What is 1790 United States census?
{{Infobox census | name = 1790 United States Census | logo = Seal of the United States Census Bureau.svg | logo_caption = Seal of the [[United States Census Bureau]] | image = 1790a-01-page-001.jpg | image_caption = Title page of 1790 United States Census | country = United States | date = {{start date|1790|08|02}} | population = 3,893,635 | percent_change = | region_type = state | most_populous = [[Virginia]]<br>747,610 | least_populous = [[Delaware]]<br>59,094 | next_census = 1800 United States Census | next_year = 1800 }} The '''United States Census of 1790''' was the first [[United States Census]]. It recorded the population of the [[United States]] as of August 2, 1790. In the First Census, the population of the United States was 3,929,214.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1790_fast_facts.html |title=History: 1790 Fast Facts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> Data was collected from all thirteen states ([[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Maryland]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[North Carolina]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]], [[South Carolina]], and [[Virginia]]), and districts and territories that would become [[Vermont]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Maine]].<ref name=1790overview>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1790.html |title=History: 1790 Overview |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> ==Reaction== Both Secretary of State [[Thomas Jefferson]] and President [[George Washington]] didn't fully believe in the results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1790.html |title=1790 Overview |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> They believed that there were more people in the United States than what the census said. A reason why there may be more people would be because of the people living farther apart, bad roads that would go to where people may live, limited