This is the 1790 US Census of what is now the whole of western New York. In 1790 the area was very sparce while towns in Ohio and Michigan were more densely populated.
In 1790, the Town of Canandaigua represented the area now occupied by the present Ontario County. The Town of Erwin is what today would be Steuben County. The Town of Jerusalem was mostly a religious community in and around present day Town of Jerusalem, Yates County. The rest of the area of western NY, in 1790, was called the Town of Genesee.
The column labeled "Inhabitants" contains a series of five numbers which are the number of people in each of these five catagories:
| Town | Head of Household | Inhabitants |
|---|---|---|
| Canandaigua | Addams, John | 7 0 1 0 0 |
| Allen, Reuben | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Barden, Thomas | 1 0 0 0 0 | |
| Barlow, Abner | 2 2 4 0 0 | |
| Barns, John | 1 0 2 0 0 | |
| Bates, Phineas | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Benton, David | 2 2 1 0 0 | |
| Boughton, Gerard | 5 2 2 0 0 | |
| Boughton, Seymour | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Brainard, Daniel | 1 2 1 0 0 | |
| Briggs, Francis | 1 2 2 0 0 | |
| Brocklebank, James | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Camstock, Nathan | 3 1 0 0 0 | |
| Comstock, Daniel | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Castle, Lemuel | 1 0 0 0 0 | |
| Chapin, Genl. Israel | 9 0 1 0 0 | |
| Chapin, Israel, Junr | 1 0 0 1 0 | |
| Chapin, Oliver | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Clark, John | 4 0 0 0 0 | |
| Colt, Judah, Esqr. | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Day, ----- | 1 1 0 0 0 | |
| Dudley, Martin | 3 1 3 0 0 | |
| Fellows, Genl. John | 7 0 1 0 0 | |
| Fellows, John | 10 0 1 0 0 | |
| Fish, James D. | 3 2 2 0 0 | |
| Fisher, Nathaniel | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Forsyth, Easther | 2 3 2 0 0 | |
| Freeman, John | 2 1 0 0 0 | |
| Gates, Daniel | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Goodwin, James | 2 0 1 0 0 | |
| Goodwin, William | 2 4 1 0 0 | |
| Gorham, Nathaniel, Jr, Esqr. | 5 0 0 0 0 | |
| Granger, Pierce | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Hall, William | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Harrington, Joshua | 1 2 3 0 0 | |
| Harrington, Nathan | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Hathaway, Issak | 3 2 1 0 0 | |
| Herard, Webb | 4 1 3 0 0 | |
| Holcomb, Seth | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Hubble, Matthew | 2 0 4 0 0 | |
| Kilbourn, Joseph | 3 1 6 0 0 | |
| Lapum, Abraham | 6 0 0 0 0 | |
| Latty, James | 4 3 4 0 0 | |
| McCumber, John | 1 2 3 0 0 | |
| Norton, Nathaniel | 7 0 0 0 0 | |
| Norton, Zebulon | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Okes, ----- | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Pane, John | 1 2 2 0 0 | |
| Phelps, Ezza | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Pierce, Michael | 1 3 1 0 0 | |
| Pierce, Phineas | 2 1 2 0 0 | |
| Platt, ----- | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Potter, Arnold | 13 1 0 0 0 | |
| Reed, Israel | 2 1 2 0 0 | |
| Reed, Seth, Esq | 12 3 3 0 0 | |
| Rice, ----- | 5 0 0 0 0 | |
| Rice, Aaron | 4 0 0 0 0 | |
| Rice, Ephraim | 6 1 2 0 0 | |
| Rice, Lot | 2 2 3 0 0 | |
| Robinson, John D. | 2 3 4 0 0 | |
| Rogers, Michael | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Russel, John | 7 0 2 0 0 | |
| Sage, Allen | 2 3 5 0 0 | |
| Sanbourne, Nathaniel | 10 0 4 0 0 | |
| Smith, David | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Smith, Elijah | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Smith, Harry | 3 1 2 0 0 | |
| Smith, Jacob | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Smith, Jereme | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Smith, Joseph | 5 0 3 0 1 | |
| Smith, Thomas | 2 3 2 0 0 | |
| Spencer, Aaron | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Stevens, Phineas | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Sweet, ----- | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Sweets, ----- | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Taylor, Elijah | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Tibbet, Benjamin | 1 0 2 0 0 | |
| Tuttle, Benjamin | 2 1 4 0 0 | |
| Walker, Caleb | 6 0 1 0 0 | |
| Warner, Solomon | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Warren, Thomas | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Wells, Benjamin | 3 1 3 0 0 | |
| Wheeton, Samuel | 6 0 4 0 0 | |
| Whitcomb, John | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| White, ----- | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Whitney, Jonathan | 5 0 1 0 0 | |
| Wilder, Ephraim | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Wilder, Gamaliel | 9 0 2 0 0 | |
| Erwin | Auar, William | 1 0 1 0 0 |
| Baker, William | 2 1 1 0 0 | |
| Bennett, Andrew | 1 1 2 0 0 | |
| Bennett, Solomon | 3 2 3 0 0 | |
| Calkins, Frederick | 2 0 1 0 0 | |
| Crosby, Richard | 3 0 3 0 0 | |
| Curph, Henry | 2 2 5 0 0 | |
| Daniels, ----- | 1 0 1 0 0 | |
| Eaton, Benjamin | 1 0 0 0 0 | |
| Erwin, Arthur | 2 2 0 0 0 | |
| Goodhue, George | 3 1 2 0 0 | |
| Gordon, Peter | 1 0 1 0 0 | |
| Headly, James | 1 1 2 0 0 | |
| Henshaw, William | 1 1 7 0 0 | |
| Jameson, James | 1 0 0 0 0 | |
| Lampher, Abel | 1 2 3 0 0 | |
| Lindley, Eleazer, Esqr. | 3 0 5 0 6 | |
| Lindley, Eleazer, Jr. | 1 0 2 0 0 | |
| Lindley, Samuel | 1 2 1 0 0 | |
| McCormick, Henry | 3 4 3 0 0 | |
| Mead, Eli, Esqr. | 1 0 3 0 0 | |
| Mumpford, Ezekial | 1 3 2 0 1 | |
| Patterson, Ephraim | 4 1 5 0 0 | |
| Patterson, Ichabod | 1 2 1 0 0 | |
| Rowley, Ezra | 5 0 1 0 0 | |
| Sealy, John | 1 2 1 0 0 | |
| Stevens, Jedediah | 2 2 4 0 0 | |
| Stevens, John | 1 1 2 0 0 | |
| Stevens, Uriah | 2 3 1 0 0 | |
| Stevens, Uriah, Junr. | 1 1 3 0 0 | |
| Youngs, Martin | 3 2 3 0 0 | |
| Genesee | Alger, John | 2 0 0 0 0 |
| Allen, Ebenezer | 2 1 1 3 0 | |
| Allen, Timothy | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Bailey, David | 1 4 4 0 0 | |
| Ball, Jonathan | 4 0 0 0 0 | |
| Bates, Phinehas | 1 0 3 0 0 | |
| Berry, Gilbert R. | 2 0 3 0 0 | |
| Brown, Henry | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Burchel, Asa | 1 2 1 0 0 | |
| Carney, Hill | 3 0 2 0 0 | |
| Chapman, Nathan | 1 3 4 0 0 | |
| Cleland, Thomas | 1 0 1 0 0 | |
| Davis, David | 5 0 0 0 0 | |
| Davison, ----- | 1 2 1 0 0 | |
| De Shays, Morgan | 2 0 3 0 0 | |
| De Shays, William | 1 1 2 0 0 | |
| Devons, Abraham | 3 2 2 0 0 | |
| Dugan, Chrystopher | 1 0 1 1 0 | |
| Dunn, Allexander | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Ewing, William | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Farr, Josial | 1 2 5 0 0 | |
| Forsyth, Calep | 1 2 3 0 0 | |
| Fowler, Nathan | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Furbanks, Nahum | 1 2 3 0 0 | |
| Ganson, John | 2 3 3 0 0 | |
| Gardner, Benjamin | 3 1 5 0 0 | |
| Gardner, Peregrine | 2 1 1 0 0 | |
| Giminson, Josiah | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Gregory, Jeremiah | 1 1 1 0 0 | |
| Hall, Amos | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Harp, Edward | 1 1 3 0 0 | |
| Havens, Darling | 2 3 3 0 0 | |
| Hoovey, Solomon | 1 2 0 0 0 | |
| Hyde, Chancey | 5 0 0 0 0 | |
| Jones, Horatia | 2 2 3 0 0 | |
| Lusk, John | 1 6 2 0 0 | |
| Marcum, William | 6 0 1 0 0 | |
| Miles, Abner | 3 1 6 0 0 | |
| Miller, Samuel | 1 2 0 0 0 | |
| Miller, Nicholas | 1 0 1 0 0 | |
| Minor, John | 2 0 3 0 0 | |
| Moore, William | 1 3 2 0 0 | |
| Morgan, Elijah | 2 2 2 0 0 | |
| Morgan, John | 6 0 2 0 0 | |
| Morgan, Joseph | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Niele, ----- | 1 3 1 0 0 | |
| Noble, Enoch | 1 1 2 0 0 | |
| Nye, Sylas | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Phillips, Jacob | 1 1 1 0 0 | |
| Phillips, Nicholas | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Pitts, Gordon | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Rice, William | 1 4 5 0 0 | |
| Robbs, David | 2 0 0 0 0 | |
| Rosegrantz, Nicholas | 1 1 0 0 1 | |
| Ross, Daniel | 1 0 1 0 0 | |
| Schoonover, Jacob | 1 2 4 0 0 | |
| Sears, Jasper P. | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Shafer, Peter | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Skinner, Joseph | 3 2 2 0 0 | |
| Smith, Gershom | 1 3 4 0 0 | |
| Stone, Israel | 1 1 2 0 0 | |
| Stone, Simon | 1 1 1 0 0 | |
| Thayer, Sylvanus | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Utley, Asa | 1 3 4 0 0 | |
| Wadsworth, William | 7 0 0 0 0 | |
| Walker, Jacob | 2 0 2 0 0 | |
| Webber, William | 1 3 6 0 0 | |
| Wilsey, Abel | 3 0 1 0 0 | |
| Windship, Philemon | 2 0 1 0 0 | |
| Jerusalem | Benton, Levi | 6 3 5 0 0 |
| Briggs, Elizabeth | 0 0 2 0 0 | |
| Briggs, John | 3 1 0 0 0 | |
| Briggs, Peleg | 1 0 4 0 0 | |
| Briggs, Peleg, Junr. | 1 2 2 0 0 | |
| Brown, Daniel, Junr. | 2 2 2 0 0 | |
| Dayton, Abraham | 3 1 4 0 0 | |
| Hathaway, Richard | 4 1 4 0 0 | |
| Hough, Zephaniah | 1 2 6 0 0 | |
| Hunt, Addam | 3 0 0 0 0 | |
| Lawrence, John | 1 2 3 0 0 | |
| Nichols, Isaac | 2 4 1 0 0 | |
| Sherman, Thomas | 2 2 2 0 0 | |
| Spencer, Truman | 3 0 3 0 0 | |
| Taylor, Samuel | 3 1 1 0 0 | |
| Townsend, Hezekiah | 2 1 1 0 0 |
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