1790 USA Facts

  1. First U.S. decennial population census.

  2. U.S. population: 3.9 million (3.2 million free, .7 million slave)

  3. Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the president.

  4. Census day: 1st Monday in August (2 August 1790).

  5. Mandated copies: One set, sent to the federal district court.

  Same copy ordered sent to the U.S. Secretary of State in 1830.

  6. A printed list of the 1790 census is available on microfilm as

  National Archives' publication: Series: T498 Rolls: 1,2, and 3.

 NOTE: Check out this site for fact information each census year.