1790 Census

This was the first United States census.

2020 Census

This is the first census with the option for households in the U.S. to respond online, by phone, or by mail.

1790 Census

The original 13 states; the districts of Kentucky, Maine, and Vermont; and the Southwest Territory (Tennessee).

2020 Census

The 2020 Census counts everyone living in the United States and its five territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

1790 Census

By horseback and on foot, approximately 650 U.S. marshals and assistants recorded answers on forms made of parchment and animal skins.

2020 Census

Households can now respond online, by phone, or by mail. Hundreds of thousands of temporary census takers will use smartphones to follow up with households that don't respond.

1790 Census

Thomas Jefferson,
Secretary of State.

2020 Census

Steven Dillingham,
Census Bureau Director.

1790 Census

August 2, 1790.

2020 Census

April 1, 2020.

1790 Census

This number would increase to 105 based on the results of the 1790 Census.

2020 Census

The total number of representatives was set by the Apportionment Act of 1929; the current Congress includes record numbers of women and minority representatives.

1790 Census

The country's first singing contest was held between choirs from Dorchester and Stoughton, Massachusetts.

2020 Census

Alicia Keys hosted the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in January.

1790 Census

109,826. That was the combined population of the country's five largest cities: New York City (33,131 people); Philadelphia (28,522); Boston (18,320); Charleston, South Carolina (16,359); and Baltimore (13,503).

2020 Census

107,601. That is the attendance capacity at the largest college football stadium in the United States—Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1790 Census

3,929,214.

2020 Census

Coming soon!