USGenWeb Free Census Project, Notices, Key to 1880 Census Columns
| Key to 1880 Census Columns: | |
| Abbreviation | Description |
| LINE | Line Number |
| STREET | Name of Street |
| HOUSE | House Number |
| HN | Houses numbered in order of visitation |
| FN | Families numbered in order of visitation |
| Firstname | First Name |
| Lastname | Last Name |
| C | Color - White, W, Black B, Mulatto, Mo, Chinese, C |
| S | Sex - Males (M.). Females (F.) |
| Age | at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880. If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus: 3/12 |
| MO | If born within the Census year, give the month. |
| RELATION | Relationship of each person to the head of this family - whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other. |
| S | Single |
| M | Married |
| W | Widowed, or Divorced, D |
| Y | Married during Census Year |
| OCCUPATION | Occupation or Trade of each person. |
| DIS | Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year. |
| HEALTH | Is the person (on the day of the Enumerator's visit) sick or temporarily disabled such as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability? |
| B | Blind |
| D | Deaf and Dumb |
| I | Idiotic |
| N | Insane |
| M | Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden or otherwise disabled |
| S | Attended school within this Census year |
| R | Cannot read |
| W | Cannot write |
| BIRTHPLACE | Place of Birth of this person naming State or Territory of United States or Country, if of foreign birth. |
| FATHER | Place of Birth of the Father of this person naming State or Territory of United States or Country, if of foreign birth. |
| MOTHER | Place of Birth of Mother of this person naming State or Territory of United States or Country, if of foreign birth. |
| Remarks | Transcriber's Remarks |
