1850 Federal Census Appanoose County, Iowa - Summary Information compiled by Sue Claman for the USGenWeb Archives Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS APPANOOSE COUNTY, IOWA - SUMMARY BREAKDOWN OF POPULATION BY PLACE OF BIRTH: PLACE OF BIRTH COUNT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL AL 6 0.19% CT 4 0.13% DE 8 0.26% GA 3 0.10% IA 555 17.73% IL 237 7.57% IN 467 14.92% KY 345 11.02% MA 3 0.10% MD 21 0.67% ME 3 0.10% MI 11 0.35% MO 218 6.96% NC 136 4.34% NH 2 0.06% NJ 7 0.22% NY 59 1.88% OH 415 13.25% PA 85 2.71% RI 1 0.03% SC 12 0.38% TN 313 10.00% VA 165 5.27% VT 13 0.42% ---------- Subtotal = 98.66% CANADA 5 0.16% ENGLAND 8 0.26% GERMANY 2 0.06% HOLLAND 2 0.06% IRELAND 8 0.26% SCOTLAND 3 0.10% -------- Subtotal = 0.89% UNKNOWN 14 0.45% ------ --------- TOTAL 3131 100.00% ILLITERACY BREAKDOWN: TOTAL POPULATION OVER AGE 20 = 2029 TOTAL QUANTITY UNABLE TO READ AND WRITE = 336 BIRTH % ALL PLACE COUNT ADULT POP % ILLITERATE % TOTAL POP AL 1 0.30% 0.05% 0.03% CT 2 0.60% 0.10% 0.06% ENGLAND 1 0.30% 0.05% 0.03% HOLLAND 1 0.30% 0.05% 0.03% IA 1 0.30% 0.05% 0.03% IL 7 2.08% 0.34% 0.22% IN 28 8.33% 1.38% 0.89% KY 93 27.68% 4.58% 2.97% MD 6 1.79% 0.30% 0.19% MO 20 5.95% 0.99% 0.64% NC 31 9.23% 1.53% 0.99% NJ 2 0.60% 0.10% 0.06% NY 1 0.30% 0.05% 0.03% OH 34 10.12% 1.68% 1.09% PA 12 3.57% 0.59% 0.38% RI 1 0.30% 0.05% 0.03% SC 4 1.19% 0.20% 0.13% TN 49 14.58% 2.41% 1.56% UNKNOWN 2 0.60% 0.10% 0.06% VA 40 11.90% 1.97% 1.28% ----- ---------- -------- --------- TOTAL 336 100.00% 16.56% 10.73% EDUCATION SUMMARY: NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN APPANOOSE COUNTY 1318 100.00% NUMBER OF BOYS 688 52.20% NUMBER OF GIRLS 630 47.80% NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL 265 20.11% BOYS IN SCHOOL 153 57.74% GIRLS IN SCHOOL 112 42.26% YOUNGEST IN SCHOOL 5 OLDEST IN SCHOOL 19 NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BY TOWNSHIP: TOWNSHIP COUNT PERCENTAGE CALDWELL 41 15.47% CENTER 55 20.75% CENTER 2 13 4.91% CENTER 3 35 13.21% CENTER 4 0.00% CHARITON 14 5.28% INDEPENDENCE 0.00% SHOAL 24 9.06% TAYLOR 16 6.04% UNION 24 9.06% WASHINGTON 23 8.68% WELLS 20 7.55% ----- ------- TOTAL 265 100.00% NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BY AGE: AGE COUNT PERCENTAGE 5 6 2.26% 6 11 4.15% 7 22 8.30% 8 23 8.68% 9 25 9.43% 10 30 11.32% 11 23 8.68% 12 31 11.70% 13 23 8.68% 14 22 8.30% 15 15 5.66% 16 14 5.28% 17 10 3.77% 18 6 2.26% 19 4 1.51% ---- ------- TOTAL 265 100.00%