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Federal Census records have been digitized by several of NARA's partners, and will eventually be available as well through the National Archives Catalog.

 Click on a Census year to start your search.  Tip:  Begin with the most current census year and work backwards to find people in earlier generations. 

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Search the 1940 Census Online

Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, (Microfilm Publication T627, Record Group 29)

Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth Through Sixteenth Censuses of the United States, 1900-1940 (Microfilm Publication A3378, Record Group 29)

Other Resources

Search the 1930s Censuses Online

Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 (Microfilm Publication T626, Record Group 29)

1930 Census of Merchant Seamen (Microfilm Publication M1932, Record Group 41)

Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth Through Sixteenth Censuses of the United States, 1900-1940 (Microfilm Publication A3378, Record Group 29)

Schedules of the 1935 Special Census of Puerto Rico:  The Social and Population Schedules, 1935-1936 (Microfilm Publication M1881, Record Group 29)

Schedules of the 1935 Special Censuses of Puerto Rico:  The Agricultural Schedules, 1935  (Microfilm Publication M1882, Record Group 29)

Other Resources

Search 1920 Census Online

Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, (Microfilm Publication T625, Record Group 29)

Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth Through Sixteenth Censuses of the United States, 1900-1940 (Microfilm Publication A3378, Record Group 29)

Other Resources

 

The 1910 census schedules record the following information for each person:

  • name
  • relationship to head of household
  • sex
  • color or race
  • age at last birthday
  • marital status
  • length of present marriage
  • if a mother, number of children and number of living children
  • place of birth
  • place of birth of parents
  • if foreign born, year of immigration and citizenship status
  • language spoken
  • occupation
  • type of industry employed in
  • if employer, employee, or self-employed
  • if unemployed
  • number of weeks unemployed in 1909
  • ability to read and write
  • if attended daytime school since September 1, 1909
  • if home is rented or owned
  • if home is owned, free, or mortgaged
  • if home is a house or a farm
  • if a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy
  • if blind in both eyes
  • if deaf and dumb
  • The forms used to survey Indians also recorded the tribe and/or band.

 

Search the 1910 Census Online

Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (Microfilm Publication T624, Record Group 29)

Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth Through Sixteenth Censuses of the United States, 1900-1940 (Microfilm Publication A3378, Record Group 29)

Other Resources

Search the 1900 Census Online

Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, (Microfilm Publication T623, Record Group 29)

Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth Through Sixteenth Censuses of the United States, 1900-1940 (Microfilm Publication A3378, Record Group 29)

 Oklahoma, Territorial Census, 1890 and 1907 (Microfilm Publication M814, Record Group 29)

Other Resources

Most of the 1890 population schedules were badly damaged by a fire in the Commerce Department Building in January 1921.  You can learn about which records are available on the microfilm roll lists

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Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890 (Microfilm Publication M407)

1890 Census Fragments

Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Microfilm Publication M123, Record Group 15)

Territorial Census for Oklahoma, 1890 (Microfilm Publication M1811, Record Group 29)

Other Resources

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Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 (Microfilm Publication T9, Record Group 29)

Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885  (Microfilm Publication T655, Record Group 29)

U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes

 

1880 Census Records for City of Pittsburgh

 

Other Resources

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Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, (Microfilm Publication M593, Record Group 29)

Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885  (Microfilm Publication T655, Record Group 29)

 

1870 Census Records for City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  

Other Resources

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Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 (Microfilm Publication M653, Record Group 29)

Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885  (Microfilm Publication T655, Record Group 29)

1860 Census Records for City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  

Other Resources

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Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 (Microfilm Publication M432, Record Group 29)

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 (Slave Schedule)  (Microfilm Publication M432, Record Group 29)

Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1885 (Microfilm Publication T655, Record Group 29)

1850 Census Records for City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  

Other Resources

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Page 1 with former President Andrew Jackson in the 1840 Census.

Search the 1840 Census Online

Sixth Census of the United States, 1840 (Microfilm Publication M704, Record Group 29)

Other 1840 Census Resources

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See former President John Quincy Adams in the 1830 Census.

Search the 1830 Census Online

Fifth Census of the United States, 1830 (Microfilm Publication M19, Record Group 29)

Other 1830 Census Resources

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See former President James Madison in the 1820 Census.

Search the 1820 Census Online

Fourth Census of the United States, 1820 (Microfilm Publication M33, Record Group 29)

Other 1820 Census Resources

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See future President James Monroe in the 1810 Census.

Search the 1810 Census Online

Third Census of the United States, 1810 (Microfilm Publication M252, Record Group 29)

 

1810 Census of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (NAID 205601220) (free)

 

Other 1810 Census Resources

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See President John Adams in the 1800 Census

 Search the 1800 Census Online

Second Census of the United States, 1800 (Microfilm Publication M32, Record Group 29)

Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio  (Microfilm Publication #M1804, Record Group 29) 

Other 1800 Census Resources

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See future President Thomas Jefferson in the 1790 Census.

Search the 1790 Census Online

First Census of the United States, 1790, (Microfilm Publication M637, Record Group 29)

Other 1790 Census Resources 

General

Other Census Resources Online:

Video

Using the U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940, Tricks, Tips & Hidden Gems, by the New England Historic Genealogical Society

Informative Articles

Americans Overseas in U.S. Censuses by Karen M. Mills, U.S. Census Bureau Technical Paper No. 62 (issued November 1993) describes which components of the U.S. population living abroad were enumerated in the 1930 and earlier and later censuses.

Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States, 1850-1990 by Campbell J. Gibson and Emily Lennon, U.S. Census Bureau Population Division Working Paper No. 29 (February 1999)

Index of Questions, by year

Census Instructions by year

Census Image Gallery 

Online Data

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