Supervisor's District and Enumeration District

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Supervisor's District and Enumeration District

Legg inn av nutty » 04 apr 2005 14:51:03

Who knows this answer? I am wondering what the supervisor's district means
in the 1880 census, for instance. I have two possibilities living in
Philadelphia in 1880. They both lived in Supervisor's District 1. One
lived in ED 383 and one in 516, both in SD 1. How large was an ED? Did
they set up a certain number of the population for each one? I guess what I
am getting around to is this. Would a person living in 383 be close in
distance to a person living in 516 if they both were in Supervisor's
District 1?

Thanks,
Nutty

singhals

Re: Supervisor's District and Enumeration District

Legg inn av singhals » 04 apr 2005 15:18:25

nutty wrote:

Who knows this answer? I am wondering what the supervisor's district means
in the 1880 census, for instance. I have two possibilities living in
Philadelphia in 1880. They both lived in Supervisor's District 1. One
lived in ED 383 and one in 516, both in SD 1. How large was an ED? Did
they set up a certain number of the population for each one? I guess what I
am getting around to is this. Would a person living in 383 be close in
distance to a person living in 516 if they both were in Supervisor's
District 1?

Thanks,
Nutty




If the two EDs were side-by-side and Person A lived on the South side of
the street used as a dividing line and Person B lived on the North side
of the street, yes they could be close together.

An ED is comprised of as many homes as an enumerator could
_reasonably_ be expected to visit in the time-span allotted for the
census. The SD and ED are Census-Bureau-assigned. The mechanics would
be spelt out in the enabling legislation and in the preliminary planning
papers, presumably on-file at the (US) National Archives.

Cheryl

nutty

Re: Supervisor's District and Enumeration District

Legg inn av nutty » 04 apr 2005 15:40:46

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nutty wrote:

Who knows this answer? I am wondering what the supervisor's district
means
in the 1880 census, for instance. I have two possibilities living in
Philadelphia in 1880. They both lived in Supervisor's District 1. One
lived in ED 383 and one in 516, both in SD 1. How large was an ED? Did
they set up a certain number of the population for each one? I guess
what I
am getting around to is this. Would a person living in 383 be close in
distance to a person living in 516 if they both were in Supervisor's
District 1?

Thanks,
Nutty




If the two EDs were side-by-side and Person A lived on the South side of
the street used as a dividing line and Person B lived on the North side
of the street, yes they could be close together.

An ED is comprised of as many homes as an enumerator could
_reasonably_ be expected to visit in the time-span allotted for the
census. The SD and ED are Census-Bureau-assigned. The mechanics would
be spelt out in the enabling legislation and in the preliminary planning
papers, presumably on-file at the (US) National Archives.

Cheryl

Thanks Cheryl. I don't know what the Supervisor's district did however. I

am assuming there were less of them that were in EDs? Perhaps just the fact
that they lived in the same SD and had similar occupations could be a good
clue but not conclusive.
Nutty

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