1830 Overveiw | Jackson County, FLGenWeb

Contributed by Sharon Key (former county coordinator) - thank you Sharon

President John Q. Adams recommended starting the 1830 census earlier in the year than August 1 (as in previous censuses). He also proposed that the collection of age data be started from infancy, in intervals of 10 years, "to the utmost boundaries of life." These changes were made to the census act of March 23, 1830. The 1830 census commenced on June 1 and (due to delays in compilation of the census returns) the filing date was extended to August 1, 1831.

Marshals or their assistants visited every dwelling for enumeration, or made a personal inquiry of the head of every family in their district. In 1830, enumerators were provided with uniform, printed schedules. In prior censuses whatever paper was available had been used and had been designed and bound by the enumerators themselves. Availability of uniform, printed schedules made tabulations by the federal census clerks much more efficient.

The 1830 census counted the population only. No attempt was made to collect additional data on manufacturing and industry in the United States in 1830.

Florida did not become a U.S. State until 1845, so is shown as a “territory” on the 1830 census with a population of 34,730 persons (19,229 free whites and 15,501 slaves).

There was no differentiation as to where in Jackson County the population was living. In addition, Native Americans were not counted. The 1830 census of Jackson County, Florida captured the following data:

FREE WHITE PERSONS
Heads of Families	386 Heads of Families listed
	Males	Females
Under 5 years of age.	231	200
Of five and under ten.	141	137
Of ten and under fifteen.	106	94
Of fifteen and under twenty.	85	115
Of twenty and under thirty.	326	151
Of thirty and under forty.	161	79
Of forty and under fifty.	72	47
Of fifty and under sixty.	44	18
Of sixty and under seventy.	16	7
Of seventy and under eighty.	4	4
Of eighty and under ninety.	0	1
Of ninety and under one hundred,	0	1
Of one hundred and upwards.	0	0
SUBTOTAL	1186	854

SLAVES	Males	Females
Under ten years of age.	304	291
Of ten and under twenty-four.	327	313
Of twenty-four and under thirty-six.	204	177
Of thirty-six and under fifty-five.	112	94
Of fifty-five and under one hundred.	21	11
Of one hundred and upwards.	0	0
SUBTOTAL	968	886

FREE COLORED PERSONS	Males	Females
Under ten years of age.	0	3
Of ten and under twenty-four.	6	1
Of twenty-four and under thirty-six.	2	0
Of thirty-six and under fifty-five.	0	1
Of fifty-five and under one hundred.	0	0
Of one hundred and upwards.	0	0
SUBTOTAL	8	5

PERSONS INCLUDED IN THE FOREGOING:	White	Slaves and Colored
Who are Deaf and Dumb under 14.	1	0
Who are Deaf and Dumb 14 – 25.	0	0
Who are Deaf and Dumb 25 and up.	0	0
Who are blind.	1	3
ALIENS—Foreigners not naturalized.	4	Not collected

TOTALS
White Males	1186
White Females	854
Male Slaves	968
Female Slaves	886
Free Male - Colored	8
Free Female - Colored	5
TOTAL ALL SOULS	3907

1830 Overview of Federal Census of Jackson County