1900 Federal Census of
North Dakota and South Dakota
   
The 1900 federal census is the twelfth census of the United States. It
was authorized by Congress on March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1014-21), and was begun on June 1, 1900. The enumeration
was to be completed within thirty days, or two weeks for communities with populations of 10,000 or more.
The 1900 federal census contains this information:
 name of each person in the household
address
relationship
of each person to head of household
color
or race
sex
month
and year of birth
age
at last birthday
whether
single, married, widowed, or divorced
if
a wife is listed within the household, then the number of years married, total number of children born of that
marriage, and number of children living
place
of birth of each person, and of the parents of each person
if
foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States
citizenship
status of foreign born persons over age 21
occupation,
trade, or profession of each person 10 years of age and over
number
of months not employed during the census year
whether
or not the person can read, write, and speak English
number
of months attended school during the census year
whether
the home is owned or rented
if
home is owned, whether the home is mortgaged or free of mortgage
whether
the home is a farm or a house
if
home is a farm, the number of farm schedule
What counties are included in the
1900 Federal Census of
North Dakota and South Dakota?
 North
Dakota 
Reliabilty Rating
A total of 319,146 persons were enumerated in North
Dakota in 1900.
Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh.
Cass, Cavalier.
Dickey.
Eddy, Emmons
Foster.
Grand
Forks, Griggs.
Kidder.
LaMoure, Logan
McHenry, McIntosh, McLean, Mercer, Morton.
Nelson.
Oliver
Pembina, Pierce.
Ramsey, Ransom, Richland, Rolette.
Sargent, Stark, Steele, Stutsman.
Towner, Traill.
Walsh, Ward, Wells, Williams.
Standing
Rock Indian Reservation.
 South Dakota 
Reliabilty Rating
A total of 401,570 persons were enumerated in South
Dakota in 1900.
Armstrong, Aurora
Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Butte.
Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Custer.
Davison, Day, Deuel, Douglas.
Edmunds.
Fall
River, Faulk.
Grant, Gregory.
Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde
Jerauld
Kingsbury.
Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman
Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody.
Pennington, Potter.
Roberts.
Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Sully.
Turner.
Union.
Walworth.
Yankton.
Cheyenne
River Indian Reservation.
Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation.
Rosebud
Indian Reservation.
Standing
Rock Indian Reservation.
  
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