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United States 
U.S. Census Mississippi Census
Online Resources
- Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 Index and images ($)
- Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890, ($), index
- United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images
- Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957 Images.
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Online Mississippi indexes and images
Template:Census Online Mississippi
Federal population schedules
Microfilm images
| 1940 N/A | 1900 and Soundex | 1860 |
| 1930 | 1880 and Soundex | 1850 |
| 1920 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex | |
| 1910 and Soundex | 1870 |
| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624 and Soundex T1269 | 1870 M593 |
| 1930 T626 | 1900 T623 and Soundex T1054 | 1860 M653 |
| 1920 T625 and Soundex M1570 | 1880 T9 and Soundex T757 | 1850 M432 |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Mississippi, click here
Federal non-population schedules
Online indexes and images
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Mississippi | ||||||||||
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| Year | Type | Record Search | Census Bureau | Google Book | Heritage Quest | Ancestry FHL | Ancestry Library | Ancestry Home | ||
| 1890 | Veterans | - | - | - | - | 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 | ||
| 1840 | Pensioners | - | BookLink | BookLink | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
Microfilm images
| Indian census rolls, Choctaw, 1926-1939 | Agricultural census, 1860 |
| Mortality schedule for 1850,1860,1870,1880 |
- 1850-1880--Mortality schedules are at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Mississippi, click here.
State, territorial, and colonial censuses
Censuses were taken in Mississippi in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family.
Some of these censuses have been indexed and can be searched:
Ancestry.com - $ (need to be a member)
AncestryInstitution.com (free if you are in a Family History Center)
- 1818-1880 State census returns are available online: 1818-1880 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- 1866 State census.[2] Bolivar, Claiborne, Holmes, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Marion, Simpson, Smith, and Wayne[3] counties.
- 1860 State census.</ref> Choctaw County.
- 1853 State census.</ref> Adams (excluding Natchez), Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Greene,[4] Hancock, Itawamba, Jefferson, Jones,[5] Lauderdale, Noxubee, Panola, Perry,[6] Rankin, and Wayne[3] counties.
- 1850 State census.</ref> Hinds County.
- 1845 State census.</ref> Amite, Neshoba, Newton,[7] Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry,[6] Pike, Pontotoc, Rankin, Scott, Simpson (totals), Smith, Sunflower,[8] Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wayne,[3] Wilkinson, Winston (totals), Yalobusha, and Yazooo (totals) counties.
- 1841 State census.</ref> Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Clarke (totals), Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, DeSoto (totals), Franklin, Greene (totals), Hinds (totals), Itawamba, Jackson (totals), Jefferson (totals), Jones,[5] Kemper (totals), Lauderdale (totals), Lawrence, Leake, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Neshoba, Noxubee (totals), Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry (totals), Pike (totals), Scott, Simpson, Smith, Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo (totals), Tunica,[9] Washington, Wayne,[3] and Yazooo counties.
- 1840 State census.</ref> Choctaw (totals) County.
- 1837 State census.</ref> Chickasaw, Choctaw, Itawamba, Jones,[5][10] Kemper,[11] Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Panola,[12] Pontotoc,[13] Simpson, Tishomingo,[14] and Winston counties.
- 1833 State census.</ref> Amite (totals), and Franklin counties.
- 1830 State census.</ref> Adams (Natchez only), Amite (totals), Hancock, and Lawrence counties.
- 1825 State census.</ref> Claiborne (totals), Copiah (totals), Greene (totals), Hancock (totals), Hinds (totals), Jackson, Jefferson (totals), Lawrence (totals), Marion (totals), Perry (totals), Pike (totals), Simpson (totals), Warren (totals), Wilkinson, and Yazooo (totals) counties.
- 1824 State census.</ref> Amite (totals), Copiah, Hinds, Lawrence, Simpson (births and deaths), and Yazooo (totals) counties.
- 1823 State census.</ref> Adams (births and deaths), Bainbridge (now Covington), Claiborne (births and deaths), Covington, Hancock, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, and Wilkinson counties.
- 1822 State census.</ref> Claiborne (births and deaths), Copiah (totals), and Wilkinson and counties.
- 1820 State census.</ref> Amite, Franklin, Marion, Pike, Wayne,[3] and Wilkinson counties.
- 1818 State census.</ref> Adams County.
- 1816 Territorial census.</ref> Adams,[15][16] Amite,[15][17] Baldwin (territorial county), Claiborne,[15] Clarke (territorial county), Franklin,[15] Greene,[4] Jefferson,[15] Marion,[18] Monroe (territorial county), Pike, Warren,[15] Wayne,[3] Wilkinson,[15] and Winston counties.
- 1813 Territorial census.</ref> Wilkinson County.
- 1811 Territorial census. Available online: 1811 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- 1810 Territorial census.</ref> Adams,[15] Amite,[15] Baldwin (territorial county), Claiborne,[15] Franklin,[15] Jefferson,[15] Warren,[15] Washington (territorial county), and Wilkinson[15] counties. Available online: 1810 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- 1809 Territorial census. Available online: 1809 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- 1808 Territorial census.</ref> Jefferson, and Washington counties.
- 1805 Territorial census.</ref> Jefferson, and Wilkinson counties.
- 1801 Territorial census. Available online: 1801 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- 1792 Colonial census.</ref> Natchez District[15] (now Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren and Wilkinson counties)
- 1788 Colonial census.</ref>[19]
- 1787 Colonial census.</ref>[19]
- 1784 Colonial census.</ref>[19]
- 1723 Colonial census.</ref> Natchez.[20]
Most of the original state, territorial, and colonial censuses are available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.</ref>
Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Mississippi 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
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
Sources and footnotes
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch HIstorical Recoords)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 70-73.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Jean Strickland, Records of Wayne County, Mississippi : state census 1816, 1820, 1841, 1845, 1853, 1866 (Milton, FL (72 Simpson Lane, Milton 32570) : J. Strickland, 1981) as cited in Lainhart, 73.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, Records of Greene County, Mississippi ( Moss Point, Mississippi : [s.n.], c1980- ) [[Template:StriGree]], 1:11-17 includes 1816; 3:83-90 includes 1853.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, Records of Jones County, Mississippi : 1827-1841 tax rolls, 1837, 1841, 1853 state census (Moss Point, Mississippi : [s.n.], c1983) [[Template:StriJonesMS]].
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, Records of Perry County, Mississippi (Milton, Fla. : Strickland, 1979-) [[Template:StriPerry53]].
- ↑ "Newton County, Mississippi - 1845 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 26 (1980):2-7.
- ↑ "Sunflower County, Mississippi - 1845 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 24 (1978):81-82.
- ↑ "1841 State Census - Tunica County, Mississippi," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 16 (1970):11-12.
- ↑ "Jones County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 16 (1970):39-42 +.
- ↑ "Kemper County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 18 (1972):31-36 +.
- ↑ "Panola County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 19 (1973):11-12 +.
- ↑ "Pontotoc County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 25 (1979):29-31.
- ↑ "Tishomingo County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 17 (1971):11-14 +.
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 Norman E. Gillis, Early Inhabitants of Natchez District (Baton Rouge, Louisiana : N. Gillis, c1963) [[Template:GillisEIND]].
- ↑ "Adams County, Mississippi, Census, 1816," National Genealogical Society Quarterly [[Template:NGSQ37]] 37 (1949): 95-99 +.
- ↑ Mrs. Jerome A. Esker, "Census of 1816, Amite County, Mississippi Territory," National Genealogical Society Quarterly [[Template:NGSQ33]] 33 (1945): 104-106.
- ↑ Ernest Russ Williams Jr., Records of Marion County, Mississippi (Bogalusa, La. : [s.n.], 1962-1965) [[Template:WilliMario16]]. Includes 1816 census.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Roscoe R. Hill, Descriptive catalogue of the documents relating to the history of the United States in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo general de Indias at Seville, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publication no. 234. Papers of the Dept. of Historical Research (Washington, D.C., Carnegie institution of Washington, 1916). Describes Spanish colonial censuses of 1784, 1787, and 1788 as cited in Lainhart, 72.
- ↑ Winston DeVille, "Natchez 1723 Census," National Genealogical Society Quarterly [[Template:NGSQ]] 59 (1971): 94-95.
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