The United States Census of 1850 was the seventh census of the United States. Conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1850, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 Census. The total population included 3,204,313 slaves. 

This was the first census where there was an attempt to collect information about every member of every household, including women, children, and slaves. Prior to 1850, census records had recorded only the name of the head of the household and broad statistical accounting of other household members (three children under age five, one woman between the age of 35 and 40, etc.). It was also the first census to ask about place of birth. 

Hinton Rowan Helper made extensive use of the 1850 census results in his politically notorious book "The Impending Crisis of the South" (1857). 

The 1850 census, Schedule 1, Free Inhabitants, collected the following information: 

Full documentation for the 1850 population census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. 

The 1850 United States Census collected a great amount of data that gave insight into the state of the U.S. economy in 1850. Some of the data revealed the growth of the economy with regards to agricultural and manufactured production, international trade, federal debt, taxation, transportation, education, and land expansion.
Who wrote a book about the 1850 census?
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Did the census that year show anything in regards to the economy?
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In 1840, would they collect the names of wives?
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Hinton Rowan Helper
Hinton Rowan Helper made extensive use of the 1850 census results in his politically notorious book
"The Impending Crisis of the South"
his politically notorious book "The Impending Crisis of the South"
1857
"The Impending Crisis of the South" (1857). 

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is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. 

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 including census forms and enumerator instructions
the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
 is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. 

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a great amount of data that gave insight into the state of the U.S. economy 
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revealed the growth of the economy
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The United States Census of 1850 was the seventh census
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Conducted by the Census Office
June 1, 1850
Conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1850,
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an increase of 35.9 percent 
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an increase of 35.9 percent 
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23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453
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The total population included 3,204,313 slaves. 

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recorded only the name of the head of the household
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recorded only the name of the head of the household
place of birth
 It was also the first census to ask about place of birth