1890 - As part of its series of analytical publications reporting results from the 1890 census, the Census Bureau issued a report about the western frontier. Since the first census in 1790 ...

1890 - The U.S. Constitution mandates a census, or headcount, of the country's population every ten years. When the Constitution was written, the main reason for the census was to know the number ...

the machine was first used to count the U.S. census of 1890. It was so successful that Hollerith later formed the Tabulating Machine Company and sold his machines throughout the world for a ...

January’s figures breaks the prior record set in 1890, and reflects a significant change in the status quo. Just two years ago, the Census Bureau projected that the foreign-born would not reach ...