The census reflected the values of the United States in 1790: “Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person. Indians weren’t counted until 1870,” Glass writes.

Source: 1790 United States Federal Census: New York. The census counted each enslaved worker as three-fifths of a person, reflecting a compromise that granted enslavers more political representation.

The U.S. Census Bureau announced April 26 that the country's population between 2010 and 2020 had experienced its second-slowest rate of growth in U.S. history, topping out at 331 million people.

The US Census bureau is gearing up for next year’s count. The government’s been counting Americans for more than two centuries. The very first US Census was in 1790. Commerce Secretary Gary ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order excluding illegal immigrants from being counted in the 2020 United States census. Since the first census in 1790, both US cit… ...

The Census of 1790 recorded the population of the entire United States as of August 2, 1790, and it has been taken every ten years since this date. This first census documented the population to ...

The population of the United States has grown almost 123 times since the first federal census was conducted after the ...

1790 - The first census is conducted by US marshals and their assistants at a cost of $44,000. The population is estimated to be 3.9 million.

According to data from the 1790 United States Census, Middleboro had a population of 4,526, which meant it was 16th largest settlement in the United States at the time.

The Supreme Court assembled for the first time on this day in history, Feb. 1, 1790, in New York City under Chief Justice John Jay. It handed down its first opinion in August 1791.

We sifted through copies of each decennial census from 1790 through 2020. Some were handwritten, some were yellowed, and, in later years, printed in color. ... United States Census Bureau.