The Census Bureau instructed enumerators to record the names of every person in the household. Tallies included the following categories in the census: name; age at last birthday (if a child was under one year of age, months of age were to be stated as fractions, such as 1/12); sex; color; profession, occupation, or trade of every male and female; value of real estate; place of birth; whether mother and father were of foreign birth; whether born or married within the year and the month; those who could not read; those who could not write; whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, or “idiotic.” No relationships were shown between members of a household.

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