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BELGIANS IN AMERICA:    American Censuses  1850 / 1860 / 1870


Belgians in the Censuses

Canadian Censuses :
1851/1861/1871

link to the censuses by States 
 Distribution according
to the State of settlement
:
link to the State of settlement

The settlers

The Catholic Missions

States in 1783 :  

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When viewing a State, the Counties limits are the actual ones.
When possible, I'll add a map or a link for the limits in the years of the censuses.

States from 1783 to 1865 

MA.
NH.
CT.
RI.
NY.
PA.
NJ.
DE.
MD.
VA.
NC.
SC.
GA.
 
Massachusetts  
New Hampshire  
Connecticut  
Rhode Island  
New York  
Pennsylvania  
New Jersey  
Delaware  
Maryland  & W.D.C.
Virginia
 
North Carolina  
South Carolina  
Georgia
 
1788
1788
1788
1790
1788
1787
1787
1787
1788
1788
1789
1788
1788
+
+
+
+
***
**
**
-
**
+
+
+
+
TV.
KY.
TN.
OH.
LA.
IN.
MS.
IL.
AL.
ME.
MO.
AR.
MI.
FL.
TX.
IA.
WI.
CA.
MN.
OR.
KS.
WV.
NV.
 
Vermont  
Kentucky  
Tennessee  
Ohio  
Louisiana  
Indiana  
Mississippi  
Illinois  
Alabama  
Maine  
Missouri  
Arkansas  
Michigan  
Florida  
Texas  
Iowa  
Wisconsin  
California  
Minnesota  
Oregon  
Kansas  
West Virginia  
Nevada
 
1791
1792
1796
1803
1812
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1836
1837
1845
1845
1846
1848
1850
1858
1859
1861
1863
1864
 
+
+
+
+
**
*
+
***
+
+
**
+
***
+
+
*
*****
**
*
+
*
+
+

Territories (1865)

WT.
DT.
NT.
UT.
CT.
NM.
IT.
 
Washington T. (+ ID)
Dakota T.( + WY, MT)
Nebraska T. 
Utah T.  
Colorado T. 
New Mexico T. (+ AZ)
Indian Territory
 
1889
1889
1867
1896
1876
1912
1907
 
+
-
+
-
+
+
-
Belgian population by State in 1860 :  -  =  0   0   >  50   **  100  ***  >  500        ****  1000    *****  2500 

General distribution of the Belgian settlers in the United States :(click on the image to enlarge)

  1850
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        1860
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        1870
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Legend :
American counties with Belgian settlers in 1850
American counties with Belgian settlers in 1860
American counties with Belgian settlers in 1870
Belgian settlers in unorganized areas

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