Censuses

US Censuses

1790 to 1930 Census released after 72 years

1940 will be released in April 2012 Different info available each census Blank forms (each census) available

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Censuses – Where to find www.familysearch.org (free)

1850, 1860, 1870, 1900 with images 1880, 1910, 1920, 1930 index only

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Auburn city, Opelika Also by subscription

Monthly, quarterly, yearly Complete US censuses, some states

Includes images

1930 US Census address name; relationship to head of household home owned or rented value or monthly rental radio set whether on a farm sex; race; age marital status, age at first marriage

1930 US Census (con’t) school attendance; literacy birthplace of person and parents if foreign born, language spoken before

coming to US year of immigration whether naturalized, ability to speak

English occupation, industry, and class of worker whether at work (had job) previous day veteran status; number of farm schedule

1920 US Census name relation to head of household whether home owned or rented; if owned,

whether free or mortgaged sex; color or race; age at last birthday marital status year of immigration whether naturalized or

alien (column 14); if naturalized, year of naturalization (column 15) [A or AL = Alien; NA = Naturalized; NR = Not

Reported; PA = First Papers Filed]

1920 US Census (con’t) whether attended school since 1 September 1919 whether able to read; whether able to write birthplace (state, territory or country), and mother

tongue birthplaces (state, territory or country) and mother

tongues of parents whether able to speak English trade, profession or type of work done employed in what industry whether employer, salary or wage worker, or working

on own account number of farm schedule

1910 US Census name relation to head of household sex; color or race; age at last birthday marital status; number years of present marriage number children born (to wife, widow or divorcee) number of those children living birthplace (state, territory or country), if foreign born,

mother tongue birthplaces (state, territory or country) of parents year of immigration for foreign born males 21 years old or older: whether

naturalized or alien; whether able to speak English

1910 US Census (con’t) occupation; employed in what industry whether out of work on 15 April 1910 number of weeks out of work during 1909 whether able to write and write whether able to attend school at any time since 1

September 1909 whether house is owned or rented; a farm or house;

whether it is mortgage free whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or

Navy (column 30 - UA=Survivor - Union Army; UN=Survivor of the Union Navy; CA=Survivor - Confederate Army; CN=Survivor - Confederate Navy)

whether blind, deaf or dumb

1900 US Census name relation to head of household color; sex; month and year of birth, and age marital status; number of years married for married women, number children born; number

living birthplace; father's birth; mother's birth citizenship: year of immigration; number of years in

US; whether still an alien, applied for citizenship, naturalized

occupation (10 and older); months not employed school attendance, literacy, ability to speak English whether residence was farm; whether occupant was

homeowner

1890 US Census

99% destroyed by fire in 1921 Parts of Perry County (Marion) remain

1890 Veterans Schedule remains

1880 US Census name whether white, black, mulatto, Indian or Chinese; sex;

age; month of birth if born within the year relation to head of household occupation and months unemployed name of state, territory or country of birth; father's

birthplace; mother's birthplace school attendance within the year inability to read if aged 10 or older; inability to write if

aged 10 or older whether sick or temporarily disabled on the day of

enumeration and the reason

1870 US Census name age at last birthday sex; color; profession, occupation or trade value of real estate; personal property place of birth (state, territory or country) whether father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth month of birth if born within the year month of marriage if married within the year whether attended school within the year whether can read; write whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane or idiotic whether male citizen, aged 21 years and up; denied

vote

1860 US Census name age; sex; color (white, black or mulatto) occupation of persons over 15 value of real estate; value of personal

estate place of birth (state, territory or country) whether person was married during the

year whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot,

a pauper or a convict

1860 US Census (con’t)

separate slave schedule name of slave owner number of slaves owned number of slaves manumitted (freed) under the slave owner's name a line for

each slave shows: age, color, sex, whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, idiotic or a fugitive from the state; names of slaves were not entered

1850 US Census name of each free person in a household age; sex; color (white, black or mulatto) occupation of males over 15 value of real estate owned place of birth (state, territory or country) whether person attended school, married within year whether the person could read or write if over 20 whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot, a pauper or

a convict separate slave schedules contain the same

information as the 1860 census

1790 to 1840 US Censuses only name the head of each family other household members are grouped

together by age range and gender, but their names are not given

1810 Census is spotty District wide loss for District of Columbia,

Georgia, Indiana Territory, Mississippi Territory, Louisiana Territory (MO), New Jersey and Tennessee

Partial loss for some others 1840 - lists Revolutionary War pensioners

Other US Census Info

Mortality Schedules – 1850 to 1880 Lists those who have died in previous

year, along with cause of death Agricultural Schedules – 1850 to 1880

Not available online

Other Censuses

State Censuses for many states Alabama 1850, 1855, 1866

Not all counties 1866 census– (Civil War ended in 1865)

first one to list African-American Head of Household

lists soldiers killed, died of disease, or disabled

Canada, England, Scotland Others