What is 1850 United States Census?
The '''United States Census of 1850''' was the seventh [[United States Census|census of the United States]]. It was completed on June 1, 1850. It found the population of the [[United States]] to be 23,191,876. This was an increase of 35.9 percent from the [[1840 United States Census|1840 Census]]. The total population included 3,204,313 [[slave]]s. This was the first census where there was an attempt to collect information about every member of every household, including women, children, and slaves. It was also the first census to ask about place of birth. [[Hinton Rowan Helper]] made use of the 1850 census results in his politically [[:wikt:notorious|notorious]] book ''[[The Impending Crisis of the South]]''. {{USCensus}} [[Category:1850]] [[Category:1850s in the United States]] [[Category:United States Census]]