Whiting Census of 1810

The 1810 U.S. Census listed a total of 565 residents in The Town of Whiting. The most numerous age-category - accounting for about one-third of the town population - was also the youngest. There were 93 males under age 10 and 95 females under age 10. Young adults were the second largest segment of the Whiting population. With 67 males and 66 females between the ages of 16 and 25, this group claimed 23.5% of residents. Older children, ages 10 through 15, were the smallest segment of the population, just 13%.

Children of all ages amounted to about 46.4% of Whiting's population. This figure remained fairly constant between 1800 and 1810. The percentage of older adults - there were 80 residents over the age of 45 - climbed a bit. It was 11% in 1800 and just over 14% ten years later.

The U.S. Census of 1800 showed a total of 404 residents in the town. So, Whiting had grown by 161 people, or almost 40%, through the decade of 1800-1810. The population had more than doubled (increasing by 127%) since the first U.S. Census in 1790.

The last two columns of the Whiting census were unused. They were designated for Non-White Free Persons and Slaves. Whiting had neither in 1810 (slavery was never permitted within Vermont). Its one non-white resident of the 1800 Census did not show up in the document 10 years later.

(See the related posts for the 1800 Census and the 1790 Census.)