Censuses Californie
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CALIFORNIA


Censuses Index


1. Alameda
2. Alpine
3. Amador
4. Butte
5. Calaveras
6. Colusa
7. Contra Costa
8. Del Norte
9. El Dorado
10. Fresno
11. Glenn
12. Humboldt
13. Imperial
14. Inyo
15. Kern
16. Kings
17. Lake
18. Lassen
19. Los Angeles
20. Madera
21. Marin
22. Mariposa
23. Mendocino
24. Merced
25. Modoc
26. Mono
27. Monterey
28. Napa
29. Nevada
30. Orange
31. Placer
32. Plumas
33. Riverside
34. Sacramento
35. San Benito
36. San Bernardino
37. San Diego
38. San Francisco
39. San Joaquin
40. San Luis Obispo
41. San Mateo
42. Santa Barbara
43. Santa Clara
44. Santa Cruz
45. Shasta
46. Sierra
47. Siskiyou
48. Solano
49. Sonoma
50. Stanislaus
51. Sutter
52. Tehama
53. Trinity
54. Tulare
55. Tuolumne
56. Ventura
57. Yolo
58. Yuba
Belgian population       (1850)    (1860)    (1870) 
       
1850 : 16 1860 : 239 1870 : 294
    1. Alameda 7 1. Alameda 4
    3. Amador  7 3. Amador 8
4. Butte 1 4. Butte  4 4. Butte 3
5. Calaveras  7 5. Calaveras  13 5. Calaveras 9
    6. Colusa  2 6. Colusa 2
7. Contra Costa ?   7. Contra Costa   5 7. Contra Costa 3
    8. Del Norte  2 8. Del Norte 1
9. El Dorado  2 9. El Dorado  9 9. El Dorado 6
        10. Fresno 2
        14. Inyo 1
        15. Kern 1
        17. Lake 1
    19. Los Angeles  2 19. Los Angeles 4
    21. Marin 3 21. Marin 2
22. Mariposa 1 22. Mariposa  4 22. Mariposa 9
    23. Mendocino  3 23. Mendocino 2
    27. Monterey  1 27. Monterey 1
    28. Napa  1 28. Napa 5
    29. Nevada  8 29. Nevada 11
    31. Placer 5 31. Placer 7
    34. Sacramento  9 34. Sacramento 9
    37. San Diego  1 37. San Diego 2
38. San Francisco ?   38. San Francisco  74 38. San Francisco 134
39. San Joaquim  1     39. San Joaquin 4
    40. San Louis Obispo 1 40. San Louis Obispo 1
    41. San Mateo  2 41. San Mateo 1
    42. Santa Barbara 1    
43. Santa Clara ?   43. Santa Clara  20 43. Santa Clara 27
    44. Santa Cruz  3 44. Santa Cruz 5
    45. Shasta 3 45. Shasta 1
    46. Sierra  12 46. Sierra 4
    47. Siskiyou  6 47. Siskiyou 1
    48. Solano  5 48. Solano 11
        49. Sonoma 3
51. Sutter  1 51. Sutter  3 51. Sutter 2
53. Trinity 1        
    54. Tulare 4    
55. Tuolumne  2 55. Tuolumne  11 55.  Tuolumne 5
    57. Yolo 1    
    58. Yuba  7 58. Yuba 2

California was  admitted as a State on September 9, 1850 with its present boundaries. 
- 1850 : Although the 1850 census covered the whole State, the 1850 returns are incomplete; those for Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties were lost before reaching Washington, and those for San Francisco County were destroyed by fire.
Source : US census Bureau on line