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==Online Federal Censuses==
===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. <br><br>
Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution on 12 Dec 1787. It was included in every federal census.
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
*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]].
 
<br>
 
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
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=== Online Pennsylvania indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Pennsylvania}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
|-
|-
| 1940 N/A
|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=640358&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1910++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1910 ]and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=640358&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1910++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=706187&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1860++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1860&nbsp;]
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1037510&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1930++federal++census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1930]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=641949&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1900++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1900 and Soundex]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=744496&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1850++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1850]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=534334&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1920++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1920&nbsp;and Soundex]  
|{{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=676510&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1880++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 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=745503&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1800++thru++1840++feder%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1800-1840]
|{{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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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=698917&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1870++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1870]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=121535&disp=Census++schedules%2C++1790%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1790]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
 
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
 
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
|-
| 1940 N/A
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1910 T624]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-02.html#pennsylvania Soundex T1274]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1860 M653]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]
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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#pennsylvania 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex T1068]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#pennsylvania 1850 M432]&nbsp;  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]
|-
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#pennsylvania 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-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex M1584]  
|{{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#pennsylvania 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#pennsylvania Soundex T769]  
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]  
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800 1800 M32]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA]
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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| &nbsp;
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#pennsylvania 1870 M593]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1790 1790 M637&nbsp;]
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
===Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania===
 
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 Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania 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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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" align="center" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="4" align="center" | '''Free'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" align="center" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" width="10%" align="center" | '''Type'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''PA&nbsp;Historical &amp; Museum Commission'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1927'''
| Agricultural
| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/census_manuscripts/2959 Link]
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| '''1890'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| width="20%" | Veterans
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
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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]
|-
|-
| '''1880'''
|1890
| Agricultural
|Veterans
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|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry]  
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| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2958&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2606&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]  
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|-
|-
| '''1880'''
|1880
| width="20%" | Mortality
|Agricultural
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|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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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]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
|1880
| Mortality  
|Mortality
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|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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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]
|-
|-
| '''1860'''
|1870
| Mortality
|Social Statistics
| align="center" | -
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1870
| Agricultural
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2957&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2604&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1860
| Mortality
|Social Statistics
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
| '''1840'''
|1860
| Pensioners
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|}
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
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|-
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Union Veterans and Widows, 1890]
|1850
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=91109&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1860]
|Social Statistics
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589398&disp=Nonpopulation++census++schedules++for++P%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Agricultural Schedule, 1850-1880]
|1850
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=92658&disp=Schedule++5%3A++Products++of++industry++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Schedule 5: Products of industry in PA, 1860]
|Agricultural
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589445&disp=Nonpopulation++census++schedules++for++P%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Manufacturers Schedule, 1850-1880]
|1850
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=92650&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1870]
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589409&disp=Nonpopulation++census++schedules++for++P%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Social Statistics Schedule, 1850-1880]
|1840
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=92668&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1880]
|Pensioners
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=91128&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1850]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=116182&disp=Indian++census++rolls%2C++Carlisle++Scho%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911]
|}
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<br>
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
 
*[[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Pennsylvania]]
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State and colonial censuses  ===
 
*'''1857''' Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.</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), 54.</ref>
*'''1671''' Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.<ref>Peter Stebbins Craig, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43441025 1671 Census of the Delaware]'' (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].</ref>
 
=== Existing and lost censuses ===
 
For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania censuses, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
 
=== Why use a census?  ===
 
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.


=== More about 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 [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>


[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
Pennsylvania never took a state census.


:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
== Other Census Images ==
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
*{{FSC|116182|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911}}
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


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


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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.

Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution on 12 Dec 1787. It was included in every federal census.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links
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Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania

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

Year Type of Census Links
1890 Veterans at Ancestry
1880 Agricultural at Ancestry
1880 Mortality at Ancestry
1870 Social Statistics at Ancestry
1870 Mortality at Ancestry
1860 Social Statistics at Ancestry
1860 Mortality at Ancestry
1850 Social Statistics at Ancestry
1850 Agricultural at Ancestry
1850 Mortality at Ancestry
1840 Pensioners at Ancestry

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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.

Pennsylvania never took a state census.

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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

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