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1850 Census Enumeration
- When
- 1850
- Where
- United States
The 1850 United States Census determined the resident population to be 23,191,876, an increase of 35.9 percent over the 1840 census.
Conducted by the Census Office, the 1850 census determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876. This represented an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 census. The total population included 3,204,313 enslaved people.
Sources
- 1850 United States census Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
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