US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, Massachusetts

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US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project

Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US federal census in Massachusetts.

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Total Population of Massachusetts in 1880: 1,783,085

Total Black Population of Massachusetts in 1880: 18,697

Counties in 1880	Total Pop.	Black Pop.	Spreadsheet	Status/Checked
Barnstable	31,897	420	Massachusetts #1
Berkshire	69,032	1,315	Massachusetts #2
Bristol	139,040	2,175	Massachusetts #2
Dukes	4,300	275	Massachusetts #1
Essex	244,535	1,410	Massachusetts #1
Franklin	36,001	73	Massachusetts #1	Done!/Checked
Hampden	104,142	1,103	Massachusetts #2
Hampshire	47,232	280	Massachusetts #1
Middlesex	317,830	2,658	Massachusetts #2
Nantucket	3,727	76	Massachusetts #1
Norfolk	96,507	568	Massachusetts #2
Plymouth	74,018	534	Massachusetts #2
Suffolk	387,927	6,412	Massachusetts #1
Worcester	226,897	1,398	Massachusetts #2

Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Massachusetts

• Donna Baumann
• M Cole
• Leslie Lapham

Sources

• "1880 Census: Volume 1. Statistics of the Population of the United States;" Table V: Population, by Race and by Counties: 1880, 1870, 1860; page 395, Massachusetts; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 24 Jan 2024.