Free United States Census Records and Indexes on the Internet

Free USA Census Records and Indexes

• Free 1950 Census Records...
  • 1950 United States Federal Census at Ancestry - Images and Index free with registration; an index for all states and territories is now available
  • United States 1950 Census at FamilySearch free with registration; index and images; all states and territories have been indexed
  • 1950 Census Records Online from the U.S. National Archives free; index not yet complete

• Free 1940 Census Records...
  • 1940 Census Records and Index at Ancestry.com free with registration
  • 1940 Census Records and Index at FamilySearch free with registration

• FamilySearch Census Databases...
  • U.S. Census Records from FamilySearch, 1790-1950 free with registration

• Census Records at the Internet Archive...
  • United States Census Images at the Internet Archive, 1790-1930 (digitized census images only, no index) includes Indian census images, 1885-1940

• 1880 Census...
  • 1880 Census Index and Digitized Images at Ancestry
    index is free with free registration - viewing digitized images from the microfilm requires payment

Free Census Records for Individual States and Territories

• Idaho
  • Idaho Reconstructed 1890 Census downloadable PDF file

• Maryland
  • Maryland State Archives Census Indexes for 1776, 1778, 1870, 1880

• Michigan
  • 1820 Federal Population Census for the Territory of Michigan
  • 1830 Census of Michigan Territory
  • 1870 Michigan Census

• Missouri
  • Missouri Census Records and Tax Lists includes Territorial Censuses (1752-1818), State Censuses (1840-1876), Census Mortality Schedules, and other items; from the Missouri State Archives

• Montana
  • Montana 1930 Census Index listed by county

• Nebraska
  • 1860 Federal Census of the Nebraska Territory includes a small portion of what is now Colorado

• New Mexico
  • New Mexico 1930 Census Index (not complete)

• North Carolina
  • Colonial and State Records of North Carolina - Indices includes the 1790 census

• Oklahoma Territory
  • 1890 Oklahoma Territory Census Index

• Oregon
  • Oregon 1850 Territorial Census

• Pennsylvania
  • Historic Pittsburgh Census Project has census indexes for the city of Pittsburgh, 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880; and Allegheny City, 1850, 1860 & 1870
  • Philadelphia African American Census, 1847

• Utah
  • Utah Census Index, 1850-1880

• Washington
  • Washington: State of Washington Historical Census Records Search includes an index for the 1910 census, plus many census indexes for individual counties