230 Years and Counting
230 Years and Counting
This was the first United States census.
This is the first census with the option for households in the U.S. to respond online, by phone, or by mail.
The original 13 states; the districts of Kentucky, Maine, and Vermont; and the Southwest Territory (Tennessee).
The 2020 Census counts everyone living in the United States and its five territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
By horseback and on foot, approximately 650 U.S. marshals and assistants recorded answers on forms made of parchment and animal skins.
Households can now respond online, by phone, or by mail. Hundreds of thousands of temporary census takers will use smartphones to follow up with households that don't respond.
Thomas Jefferson,
Secretary of State.
Steven Dillingham,
Census Bureau Director.
August 2, 1790.
April 1, 2020.
This number would increase to 105 based on the results of the 1790 Census.
The total number of representatives was set by the Apportionment Act of 1929; the current Congress includes record numbers of women and minority representatives.
President George Washington delivered the country's first State of the Union address in January.
More than 500 U.S. athletes are expected to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
The country's first singing contest was held between choirs from Dorchester and Stoughton, Massachusetts.
Alicia Keys hosted the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in January.
109,826. That was the combined population of the country's five largest cities: New York City (33,131 people); Philadelphia (28,522); Boston (18,320); Charleston, South Carolina (16,359); and Baltimore (13,503).
107,601. That is the attendance capacity at the largest college football stadium in the United States—Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
3,929,214.
Coming soon! Complete the census to make sure you're counted!
Hall, R. (2014, November 8). The Stoughton Musical Society Wins America's First-Ever Singing Contest in 1790. Retrieved from http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/old-stoughton-musical-society-wins-americas-first-ever-singing-contest/.
Michigan Stadium. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://mgoblue.com/sports/2017/6/16/facilities-michigan-stadium-html.aspx.
Team USA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.teamusa.org/.
For more information about the history of the U.S. Census, visit census.gov/history.
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