The 1910 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 census. The 1910 census switched from a portrait page orientation to a landscape orientation.
This was the last census in which Texas did not record any top 50 largest cities by population, despite being the 5th most populous state at the time. It was also the first census in which all the top 50 largest cities had population over 100,000.
The 1910 census was the first to use metropolitan districts, the predecessor to modern metropolitan statistical areas, which were defined for all cities with at least 200,000 people.
Organization Dr. Edward Dana Durand, then-head of the Bureau of Corporations, was appointed in 1909 to oversee the census. $14 million were allocated to conduct the census.
Census questions
The 1910 census collected the following information:
address name relationship to head of family sex race age marital status and, if married, number of years of present marriage for women, number of children born and number now living place of birth and mother tongue of person, and their parents if foreign born, year of immigration; whether naturalized; whether able to speak English and, if unable, language spoken occupation, industry and class of worker if an employee, whether out of work during year literacy school attendance whether home owned or rented, and, if owned, whether mortgaged whether farm or house whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy whether blind, deaf, or dumb
Full documentation for the 1910 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Column titles
The column titles in the census form are as follows:
LOCATION. Street, avenue, road, etc. House number (in cities or towns). 1. Number of dwelling house in order of visitation. 2. Number of family in order of visitation.
3. NAME of each person whose place of abode on April 15, 1910, was in this family.
Enter surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any.
Include every person living on April 15, 1910. Omit children born since April 15, 1910.
RELATION.
4. Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
5. Sex.
6. Color or race.
7. Age at last birthday.
8. Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced.
9. Number of years of present marriage.
10. Mother of how many children: Number born.
11. Mother of how many children: Number now living.
NATIVITY.
Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in the United States, give the state or territory. If of foreign birth, give the country.
12. Place of birth of this Person.
13. Place of birth of Father of this person.
14. Place of birth of Mother of this person.
CITIZENSHIP.
15. Year of immigration to the United States.
16. Whether naturalized or alien.
17. Whether able to speak English; or, if not, give language spoken.
OCCUPATION.
18. Trade or profession of, or particular kind of work done by this person, as spinner, salesman, laborer, etc.,
19. General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which this person works, as cotton mill, dry goods store, farm, etc.
20. Whether as employer, employee, or work on own account.
If an employee – 21. Whether out of work on April 15, 1910.
22. Number of weeks out of work during year 1909.
EDUCATION.
23. Whether able to read.
24. Whether able to write.
25. Attended school any time since September 1, 1909.
OWNERSHIP OF HOME.
26. Owned or rented.
27. Owned free or mortgaged.
28. Farm or house.
29. Number of farm schedule.
30. Whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy.
31. Whether blind (both eyes).
32. Whether deaf and dumb.
State rankings
Rank State Population as of1910 census1910 Census: Volume 1. Population, General Report and Analysis Population as of1900 census Change Percentchange 1 9,113,614 7,268,894 1,844,720 25.4% 2 7,665,111 6,302,115 1,362,996 21.6% 3 5,638,591 4,821,550 817,041 16.9% 4 4,767,121 4,157,545 609,576 14.7% 5 3,896,542 3,048,710 847,832 27.8% 6 3,366,416 2,805,346 561,070 20.0% 7 3,293,335 3,106,665 186,670 6.0% 8 2,810,173 2,420,982 389,191 16.1% 9 2,700,876 2,516,462 184,414 7.3% 10 2,609,121 2,216,331 392,790 17.7% 11 2,537,167 1,883,669 653,498 34.7% 12 California 2,377,549 1,485,053 892,496 60.1% 13 2,333,860 2,069,042 264,818 12.8% 14 2,289,905 2,147,174 142,731 6.6% 15 2,224,771 2,231,853 −7,082 −0.3% 16 2,206,287 1,893,810 312,477 16.5% 17 2,184,789 2,020,616 164,173 8.1% 18 2,138,093 1,828,697 309,396 16.9% 19 2,075,708 1,751,394 324,314 18.5% 20 2,061,612 1,854,184 207,428 11.2% 21 1,797,114 1,551,270 245,844 15.8% 22 1,690,949 1,470,495 220,454 15.0% 23 1,657,155 790,391 866,764 109.7% 24 1,656,388 1,381,625 274,763 19.9% 25 1,574,449 1,311,564 262,885 20.0% 26 1,515,400 1,340,316 175,084 13.1% 27 1,295,346 1,188,044 107,302 9.0% 28 1,221,119 958,800 262,319 27.4% 29 1,192,214 1,066,300 125,914 11.8% 30 1,141,990 518,103 623,887 120.4% 31 1,114,756 908,420 206,336 22.7% 32 799,024 539,700 259,324 48.0% 33 752,619 528,542 224,077 42.4% 34 742,371 694,466 47,905 6.9% 35 672,765 413,536 259,229 62.7% 36 583,888 401,570 182,318 45.4% 37 577,056 319,146 257,910 80.8% 38 542,610 428,556 114,054 26.6% 39 430,572 411,588 18,984 4.6% 40 376,053 243,329 132,724 54.5% 41 373,351 276,749 96,602 34.9% 42 355,956 343,641 12,315 3.6% – 331,069 278,718 52,351 18.8% – 327,301 195,310 131,991 67.6% 43 325,594 161,772 163,822 101.3% – 204,354 122,931 81,423 66.2% 44 202,322 184,735 17,587 9.5% – 191,874 154,001 37,873 24.6% 45 145,965 92,531 53,434 57.7% 46 81,875 42,335 39,540 93.4% – 64,356 63,592 764 1.2%
City rankings Rank City State Population Region (2016) 01 New York New York 4,766,883 Northeast 02 Chicago Illinois 2,185,283 Midwest 03 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,549,008 Northeast 04 St. Louis Missouri 687,029 Midwest 05 Boston Massachusetts 670,585 Northeast 06 Cleveland Ohio 560,663 Midwest 07 Baltimore Maryland 558,485 South 08 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 533,905 Northeast 09 Detroit Michigan 465,766 Midwest 10 Buffalo New York 423,715 Northeast 11 San Francisco California 416,912 West 12 Milwaukee Wisconsin 373,857 Midwest 13 Cincinnati Ohio 363,591 Midwest 14 Newark New Jersey 347,469 Northeast 15 New Orleans Louisiana 339,075 South 16 Washington District of Columbia 331,069 South 17 Los Angeles California 319,198 West 18 Minneapolis Minnesota 301,408 Midwest 19 Jersey City New Jersey 267,779 Northeast 20 Kansas City Missouri 248,381 Midwest 21 Seattle Washington 237,194 West 22 Indianapolis Indiana 233,650 Midwest 23 Providence Rhode Island 224,326 Northeast 24 Louisville Kentucky 223,928 South 25 Rochester New York 218,149 Northeast 26 Saint Paul Minnesota 214,744 Midwest 27 Denver Colorado 213,381 West 28 Portland Oregon 207,214 West 29 Columbus Ohio 181,511 Midwest 30 Toledo Ohio 168,497 Midwest 31 Atlanta Georgia 154,839 South 32 Oakland California 150,174 West 33 Worcester Massachusetts 145,986 Northeast 34 Syracuse New York 137,249 Northeast 35 New Haven Connecticut 133,605 Northeast 36 Birmingham Alabama 132,685 South 37 Memphis Tennessee 131,105 South 38 Scranton Pennsylvania 129,867 Northeast 39 Richmond Virginia 127,628 South 40 Paterson New Jersey 125,600 Northeast 41 Omaha Nebraska 124,096 Midwest 42 Fall River Massachusetts 119,295 Northeast 43 Dayton Ohio 116,577 Midwest 44 Grand Rapids Michigan 112,571 Midwest 45 Nashville Tennessee 110,364 South 46 Lowell Massachusetts 106,294 Northeast 47 Cambridge Massachusetts 104,839 Northeast 48 Spokane Washington 104,402 West 49 Bridgeport Connecticut 102,054 Northeast 50 Albany New York 100,253 Northeast 51 Hartford Connecticut 98,915 Northeast 52 Trenton New Jersey 96,815 Northeast 53 New Bedford Massachusetts 96,652 Northeast 54 San Antonio Texas 96,614 South 55 Reading Pennsylvania 96,071 Northeast 56 Camden New Jersey 94,538 Northeast 57 Salt Lake City Utah 92,777 West 58 Dallas Texas 92,104 South 59 Lynn Massachusetts 89,336 Northeast 60 Springfield Massachusetts 88,926 Northeast 61 Wilmington Delaware 87,411 South 62 Des Moines Iowa 86,368 Midwest 63 Lawrence Massachusetts 85,892 Northeast 64 Tacoma Washington 83,743 West 65 Kansas City Kansas 82,331 Midwest 66 Yonkers New York 79,803 Northeast 67 Youngstown Ohio 79,066 Midwest 68 Houston Texas 78,800 South 69 Duluth Minnesota 78,466 Midwest 70 St. Joseph Missouri 77,403 Midwest 71 Somerville Massachusetts 77,236 Northeast 72 Troy New York 76,813 Northeast 73 Utica New York 74,419 Northeast 74 Elizabeth New Jersey 73,409 Northeast 75 Fort Worth Texas 73,312 South 76 Waterbury Connecticut 73,141 Northeast 77 Schenectady New York 72,826 Northeast 78 Hoboken New Jersey 70,324 Northeast 79 Manchester New Hampshire 70,063 Northeast 80 Evansville Indiana 69,647 Midwest 81 Akron Ohio 69,067 Midwest 82 Norfolk Virginia 67,452 South 83 Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania 67,105 Northeast 84 Peoria Illinois 66,950 Midwest 85 Erie Pennsylvania 66,525 Northeast 86 Savannah Georgia 65,064 South 87 Oklahoma City Oklahoma 64,205 South 88 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 64,186 Northeast 89 Fort Wayne Indiana 63,933 Midwest 90 Charleston South Carolina 58,833 South 91 Portland Maine 58,571 Northeast 92 East St. Louis Illinois 58,547 Midwest 93 Terre Haute Indiana 58,157 Midwest 94 Holyoke Massachusetts 57,730 Northeast 95 Jacksonville Florida 57,699 South 96 Brockton Massachusetts 56,878 Northeast 97 Bayonne New Jersey 55,545 Northeast 98 Johnstown Pennsylvania 55,482 Northeast 99 Passaic New Jersey 54,773 Northeast 100 South Bend Indiana 53,684 Midwest
Locations of 50 most populous cities
First language of the foreign-born population +RankLanguageWhite population1English and Celtic3,363,7922German2,759,0323Italian1,365,1104Yiddish and Hebrew1,051,7675Polish943,7816Swedish683,2187French528,8428Norwegian402,5879Spanish258,13110Hungarian229,09411Czech228,73812Danish183,84413Slovak166,47414Dutch151,82515Lithuanian and Latvian140,96316Slovene123,63117Finnish119,94818Greek118,37919Serbo-Croatian105,66920Portuguese72,64921Russian57,92622Romanian42,27723Arabic32,86824Ukrainian25,13125Armenian23,93826Bulgarian18,34127Turkish4,70928Albanian2,312
Data availability
The original census enumeration sheets were microfilmed by the Census Bureau in the 1940s; after which the original sheets were destroyed. The microfilmed census is available in rolls from the National Archives and Records Administration. Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, along with digital indices.
Microdata from the 1910 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.
Notes
External links
1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 census results Historic US Census data