      *** Much of the same information is available online:
           "Historical, Demographic, Economic and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1970."
                ICPSR study number 0003.

International Historical Statistics : the Americas, 1750-1993.  Compiled by B. R. Mitchell.
4th ed.  New York : Stockton Press, 1998.
   LIBRARY WEST             HA  175 .M55x 1998
     Reference
     Statistics on population, labor, industry, trade, finance, education, agriculture, price indexes and other topics.

Population Abstract of the United States. Ed. Donna Andriot.  McLean, VA: Documents Index, Inc., 1983.
   SCIENCE LIBRARY            HA  202 .P671 1993
     Documents
     Each state section has a brief history of the state and the historical population totals for state, counties, and cities from 1980 back to the earliest census.

The Population of the United States: Historical Trends and Future Projections.  By Donald J. Bogue.  New York: Free Press, 1985.
    LIBRARY WEST            HB  3505 .B63 1985
      Reference

Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, DC:  U. S. Bureau of the Census. 1878-.
   LIBRARY WEST             HA  202 .U5
    Reference

U.S. Census of Population Schedules
    The UF Libraries has microfilm copies of population schedules from 1790 to 1920.  These are located in Science Library, Microforms Area.  This is an online guide to the states and years that are available.

The Value of a Dollar, Prices and Income in the United States, 1860-1999. Lakeville, CT: Grey House, 1999.
   LIBRARY WEST             HB  235.U6 V35x 1999
     Business Reference
    Arranged by time period, this source gives data on investments, income for selected/standard jobs, and food and other commodity prices.
 
 

INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL STATISTICS

 Brazil: A Handbook of Historical Statistics.  By Armin K. Ludwig.
 Boston, MA : G.K. Hall, 1985.
     SMATHERS, Latin American        HA  984 .L83 1985
        Collection, Reference
        (Non-Circulating)
        Shelved in Counter S

British Historical Statistics. By B. R. Mitchell.  New York: Cambridge UP, 1988.
    LIBRARY WEST           HA 1134 M58 1988
      Reference
      Tables of economic statistics of the United Kingdom since the18th century.

European historical statistics, 1750-1975.  By B.R. Mitchell. 2nd rev. ed.  New York, NY: Facts on File, 1980.
    LIBRARY WEST             HA 1107 .M5 1980
      Reference

International Historical Statistics.  Compiled by B. R. Mitchell.  4th ed.  3 vols.  New York: Stockton Press, 1998.
   LIBRARY WEST            HA  175 .M55x 1998
     Reference
     Statistics on population, labor, industry, trade, finance, education, agriculture, price indexes and other topics.
 

OTHER SOURCES

WEBLUIS or LUIS, the UF Libraries' Catalog
   Search by keyword.  Example:   statistics and Chile;    statistics and women

Government Documents Department, Science Library, ground floor.
   Always a good source for statistics on Florida, the U.S., and other countries.  Numerous special reports have been
   published on topics such as illegitimacy, labor, working women, families, etc.  The staff will help you locate materials.
 
 

C. Barnes
05/08