Greenwood (1 p207) describes, in very small print, a blank 1880 census form. The form begins with the following items
 

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Page No.

Supervisor's District No.

Enumeration District No.
 

Note A. -- The Census year begins June 1, 1879, and ends May 31, 1880.

Note B. -- All person shall be included in the Enumeration who were living on the 1st  day of June, 1880.  No others will.  Children BORN SINCE June 1, 1880 will be OMITTED.  Members of Families who have DIED SINCE June 1, 1880, will be INCLUDED.

Note C. -- Questions Nos. 13, 14, 22 and 23 are not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age.

SCHEDULE 1, -- Inhabitants in ................, in the County of ................., State of ........................... enumerated by me on the ..................  day of June, 1880.

.................................. Enumerator.

The bulk of the form is a table consisting of the following columns.  Some of the columns are grouped together under a common heading.  All of the columns are numbered except for the first two.  Those first two are grouped under the heading "In Cities."
 

 In Cities

Name of street

House number

 
1. Dwelling homes numbered in order of visitation.

2. Families numbered in order of visitation.

3. The Name of each Person whose place of abode on 1st day of June, 1880, was in this family.

 
Personal Description

4. Color -- White, W;  Black, B;  Mulatto, Mu;  Chinese, C;  Indian, I.

5. Sex -- Male, M;  Female, F.

6. Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880.  If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus: 2 / 12.

7. If born within the Census year, give the month.

8. Relationship of each person to the head of this family -- whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other

 
Civil Condition

9. Single, /.

10. Married, /.

11. Widowed, /. Divorced, D.

12. Married during Census year, /.

 
Occupation

13. Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female.

14. Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year.

 
Health

15. Is the person [on the day of the Enumerator's visit] sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business duties?  If so, what is the sickness or disability?

16. Blind, /.

17. Deaf and Dumb, /.

18. Idiotic, /.

19. Insane, /.

20. Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled, /.

 
Education

21. Attended school within the Census year, /.

22. Cannot read, /.

23. Cannot write, /

 
Nativity

24. Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.

25. Place of Birth of FATHER of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.

26. Place of Birth of MOTHER of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.

After the table, there are the following notes at the bottom of the form:

Note D. -- In making entries in columns 9,10,11,12, 16 to 23, an affirmative mark only will be used -- thus /, except in the case of divorced persons, column 11, where the letter D is to be used.

Note E. -- Question No. 12 will only be asked in cases where an affirmative answer has been given either to question 10 or 11.

Note F. -- Question No 14 will only be asked in cases when a gainful occupation has been report in column 13.

Note G. -- In column 7 an abbreviation in the name of the month may be used, as Jan., Apr., Dec.

Notes

1. Val D. Greenwood, The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990).