Some Free Online Census Records and Indexes - USA

Free United States Census Records and Indexes

• FamilySearch Census Databases...
  • 1850, 1860 (99% complete), 1870 (99% complete), 1880, 1900 US Census Records from FamilySearch Record Search (includes images, except 1880) FamilySearch Record Search is a pilot program so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime; also includes a not-yet-complete 1920 Census database, and other records

• 1880 Census...
  • 1880 Census Index & Digitized Images at Ancestry
    index is free with free registration - viewing digitized images from the microfilm requires payment
  • 1880 US Census Index Online at FamilySearch.org

• 1790 Census...
  • Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790
    these are very large downloadable files for each state

Free Census Records for Individual States and Territories

• Colorado
  • Colorado 1870 Census Index

• Dakota Territory ("Unorganized Dakota")
  • Dakota Territory 1860 Census Index

• Idaho
  • Idaho Reconstructed 1890 Census downloadable Excel files

• 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 Index & Images

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

• Nevada
  • Nevada Online Census Database for the 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 censuses

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

• 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

• 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