1810 Census Notes from newspapers of the day:

From the Ohio Repository, (Canton, OH), June 12, 1817: 

  "According to the census of 1810 the number of inhabitants in
the United States was 7,230,514.  If 33,365,539 gallons [refer-
ring to the calculated amount of liquor in the U.S. at that 
time] were divided equally among the whole population, the pro-
cess would give not far from four gallons and a half to every
man, woman and child, bond and free, in this nation!  But here
two things are to be considered.  In the first place we have in
the U.S. 1,188,223 slaves, and as it is their enviable privi-
lege to be denied the use of ardent spirits, they must be taken
from the grand total of our population, and then we shall have
left a little more than thirty-three million gallons of brandy,
rum, whisky, &c.  In the second place children are to be sub-
tracted.  In the state of Connecticut there are about 73,000
children under ten years of age.  Now calculating that the pro-
ortion of children under ten years of age, is the same in all
the states, we have about one million, six hundred and seventy
thousand from the six millions above, leaving not far from four
millions, three hundred and thirty thousand persons to consume
between 33 and 34 million gallons of ardent spirits in a single
year, and making an average of more than seven gallons and a 
half for each consumer."

From the Ohio Repository, (Canton, OH), April 13, 1815: 

  "By a late census of the state of N. York, it appears that it
contains one million and thirty thousand souls.  Giving an in-
crease of 14 representatives to the legislative since 1810."

From the Ohio Repository, (Canton, OH), February 8, 1816: 

  "From a late census it appears, that the town of St. Louis, in
the Missouri territory, contains 2000 souls; and the country, 
exclusive of the town, 5395, making 7,395 in all."

From the Ohio Repository, (Canton, OH), January 9, 1817: 

  "It appears from the census lately taken, that the total popu-
lation of the Mississippi territory is Seventy-five thousand seven
hundred and forty-six.   Of this number Thirty thousand five 
hundred and four, are SLAVES!"

From the Ohio Repository, (Canton, OH), March 6, 1818: 

  "PHILADELPHIA CITY AND COUNTY contains an area of about 140 square
miles; and by the last census contained about 111,000 inhabitants. It
is inhabited by a race of people surpassed by none for sobriety, reg-
ularity and industry.  It is washed on the south by the noble river
Delaware, and the fine river Schuylkill runs through the western part
of it.  It possesses a tolerable good soil, raising plentifully of
provisions; and it abounds in creeks and rivulets, having numerous
mill seats.  In short I never saw a finer country for the establish-
ment of manufactures.  Yet we find that there but very few established,
and these in a languid state.  There are in the district 11 cotton 
works; containing 20,900 spindles, and only 12,900 of them are em-
ployed.  The other branches of manufactures, and even the mechanick
arts, in and about the city partake of the general langour - a vast
portion of the community are out of employment; and even those engaged
in disposing of foreign goods, are complaining of the dulness of the
times and scarcity of money.  But the reason of all this is obvious,
and matters must get worse and worse, so long as we pursue a system 
which robs a great portion of the community of the means of finding 
employment.  On this subject it is really distressing to look at the
facts that have recently come under my observation..."

From the Republican Compiler, (Gettysburg, PA), June 9, 1819: 

  "According to a census of Washington city, taken in the winter of
1818 and 1819, the population amounted to 11,299 - being an increase of
3,091 since the census of 1810."

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