Census Highlights

1790

•	Name of Head of Household
•	County and Sometimes Town (or District) of Residence
•	Number of Free White Males 16 and Over
•	Number of Free White Males Under 16
•	Number of Free White Females
•	Number of All Other Free White Persons
•	Number of Slaves

1800

•	Name of Head of Household
•	Town (or District) and County of Residence
•	Number of Free White Males and Females in Age Categories:
0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+
•	Number of Other Free Persons except Indians Not Taxed
•	Number of Slaves

1810

•	Same as 1800-No Changes

1820

Categories Added to Above:
•	Free White Males 16-18
•	Number of Persons not Naturalized
•	Number Engaged in Agriculture, Commercial or Manufacture
•	Number of Colored Persons (Sometimes in Age Ranges)
•	Number of Other Persons except Indians

1830

•	Name of Head of Household
•	Town (or District) and County of Residence
•	Number of Free White Males and Females by Age:
0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90,
90-100, 100+
•	Number of Slaves and Free Colored Persons in Age Categories
•	Deaf, Dumb, Blind and Alien

1840

Additional Columns For:
•	Revolutionary War Pensioners and Ages
•	Number Engaged in Mining, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Navigation of the Ocean; Navigation of Canals, Lakes and Rivers; Learned Professions and Engineers
•	Number in Schools, Etc.
•	Number in Family Over 21 Who Cannot Read or Write
•	Number Insane

1850

•	Each Member of Household Named From This Census On!
•	Town (or District) and County or Residence
•	Age
•	Sex
•	Color (White, Black or Mulatto)
•	Profession, Occupation or Trade of Each Male Over 15
•	Value of Real Estate Owned
•	Birth State, Territory or Country
•	Whether Married Within the Year
•	Whether Attended School Within the Year
•	If Over 20, Whether Unable to Read or Write
•	Whether Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Insane, Idiotic, Pauper or Convict

Note:
1800-Part of York County Missing
1810-Part of Oxford County Missing
1820-Parts of Penobscot and Washington Counties Missing
(Abstracted from The Source-a Guidebook of American Genealogy, Ancestry, 1984)