Does income data exist during the 1840-1900 time period (or any span within in) that is at the micro level? Or was this information never collected in censuses, etc?
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The Census doesn't list it in their list of available economic data (census.gov/ces/dataproducts/demographicdata.html), but they do mention that they have more data that needs to be recovered. Data that's more than 72 years old gets released by NARA, not Census, though : archives.gov/research/census ... I think it's microfilm, though.– JoeCommented Jun 4, 2015 at 0:37
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you can download microdata with estate assets (not income) for 1850, 1860, and 1870 usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/group?id=income– Anthony DamicoCommented Jun 4, 2015 at 5:44
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It doesn't look like a question on income or earnings was asked as part of the Census during this time period: http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/.
