New York Census State Censuses

State Censuses

Albany - Clinton

Census Records done by the State of New York
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Albany	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Allegany	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bronx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Broome	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cattaraugus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cayuga	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chautauqua	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chemung	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	FHL
Chenango	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clinton	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Columbia - Greene

Census Records done by the State of New York
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Columbia	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cortland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delaware	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dutchess	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes
Erie	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Essex	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Franklin	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fulton	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Genesee	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greene	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Hamilton - Nassau

Census Records done by the State of New York
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Herkimer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jefferson	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kings	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lewis	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Livingston	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	-	Yes	Yes
Madison	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monroe	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montgomery	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nassau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes

New York (Manhattan) - Putnam

Census Records done by the State of New York
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
New York				FHL	FHL			FHL	FHL	FHL
Niagra				FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Oneida		FHL index		FHL index	FHL index	FHL index			FHL	FHL
Onondaga				FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL
Ontario				FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL		FHL	FHL
Orange	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL			FHL	FHL
Orleans				FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL FamilySearch Ancestry	FHL Ancestry	FHL	FHL
Oswego				FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL
Otesgo	FHL			FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Putnam									FHL	FHL

Queens - Seneca

Census Records done by the State of New York
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Queens							FHL		FHL index	FHL
Rensselaer				FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL		FHL	FHL	FHL
Richmond				FHL	FHL	FHL			FHL	FHL  index
Rockland				FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch Ancestry	FHL	FHL	FHL
Saint Lawrence			FHL		FHL			FHL	FHL	FHL
Saratoga				FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Schenectady		FHL		FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Schoharie	FHL	FHL		FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch Ancestry	FHL  Ancestry	FHL	FHL
Schuyler				FHL	FHL	FHL			FHL	FHL
Seneca								FHL	FHL	FHL

Steuben - Yates

Census Records done by the State of New York
COUNTY	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Steuben	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Suffolk					FHL				FHL	FHL
Sullivan				FHL		FHL			FHL	FHL
Tioga	FHL	FHL		FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Tompkins	FHL	FHL			FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Ulster				FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL		FHL	FHL	FHL
Warren				FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL  Ancestry	FHL Ancestry	FHL	FHL
Washington	FHL	FHL		FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL
Wayne				FHL index	index	index	FHL FamilySearch Ancestry	FHL  Ancestry	FHL	FHL
Westchester								FHL	FHL	FHL
Wyoming						FHL			FHL	FHL
Yates	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL FamilySearch	FHL	FHL	FHL

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New York has a wonderful collection of state census records. They have a 105-year span of population schedules that are available to researchers. Used with the federal census records it is possible to see a family unit about every five years in some towns from 1820 through 1930. For a list of the valuable content of each New York census done by the state from 1825 to 1925, click here.