Norwoods
in the 1790
The 1790 census identifies
State or Province |
Males 16 & over |
Males under 16 |
Females |
Others |
Totals |
Slaves |
State populations |
|
24 |
23 |
42 |
5 |
94 |
0 |
378,787 |
|
29 |
16 |
43 |
0 |
88 |
75 |
319,728 |
( |
6 |
11 |
16 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
96,540 |
|
12 |
21 |
35 |
2 |
70 |
91 |
393,751 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
141,885 |
|
4 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
340,120 |
|
15 |
16 |
27 |
0 |
58 |
15 |
249,073 |
Totals |
92 |
90 |
176 |
7 |
365 |
181 |
1,919,884 |
While it is difficult to say exactly what the makeup of these households was because only family heads were identified, and there are some gaps in the record (missing reports and inexplicable absences of a head of household), it is possible to make some educated guesses about U.S. Norwoods at this juncture in our nation’s history, only a year after full ratification of the constitution by the thirteen seaboard states.
As might be expected, the greatest
concentrations of Norwoods are in the older states of
Some observations that can be made are that