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.)

Whiting Census of 1800

I pieced together the few pages of the U.S. Census of 1800 that were related to Whiting. They are shown below.

The U.S. Census of 1790 showed about 247 residents in the Town of Whiting (I believe the official count was 249, but I could not find the other two people in the document). Over the following ten years, the population grew considerably. The 1800 Census shows a total of 404 residents in the town (roughly what the population is now). For comparison, in 1800 the neighboring Town of Leicester had a population of 522 (less than current population), while Cornwall had 1,163 (close to current) and Shoreham had 1,447 (more than current).

There were many youngsters in Whiting in 1800 - 77 boys under age ten (19% of the population), 58 girls under age ten (14.3%), 36 girls between ten and sixteen (8.9%) and 28 boys between ten and sixteen (6.9%). The total number of minors was 199, accounting for just under half of the total number of residents. There were relatively few older adults - just 22 men and 23 women aged forty-five and over. These comprised about 11% of the total population. Just one resident of the town was designated as not "white."

FYI - Whiting's age-group statistics looked very different for the 2000 U.S. Census (the most recent for which already-crunched numbers are available). At that time, children under 16 accounted for just 17.4% of the town population (somewhat lower than the state and national percentage), and adults 45 and older accounted for about 37% (about the same as the state figure but higher than the national figure). The largest age block was adults 25-44, with 31.6% of the population falling into that category (a bit higher than state and national figures).

The final column in the 1800 census contains no information for Whiting or for any other town in the State of Vermont. That column was used to track the number of slaves in each household. Slavery was always prohibited in Vermont.

Whiting census of 1790

While browsing through Ancestry.com, I stumbled upon Addison County's portion of the first census of the United States of America. Vermont had not yet been admitted to statehood at the time the Census of 1790 was compiled. The Whiting portion of that document is shown below.

According to the enumerator, there were 46 families and 249 individuals (I see only 247) residing in the town at that time. The census listing shows the name of each head of household. Figures in the columns represent the number of free white males over 16 residing in each household, the number of younger free white males residing there, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, the number of slaves. The final column was not used anywhere in Vermont, as slavery was outlawed in the initial constitution of the independent Vermont republic in 1777.