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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[North Dakota|North Dakota]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[North_Dakota_Census|Census]]''
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*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].
 
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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[North Dakota Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
==Online Federal Censuses==
 
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=== Online North Dakota indexes and images  ===
===Population Schedules===
Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. [[United States Census|'''Click here for more information''']] about federal census records.


{{Census Online North Dakota}}
North Dakota was admitted as a State on 2 November 1889. It was formed from Dakota Territory, which was formed in 1861.


=== Federal population schedules  ===
In 1850 census coverage of present-day North Dakota was limited to a few settlements in what was then Minnesota Territory. In 1860, some forts and settlements in the present State were enumerated in Nebraska Territory as well as in Dakota, which was not yet organized. No determination has been made to assign the 1860 Dakota total of 4,837 to what became the two separate States. Census coverage first included the whole State in 1890.<ref>World Population Review, "North Dakota Boundary, Census, and Statehood History" in ''North Dakota Population 2021'', https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/north-dakota-population#:~:text=North%20Dakota%20Boundary%2C%20Census%2C%20and%20Statehood%20History, accessed 3 November 2021.</ref>


==== Microfilm images  ====
The 1870 and 1880 populations consist of the totals of those counties of Dakota Territory located wholly or primarily in what is now North Dakota, plus (in 1870) an estimated portion of the Territory's unorganized part. The 1890 total includes the population (4,206) of the entire Standing Rock Indian Reservation, much of which was in South Dakota.<ref>Ibid.</ref>


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======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
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| 1940 N/A
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=639617&disp=North++Dakota%2C++1910++federal++census+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1910]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=698889&disp=Dakota++Territory%2C++1870++federal++cen%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1870&nbsp;]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1037496&disp=North++Dakota%2C++1930++federal++census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1930]  
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=640054&disp=North++Dakota%2C++1900++federal++census+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1900 and Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=704550&disp=Dakota%2C++1860++federal++census++%3A++p%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1860]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=553840&disp=North++Dakota%2C++1920++federal++census+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1920&nbsp;and Soundex]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=670376&disp=Dakota%2C++1880++federal++census++%3A++s%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 and Soundex]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
 
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:8.3%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
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| 1940 N/A
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-04.html#north-dakota 1910 T624]&nbsp;  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#dakota 1870 M593]
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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#north-dakota 1900 T623&nbsp;]and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-05.html#north-dakota Soundex T1064]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#dakota 1860 M653]
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#north-dakota 1920 T625]&nbsp;<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282155234914_935" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282155234914_56" />and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-04.html#north-dakota Soundex M1580]  
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#dakota 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#dakota Soundex T740]  
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
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|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA]
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
===Non-Population Schedules for North Dakota===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of North Dakota, [[North Dakota Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
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=== Federal non-population schedules ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
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|1860
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|Mortality
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|1870
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|Mortality
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|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry.com $]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
|1880
| width="20%" | Veterans
|Mortality
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|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry.com $]  
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1885'''
|1870
| width="20%" | Mortality
|Agriculture
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|[https://history.sd.gov/archives/data/1870census/1870%20Agricultural%20Census.pdf South Dakota State Historical Society]. A transcribed pdf of the Dakota Territory Agriculture Census.
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1870'''
| Mortality
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| align="center" | '''Lost'''
| align="center" | '''Lost'''
| align="center" | '''Lost'''
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| '''1860'''
| Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1850'''
| Mortality<ref>For deceased former residents in what is now North Dakota see the Pembina County, Minnesota Territory 1850 census mortality schedules.</ref>
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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==== Microfilm images  ====
*'''1933''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20273/oklahoma-unemployed-relief-census-1933?s=275764761 Oklahoma, Unemployed Relief Census, 1933] at MyHeritage — index($)


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===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*[[North Dakota Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for North Dakota]]
 
==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit [https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/other_resources/state_censuses.html United States Census Bureau].<br><br>
Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the [[United States Census Territorial|US Territorial Census page]].<br><br>
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|1857
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=265799&disp=Lists++of++males++over++18++years++of++a%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Males over 18 years of age, 1889]
|Territorial (then part of the Minnesota territory)
|{{RecordSearch|1503055|FamilySearch}} - index & images <br> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1058&path=1857 Ancestry.com ($)] - index & images
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=530441&disp=The++French%2DCanadian++families++of++th%20%20&columns=*,0,0 French Canadians, 1900]  
|1885
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=737664&disp=Indian++census++rolls%2C++Devils++Lake++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Indian&nbsp;rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905]
|Territorial
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1078/ Ancestry.com ($)] - index & images <br> [https://library.ndsu.edu/db/census/ North Dakota State University Archives] - index <br>[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20307/north-dakota-territorial-census-1885?s=275764761 MyHeritage ($)]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1000531&disp=Turtle++Mountain++Chippewa%2C++Roulete%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Roulete, ND, 1900]
|1915
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=266372&disp=Census++records%2C++1876%2D1939++%5BStan%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Standing Rock Agency census, 1876-1939]
|State
|{{RecordSearch|2346284|FamilySearch}} - index & images <br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1078/ Ancestry.com ($)] - index & images
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|1925
|State
| {{RecordSearch|2351024|FamilySearch}} - index & images <br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1078/ Ancestry.com ($)] - index & images
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=551764&disp=1890++North++Dakota++special++census++en%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Civil War Union veterans and widows, 1890]
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
== Microfilm Images ==
 
===Indian Census Rolls of North Dakota===
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of North Dakota, [[North Dakota Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
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=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
 
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| align="center" bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" | '''North Dakota (Dakota Territory 1860-1900) state, territorial, or colonial censuses'''<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 90.</ref><ref>Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 51-52, 71.</ref>
| {{FSC|746219|title-id|disp=Indian rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939}}
| {{FSC|746664|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Ft. Berthold, 1889-1939}}
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| align="left" width="10%" | '''1925'''
| {{FSC|279582|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939}}
| align="left" | Exist
| {{FSC|265799|title-id|disp=Males over 18 years of age, 1889}}
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1915'''
| {{FSC|737664|title-id|disp=Indian rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905}}
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Exist
| {{FSC|266372|title-id|disp=Standing Rock Agency census, 1876-1939}}
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| align="left" | '''1885'''
| {{FSC|1000531|title-id|disp=Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Roulete, ND, 1900}}
| align="left" | Exist
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1857'''
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Exists as part of a special federal census of '''Minnesota Territory'''<ref>In 1857 the white residents in what is now Pembina, North Dakota were enumerated as part of a special federal census in what was then Pembina County, Minnesota Territory. See William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16509993 Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), pages 172, and 259.</ref>
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=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
==Why Use the Census?==
 
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:
For a list of available and missing North Dakota censuses, [[North Dakota Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
 
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
=== Why use a census? ===
*Sex
 
*Age
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.
*Color
 
*Nativity
=== More about censuses  ===
*Place of birth of this person
 
*Place of birth of Father of this person
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
 
*Period of Residence
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
*Regular occupation
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
*Military service
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


=== Sources and footnotes  ===
== References ==


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Online Federal Censuses

Population Schedules

Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. Click here for more information about federal census records.

North Dakota was admitted as a State on 2 November 1889. It was formed from Dakota Territory, which was formed in 1861.

In 1850 census coverage of present-day North Dakota was limited to a few settlements in what was then Minnesota Territory. In 1860, some forts and settlements in the present State were enumerated in Nebraska Territory as well as in Dakota, which was not yet organized. No determination has been made to assign the 1860 Dakota total of 4,837 to what became the two separate States. Census coverage first included the whole State in 1890.[1]

The 1870 and 1880 populations consist of the totals of those counties of Dakota Territory located wholly or primarily in what is now North Dakota, plus (in 1870) an estimated portion of the Territory's unorganized part. The 1890 total includes the population (4,206) of the entire Standing Rock Indian Reservation, much of which was in South Dakota.[2]

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
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Ancestry.com 		FamilySearch
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Ancestry.com
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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NARA 		Release Date
April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for North Dakota

Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.

Year Type of Census Links
1860 Mortality Ancestry.com $
1870 Mortality Ancestry.com $
1880 Mortality Ancestry.com $
1870 Agriculture South Dakota State Historical Society. A transcribed pdf of the Dakota Territory Agriculture Census.

Existing and Lost Censuses

Online State and Territorial Censuses

State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit United States Census Bureau.

Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the US Territorial Census page.

Year Type of Census Links
1857 Territorial (then part of the Minnesota territory) FamilySearch - index & images
Ancestry.com ($) - index & images
1885 Territorial Ancestry.com ($) - index & images
North Dakota State University Archives - index
MyHeritage ($)
1915 State FamilySearch - index & images
Ancestry.com ($) - index & images
1925 State FamilySearch - index & images
Ancestry.com ($) - index & images

Microfilm Images

Indian Census Rolls of North Dakota

Indian rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 Indian census rolls, Ft. Berthold, 1889-1939
Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939 Males over 18 years of age, 1889
Indian rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905 Standing Rock Agency census, 1876-1939
Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Roulete, ND, 1900

Why Use the Census?

State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:

  • Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
  • Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Color
  • Nativity
  • Place of birth of this person
  • Place of birth of Father of this person
  • Place of birth of Mother of this person
  • Period of Residence
  • How long a resident of this State (years and months)
  • How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
  • Regular occupation
  • Military service

References

  1. ↑ World Population Review, "North Dakota Boundary, Census, and Statehood History" in North Dakota Population 2021, https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/north-dakota-population#:~:text=North%20Dakota%20Boundary%2C%20Census%2C%20and%20Statehood%20History, accessed 3 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Ibid.
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