(WDBJ) - On this day in 1790, The first United States Census began as required by the United States Constitution. Thomas Jefferson supervised the first Census. A little under 4 million people were ...

At head of title: Department of Commerce and Labor. U.S. Bureau of the Census. S.N.D. North, director. Roster of heads of families in 1790, so far as can be shown from records of the Census office.

On Aug. 1, 1790 — 235 years ago Friday — the first Constitutionally-mandated U.S. Census was completed. While those of us who love data enjoy poring over the results of each decade’s census, the ...

I. Number of inhabitants. Total population for states, counties, and minor civil divisions; for urban and rural areas; for incorporated places; for metropolitan districts; and for census tracts.