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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.

Arizona was a part of Mexico until the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, when it was given to the United States as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Therefore, Arizona was not included in census prior to 1850. Additionally, until 1862, Arizona was part of the New Mexico territory.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links

1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910
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1920	1930	1940	1950	1960
FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com NARA	Release Date April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for Arizona

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

Year	Type of Census	Links
1870	Mortality	Ancestry — index and images
1880	Mortality	Ancestry — index and images

Existing and Lost Censuses

• 1890 Census was lost for Arizona.
• List of existing and lost federal censuses for Arizona

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
1864	Territorial, names of household members	Ancestry ($) — index and images Ancestry ($) — index
1866	Territorial, head of household	Ancestry ($) — index and images
1867, head of household	Territorial	Ancestry ($) — index and images
1869, head of household	Territorial	Ancestry ($) — index and images
1874, head of household	Territorial	Ancestry ($) — index and images
1876	Territorial, head of household	Ancestry ($) — index and images
1882	Territorial, household members	Ancestry ($) — index and images

Other Census Images

Indian Census Rolls

United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940	Census for Kaibab Paiute Indians at the Kaibab Paiute Reserveration, Moccansin, Ariziona, 1910-1911 and Moapa River Reservation, Nevada
Census for Navajo in Leupp Agency and school in Leupp, Arizona 1915-1929	Census, birth and death records, 1932-1937
Indian census roll, Hualapai Agency, Hackberry, Arizona, 1896-1898	Indian census rolls, Camp McDowell, 1905-1909 and 1911-1912
Indian census rolls, Camp Verde, 1915-1927	Indian census rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
Indian census rolls, Fort Apache, 1898-1939	Indian census rolls, Fort Mojave, 1892-1915
Indian census rolls, Fort Yuma, 1905-1935	Indian census rolls, Havasupai, 1905-1933
Indian census rolls, Hopi Reservation, 1924-1939
1944 U.S., Native American, Census of the Ute Tribe, 1944 Ancestry - index ($)

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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