New York

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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New York was one of the 13 original States. Since relinquishing its claims to Vermont in 1791, it has had substantially its present boundaries.

Federal Census Summary

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Census coverage excluded Vermont in 1790, and did not include the far western part of the State until 1800. Total for 1890 includes population (5,321) of certain Indian reservations, not reported by county.

1790: 340,120	1800: 589,051	1810: 959,049	1820: 1,372,812	1830: 1,918,608	1840: 2,428,921	1850: 3,097,394	1860: 3,880,735
1870: 4,382,759	1880: 5,082,871	1890: 6,003,174	1900: 7,268,894	1910: 9,113,614	1920: 10,385,227	1930: 12,588,066	1940: 13,479,142
1950: 14,830,192	1960: 16,782,304	1970: 18,236,967	1980: 17,558,072	1990: 17,990,455	2000: 18,976,457

Counties
Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin	Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Kings Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York Niagara Oneida Onondaga	Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond Rockland St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben	Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

State Resources

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New York State Newspapers / New York State Newspaper Project - Home Page
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http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ (more from www.nysl.nysed.gov)

New York State Library Home Page
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Genealogy Trails - Finding Ancestors wherever their trails led
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Welcome to NY DAR
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New York State Poorhouses
New York State Poorhouses   POORHOUSES by COUNTY ALBANY ... The City of New York. CERTIFICATES of (POORHOUSE ...
http://www.poorhousestory.com/new_york_poorhouses.htm

Obits Index - New York State
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State Projects Page
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New York State Organization, NSDAR
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http://www.nydar.org/id1.htm

Genealogy Trails State Adoption List
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The Political Graveyard: New York: State Assembly
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http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html

 

References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.