- Twelfth U.S. decennial population census.
- U.S. population: 76.2 million
- Census conducted by the Director of the Census (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).
- Census day: 1 June 1900.
- Mandated copies: One set, to the Director of the Census Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
- The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.
Information Provided on 1900 Census:
- Address
- name: relationship to family head
- sex
- race
- age
- marital status, number of years married
- for women, number of children born and number now living
- birthplace of person and parents
- if foreign born. year of immigration and whether naturalized
- occupation; months not employed
- school attendance
- literacy
- ability to speak English
- whether on a farm
- home owned or rented and if owned, whether mortgaged.
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