US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project
Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US Federal Census in Ohio.
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1880 Census, Density Map of Black Population of Ohio |
Current focus location for USBH Project's Ohio Team: Enumeration District 25 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio in Spreadsheet #1.
Total Population of Ohio in 1880: 3,198,151
Total Black Population of Ohio in 1880: 79,815
Counties in 1880 | Total Pop. | Black Pop. | Spreadsheet | Status/Checked |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | 24,005 | 343 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Allen | 31,314 | 510 | Spreadsheet #9 | |
Ashland | 23,883 | 40 | Spreadsheet #2 | Done |
Ashtabula | 37,139 | 263 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Athens | 28,411 | 1,170 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
Auglaize | 25,444 | 69 | Spreadsheet #2 | |
Belmont | 49,638 | 1,631 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Brown | 32,911 | 2,316 | Spreadsheet #9 | |
Butler | 42,579 | 1,140 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Carroll | 16,416 | 61 | Spreadsheet #5 | Done |
Champaign | 27,817 | 1,661 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Clark | 41,948 | 3,580 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
Clermont | 36,713 | 1,817 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
Clinton | 24,756 | 1,463 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Columbiana | 48,602 | 684 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Coshocton | 26,642 | 59 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Crawford | 30,583 | 108 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Cuyahoga | 196,943 | 2,175 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
Darke | 40,496 | 579 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Defiance | 22,515 | 144 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Delaware | 27,381 | 610 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Erie | 32,640 | 468 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Fairfield | 34,284 | 403 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Fayette | 20,364 | 1,444 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Franklin | 86,797 | 3,936 | Spreadsheet #9 | |
Fulton | 21,053 | 55 | Spreadsheet #5 | Done |
Gallia | 28,124 | 2,945 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
Geauga | 14,251 | 11 | Spreadsheet #1 | Done/Checked |
Greene | 31,349 | 4,553 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Guernsey | 27,197 | 586 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Hamilton | 313,374 | 10,533 | Spreadsheet #3 | |
Hancock | 27,784 | 152 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Hardin | 27,023 | 640 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Harrison | 20,456 | 647 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Henry | 20,585 | 33 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Highland | 30,281 | 1,763 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Hocking | 21,126 | 205 | Spreadsheet #2 | |
Holmes | 20,776 | 2 | Spreadsheet #1 | Done/Checked |
Huron | 31,609 | 251 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Jackson | 23,686 | 912 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Jefferson | 33,018 | 1,183 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Knox | 27,431 | 302 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
Lake | 16,326 | 152 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Lawrence | 39,068 | 1,746 | Spreadsheet #1 | |
Licking | 40,450 | 370 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Logan | 26,267 | 1,057 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Lorain | 35,526 | 1,169 | Spreadsheet #2 | |
Lucas | 67,377 | 1,093 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Madison | 20,129 | 1,083 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Mahoning | 42,871 | 449 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
Marion | 20,565 | 197 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Medina | 21,453 | 36 | Spreadsheet #2 | Done/Checked |
Meigs | 32,325 | 1,798 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Mercer | 21,808 | 306 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Miami | 36,158 | 1,172 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Monroe | 26,496 | 80 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Montgomery | 78,580 | 1,310 | Spreadsheet #8 | |
Morgan | 20,074 | 193 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Morrow | 19,072 | 143 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Muskingum | 49,774 | 1,329 | Spreadsheet #2 | |
Noble | 21,138 | 94 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Ottawa | 19,762 | 33 | Spreadsheet #5 | Done |
Paulding | 13,545 | 647 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Perry | 28,218 | 91 | Spreadsheet #2 | Done/Checked |
Pickaway | 27,415 | 1,252 | Spreadsheet #9 | |
Pike | 17,927 | 1,227 | Spreadsheet #2 | |
Portage | 27,500 | 144 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Preble | 24,533 | 482 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Putnam | 23,713 | 94 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Richland | 36,306 | 186 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Ross | 40,307 | 3,286 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
Sandusky | 32,057 | 194 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Scioto | 33,511 | 1,159 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Seneca | 36,947 | 141 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Shelby | 24,137 | 535 | Spreadsheet #6 | |
Stark | 64,031 | 202 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Summit | 43,788 | 384 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Trumbull | 44,880 | 245 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Tuscarawas | 40,198 | 146 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Union | 22,375 | 404 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Van Wert | 23,022 | 476 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Vinton | 17,223 | 212 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Warren | 28,392 | 1,283 | Spreadsheet #9 | |
Washington | 43,249 | 1,248 | Spreadsheet #7 | |
Wayne | 40,076 | 183 | Spreadsheet #4 | |
Williams | 23,821 | 34 | Spreadsheet #5 | Done |
Wood | 34,022 | 132 | Spreadsheet #5 | |
Wyandot | 22,395 | 171 | Spreadsheet #5 |
Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Ohio
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 404-405, Ohio; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 30 Dec 2023.