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1878 [PDF - 11MB]
1879 [PDF - 11MB]
1880 [PDF - 13 MB]
1881 [PDF - 13MB]
1882 [PDF, ZIP - 34 MB]
1883 [PDF, ZIP - 23 MB]
1884 1
1885 [PDF, ZIP - 37 MB] 1
1886 2
1887 [PDF, ZIP - 23 MB]
1888 [PDF, ZIP - 53 MB]
1889 [PDF, ZIP - 24 MB]
1890 2
1891 [PDF, ZIP - 29 MB]
1892 [PDF, ZIP - 48 MB]
1893 [PDF, ZIP - 53 MB]
1894 [PDF, ZIP - 57 MB]
1895 [PDF, ZIP - 42 MB]
1896 [PDF, ZIP - 37 MB]
1897 [PDF, ZIP - 22 MB]
1898 [PDF, ZIP - 29 MB]
1899 [PDF, ZIP - 63 MB]
1900 [PDF, ZIP -
63 MB]
1 The Seventh and Eighth Numbers (1885) are combined. No Statistical Abstract was prepared for 1884.
2 These Statistical Abstracts are not yet part of our digital collection.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
