Texas Census

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For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Texas indexes and images

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1910 and Soundex	1870
1930	1900 and Soundex	1860
1920 and Soundex	1880 and Soundex	1850

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624 and Soundex T1277	1870 M593
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1073	1860 M653
1920 T625 and Soundex M1589	1890 fragments M407 and index M496	1850 M432
	1880 T9 Soundex T773

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Texas, click here

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Texas
		Free	Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card)			Pay
Year	Type	Record Search	Heritage Quest	Ancestry FHL	Ancestry Library	Ancestry Home
1890	Veterans	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Defective	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Slave owner	-	Link^[1]	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Slave owner	Link	Link^[1]	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality	Link	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

Mortality Schedules of Texas (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880)

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Texas, click here.

State, republic, and colonial censuses

Texas state, republic, and colonial censuses^[2]^[3]

Exact Date

Population Schedules

There were no state censues taken after statehood, but several mission/rancho censuses were taken under the Spanish and Mexican governments. SEE BELOW

1858

Austin County.

1841-1849

In Texas Census Records 1841-1849.^[4]

1830-1839

In Texas 1830 - 1839 ^[4]

1820-1829

In Texas 1820 - 1829 ^[4]

1819

La Espada Mission, Norte, San Juan Capistrano Mission, Valero.

1818

Missions of San Francisco de la Espada, San Jose del Aguayo, and San Juan Capistrano.

1817

Missions of San Francisco de la Espada, San Jose, and San Juan Capistrano; and San Fernando de Bexar.

1815

Missions of La Purisima Concepcion, San Francisco de la Espada, San Jose, and San Juan Capistrano.

1811

La Bahia del Espiritu Santo.

1810

La Bahia del Espiritu Santo and San Fernando de Bexar.

1809

Nacogdoches, San Fernando de Bexar, San Juan Capistrano Mission, Villa de San Marcos de Neve, and Villa de Trinidad.

1808

San Antonio Valero.

1807

Orcoquisac and San Carlos de Parras.

1806

Nacogdoches and Valero Mission.

1805

Concepcion Mission, Nacogdoches, and San Jose Mission.

1804

MIssions of Capistrano, Espada, Espiritu Santo, Refugio, Rosario, and Valero; and La Bahia, Nacogdoches, Presidio de Bexar, San Antonio de Bexar, and San Fernando.

1803

Espada Mission, Nacogdoches, Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar, San Antonio de Bexar, and San Fernando.

1799

Conception Mission, Nacogdoches, and San Jose Mission.

1798

Missions of Capistrano, Conception, San Jose, and Valero; and Nacogdoches.

1797

Missions of Capistrano, Espada, San Jose, and Valero; and Nacogdoches, Presidio de San Antonio de Bexar, and San Fernando.

1796

Espada Mission, Nacogdoches, San Fernando de Austria, and Valero Mission.

1795

Missions of Capistrano, Espada, and Valero; and Nacogdoches and San Fernando de Austria.

1794

Missions of Capistrano, Espada, San Jose, and Valero; and Nacogdoches.

1793

Missions of Capistrano, Concepcion, Espada, and San Jose; and Nacogdoches and San Fernando de Austria.

1792

Missions of Capistrano, Concepcion, Espada, San Jose, and Valero; and Nacogdoches and San Fernando de Austria.

1790

Bexar, Espada Mission, La Bahia, and San Jose Mission.

1782

San Fernando de Bexar.

1767

Webb County: Laredo.

1692

El Paso County: El Paso.

1684

El Paso County: El Paso.

1854-1855 school censuses were taken in 1854 and 1855 by some counties. The original records are at the Texas State Archives. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some school censuses.
1840-1849 Jackson, Ronald Vern, et al. Texas, 1840-49. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1981. (Family History Library book 976.4 X2j 1840-1849.)
1830-1839 Jackson, Ronald Vern. Texas, 1830-1839, Census Index. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1981. (Family History Library book 976.4 X2j 1830-1839.)
1830 White, Gifford E. 1830 Citizens of Texas. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1983. (Family History Library book 976.4 X2wh; fiche 6051297.)
1829-1836 Mullins, Marion D. The First Census of Texas, 1829-1836: To Which are Added Texas Citizenship Lists, 1821-1845, and Other Early Records of the Republic of Texas. Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1962. (Family History Library book 976.4 X2mm; film 844966.)
Mission censuses Available mission censuses have been translated and are available on microfilm at the University of Texas, Institute of Texas Cultures, San Antonio, Texas.

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Texas censuses, click here.

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

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Sources and footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 105.
↑ Henry J. Dubester, 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), 60, 72.
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[2] Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 105.

[3] Henry J. Dubester, 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), 60, 72.

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