US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, New York

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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 New York.

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Current focus location for US Black Heritage Project New York Team: Oneida County, New York in Spreadsheet #5.

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Total Population of New York in 1880: 5,082,870

Total Black Population of New York in 1880: 65,104

Counties in 1880	Total Pop.	Black Pop.	Spreadsheet	Status/Checked
Albany	154,890	1,367	New York #2	In Progress
Allegany	41,810	377	New York #5	Done
Broome	49,483	585	New York #5
Cattaraugus	55,806	248	New York #3	Done/Checked
Cayuga	65,081	687	New York #1	Done/Checked
Chautauqua	65,342	158	New York #3	Done/Checked
Chemung	43,065	954	New York #5	In Progress
Chenango	39,891	286	New York #5	In Progress
Clinton	50,897	171	New York #2
Columbia	47,928	1,219	New York #5
Cortland	25,825	93	New York #3	Done/Checked
Delaware	42,721	227	New York #1
Dutchess	79,184	2,112	New York #4
Erie	219,884	975	New York #3
Essex	34,515	112	New York #2	Done/Checked
Franklin	32,390	37	New York #1	Done/Checked
Fulton	30,985	272	New York#3	Done
Genesee	32,806	151	New York #2	Done/Checked
Greene	32,695	729	New York #1
Hamilton	3,923	0	...	...
Herkimer	42,669	178	New York #5	Done/Checked
Jefferson	66,103	208	New York #2
Kings	599,495	9,153	New York #6
Lewis	31,416	76	New York #2	Done
Livingston	39,561	293	New York #4	Done/Checked
Madison	44,112	375	New York #5	In Progress
Monroe	144,903	740	New York #4	Done
Montgomery	38,315	318	New York #4	Done
New York	1,206,299	19,663	New York #7
Niagara	54,173	399	New York #5	Done
Oneida	115,475	578	New York #5	'PRIORITY COUNTY
Onondaga	117,893	876	New York #5
Ontario	49,541	594	New York #5
Orange	88,220	2,790	New York #4
Orleans	30,128	224	New York #4	Done/Checked
Oswego	77,911	247	New York #5
Otsego	51,397	218	New York #5	Done
Putnam	15,181	187	New York #5
Queens	90,574	3,801	New York #6
Rensselaer	115,328	939	New York #5	In Progress
Richmond	38,991	932	New York #5
Rockland	27,690	816	New York #3
Saint Lawrence	85,997	101	New York #2
Saratoga	55,156	739	New York #5	In Progress
Schenectady	23,538	163	New York #2	Done/Checked
Schoharie	32,910	463	New York #2	Done
Schuyler	18,842	195	New York #5	Done/Checked
Seneca	29,278	242	New York #5	Done/Checked
Steuben	77,586	467	New York #5
Suffolk	53,888	2,399	New York #1
Sullivan	32,491	84	New York #1	In Progress
Tioga	32,673	445	New York #3
Tompkins	34,445	463	New York #3	In Progress
Ulster	85,838	1,371	New York #1	In Progress
Warren	25,179	49	New York #5	Done/Checked
Washington	47,871	340	New York #5	In Progress
Wayne	51,700	394	New York #5	Done
Westchester	108,988	2,585	New York #2
Wyoming	30,907	98	New York #4	Done/Checked
Yates	21,087	141	New York #5	Done/Checked

Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for New York

• Katie Bryant
• Katherine Cline-Bowman
• M Cole
• Leslie Duszynski
• Jaki Erdoes
• Amy Johnson
• Leslie Lapham
• Richard Mooney
• Lucy Selvaggio
• Danita Zanrè
• Donna Baumann

Sources

• "1880 Census: Volume 1. Statistics of the Population of the United States;" Table V: Population, by Race and by Counties: 1880, 1870, 1860; pages 402-403, New York; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 26 Jan 2024.