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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.

Wyoming became the forty-fourth state admitted to the United States on 10 July 1890 and has 23 counties. Wyoming was created form Wyoming Territory and is located in the northwest region of the United States. It was included in the Nebraska Territory in the 1860 census and Wyoming Territory in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links

1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900
Wyoming was not enumerated.	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com
1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960
FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com NARA	Release Date April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for Wyoming

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

Year	Type of Census	Links
1890	Veterans	Ancestry.com ($)
1880	Mortality	Ancestry.com ($)
1870	Mortality	Ancestry.com ($)
1860	Mortality	Ancestry.com ($)
1850	Mortality	Ancestry.com ($)

Existing and Lost Censuses

List of existing and lost federal censuses for Wyoming

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
1925	State; no names given, statistical only.	Contact Wyoming State Archives
1915	State; no names given, statistical only.	HathiTrust - images
1878	City of Cheyenne only; includes names.	Ancestry - index & images ($)
1875	City of Cheyenne only; includes names.	Ancestry - index & images ($)
1869	Territorial; includes names.	Ancestry - index & images ($)
1856	Utah Territorial Census included Green River (Fort Bridger), Wyoming; includes names.	Ancestry ($) - index
1850 (i.e 1851)	Used as the 1850 federal census for Utah, it includes Green River Precinct (Fort Bridger), Wyoming; includes names.	Ancestry ($) - index

Other Census Images

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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 ===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>
-Wyoming became the forty-fourth state admitted to the United States on 10 Jul 1890 and has 23 counties. Wyoming was created form Wyoming Territory and is located in the northwest region of the United States.  Its capital is Cheyenne.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Wyoming" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming (accessed 15 March 2016).</ref> It will not be included in the early United States Censuses.
+Wyoming became the forty-fourth state admitted to the United States on 10 July 1890 and has 23 counties. Wyoming was created form Wyoming Territory and is located in the northwest region of the United States. It was included in the Nebraska Territory in the 1860 census and Wyoming Territory in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.
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