Pike County, Kentucky 1850 Census Information and Statistics This Census was transcribed by Susan Martucci and proofread by Meg Burrie for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 1999 by Susan Martucci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRANSCRIBER's Notes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Page numbers for this census begin with 434 stamped in the upper right corner. Beginning on page 435, there is a handwritten number on most of the stamped pages. When the number is there, I have included "pg xxx" on the reference line for that page. In the 1850 Census transcription, there are the following statistics: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 899 Family Groups (numbered 1-905) 5267 Individuals 2547 Females (48%) 2715 Males (52%) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age Statistics 37% are <10 years old 25% are 10-19 17% are 20-29 9% are 30-39 5% are 40-49 3% are 50-59 2% are 60-69 1% is 70-79 12 people are 80-89 5 people are 90-100 Oldest individual is 100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birth Places 70% of individuals were born in Kentucky 25% of individuals were born in Virginia 3% of individuals were born in North Carolina The remaining individuals were born in the following places: Canada, Delaware, France, Georgia, Germany, Iowa, Illinois, Ireland, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Scotland, and Tennessee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most common surnames (having 70-150 individuals with the same spelling) were: Ratliff, Justace, Smith, Adkins, Johnson, May, Slone, McCoy, Coleman, Hatfield, Thacker, and Rowe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Occupation Information: The most common occupation was a farmer with 763 individuals. Labourers were another 387 individuals. The county had 18 Carpenters, 12 Blacksmiths, 8 Merchants, 6 School Teachers, 5 Physicians and 4 Baptist Ministers, 3 CB Ministers, and 2 ME Ministers. All remaining occupations had 3 or fewer individuals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~