Free Online Census Records and Indexes - USA

Free United States Census Records and Indexes on the Internet

• Free 1940 Census Records...
  • 1940 Census Records at Ancestry.com free with free registration; includes indexes and digitized images for all states and territories
  • 1940 Census Images at the National Archives free; not indexed

• FamilySearch Census Databases...
  • US Census Records from FamilySearch 1790-1940 includes census images (access to some images may require payment); may not be complete for all years

• 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 & 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

• Colorado
  • Colorado 1870 Census Index

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

• 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 Index & Images

• 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

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

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

• New York
  • Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York includes some early census returns

• 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

• Virginia
  • Virginia: 1790 & 1800 County Tax List Censuses Reconstructed 1790 and 1800 Federal Censuses using Tax List Microfilm Images with Every Name Indexes (ongoing project)

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