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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 Pennsylvania.
- Total Population of Pennsylvania in 1880: 4,282,891
- Total Black Population of Pennsylvania in 1880: 85,535
Counties in 1880 | Total Pop. | Black Pop. | Spreadsheet | Status/Checked |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | 32,455 | 471 | Pennsylvania #1 | |
Allegheny | 355,869 | 7,876 | Pennsylvania #5 | |
Armstrong | 47,641 | 278 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Beaver | 39,605 | 440 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Bedford | 34,929 | 577 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Berks | 122,597 | 449 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Blair | 52,741 | 483 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Bradford | 58,543 | 537 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Bucks | 68,653 | 1,546 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Butler | 52,536 | 128 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Cambria | 46,811 | 209 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Cameron | 5,159 | 8 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done/Checked |
Carbon | 31,923 | 41 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done |
Centre | 37,922 | 348 | Pennsylvania #1 | |
Chester | 83,481 | 7,073 | Pennsylvania #2 | |
Clarion | 40,328 | 99 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Clearfield | 43,408 | 121 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Clinton | 25,378 | 286 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Columbia | 32,409 | 145 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Crawford | 68,607 | 493 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Cumberland | 45,977 | 2,167 | Pennsylvania #1 | |
Dauphin | 76,648 | 3,780 | Pennsylvania #2 | |
Delaware | 56,101 | 4,613 | Pennsylvania #5 | |
Elk | 12,800 | 12 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done/Checked |
Erie | 74,688 | 332 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Fayette | 58,842 | 1,889 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Forest | 4,385 | 9 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done/Checked |
Franklin | 50,355 | 2,551 | Pennsylvania #5 | |
Fulton | 10,149 | 129 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Greene | 28,273 | 503 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Huntingdon | 33,954 | 280 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Indiana | 40,527 | 227 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Jefferson | 27,935 | 37 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done |
Juniata | 18,227 | 261 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Lackawanna | 89,269 | 296 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Lancaster | 139,447 | 2,845 | Pennsylvania #2 | |
Lawrence | 33,312 | 236 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Lebanon | 38,376 | 85 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Lehigh | 65,969 | 117 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Luzerne | 133,065 | 754 | Pennsylvania #1 | |
Lycoming | 57,486 | 977 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
McKean | 42,565 | 326 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Mercer | 56,161 | 425 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Mifflin | 19,577 | 215 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Monroe | 20,175 | 155 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Montgomery | 96,494 | 1,763 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Montour | 15,468 | 107 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Northampton | 70,312 | 322 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Northumberland | 53,123 | 194 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Perry | 27,522 | 164 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Philadelphia | 847,170 | 31,699 | Pennsylvania #6 & Pennsylvania #7 | |
Pike | 9,663 | 84 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Potter | 13,797 | 27 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done/Checked |
Schuylkill | 129,974 | 358 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Snyder | 17,797 | 19 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done/Checked |
Somerset | 33,110 | 116 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Sullivan | 8,073 | 3 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done |
Susquehanna | 40,354 | 219 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Tioga | 45,814 | 115 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Union | 16,905 | 133 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done |
Venango | 43,670 | 547 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Warren | 27,981 | 103 | Pennsylvania #1 | Done |
Washington | 55,418 | 2,636 | Pennsylvania #5 | |
Wayne | 33,513 | 31 | Pennsylvania #3 | |
Westmoreland | 78,036 | 686 | Pennsylvania #4 | |
Wyoming | 15,598 | 21 | Pennsylvania #3 | Done/ |
York | 87,841 | 1,359 | Pennsylvania #4 |
Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Pennsylvania
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 406, Pennsylvania; 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.
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