Excerpt from Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: North Carolina The total population of the United States in 1790, exclusive of slaves, as derived from the schedules 'was The Only names appearing upon the sebed ules, however, Were those of heads of families, and as at that period the families averaged 6 persons, the total number Was approximately or slightly more than half a million. 't he number of names which is now lacking because of the destruction of the schedules is approximately thus leaving schedules con taining about names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.