Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790

The First Census of the United States (1790) comprised an enumeration of the inhabitants of the present states of Connecticut Delaware Georgia Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Vermont and Virginia. Unfortunately during the War of 1812 when the British burned the Capitol at Washington the returns for several states were destroyed. However the census records for Maine survived and were available for this 1908 publication. In March 1790 Maine had a population of 96540 out of a total population of approximately 3920000. The information provided in this census includes the Name of Head of Family the number of free white males of 16 years and upward in the household the number of free white males and under living in the household the number of free white females all other free persons and the number of slaves (there were no slaves in Maine). Populations are also recorded for Towns and Counties.