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Copies of the 1830 census lists are available on 35 millimeter microfilm
from: Census Microfilm Expeditors
or the National Archives. Series: M19 Rolls: 1 - 201.
1830 Facts
1. Fifth U.S. decennial population census.
2. U.S. population: 12.9 million
(10.9 million free, 2.0 million slave)
3. Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the
direction of the Secretary of State.
4. Census day: 1 June 1830.
5. Mandated copies: Two sets, one sent to the federal
district court, the other to the Secretary of State. This
was the first federal census to supply enumerators with
uniform, printed forms for recording names.
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