Pike County, Kentucky 1850 Census Information and Statistics This Census was transcribed by Susan Martucci and proofread by Meg Burrie for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 1999 by Susan Martucci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRANSCRIBER's Notes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Page numbers for this census begin with 434 stamped in the upper right corner. Beginning on page 435, there is a handwritten number on most of the stamped pages. When the number is there, I have included "pg xxx" on the reference line for that page. In the 1850 Census transcription, there are the following statistics: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 899 Family Groups (numbered 1-905) 5267 Individuals 2547 Females (48%) 2715 Males (52%) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age Statistics 37% are <10 years old 25% are 10-19 17% are 20-29 9% are 30-39 5% are 40-49 3% are 50-59 2% are 60-69 1% is 70-79 12 people are 80-89 5 people are 90-100 Oldest individual is 100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birth Places 70% of individuals were born in Kentucky 25% of individuals were born in Virginia 3% of individuals were born in North Carolina The remaining individuals were born in the following places: Canada, Delaware, France, Georgia, Germany, Iowa, Illinois, Ireland, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Scotland, and Tennessee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most common surnames (having 70-150 individuals with the same spelling) were: Ratliff, Justace, Smith, Adkins, Johnson, May, Slone, McCoy, Coleman, Hatfield, Thacker, and Rowe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Occupation Information: The most common occupation was a farmer with 763 individuals. Labourers were another 387 individuals. The county had 18 Carpenters, 12 Blacksmiths, 8 Merchants, 6 School Teachers, 5 Physicians and 4 Baptist Ministers, 3 CB Ministers, and 2 ME Ministers. All remaining occupations had 3 or fewer individuals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ****************************************************************** 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. *******************************************************************