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    When was the first US census taken?

    Question #7416. Asked by Ed. (Oct 29 00 5:26 AM)


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    		1790

    See:
    http://www.census.gov/main/www/aboutus.html

    Following independence, there was an almost immediate need for a census of the entire nation. The first census was taken in 1790, under the responsibility of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. That census, taken by U.S. marshals on horseback, counted 3.9 million inhabitants.

    Oct 29 00, 6:19 AM

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