Oregon Census

United States U.S. Census Oregon Census

Tips

If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
On the family group record show each person's census listings.
Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.

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

Online Oregon indexes and images

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

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

**Oregon Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1930 T626	1910 T624	1880 T9 & Soundex T768	1860 M653
1920 T625 & Soundex M1583	1900 T623 & Soundex T1067	1870 M593	1850 M432

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Oregon
		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	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality	Link	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

**Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Oregon**
1890 Veterans	1870 Mortality	1860 Slave owner	1850 Slave owner
1880 Mortality	1870 Agricultural	1860 Mortality	1850 Mortality
1880 Agricultural	1870 Industrial	1860 Agricultural	1850 Agricultural
1880 Industrial	1870 Social Statistics	1860 Industrial	1850 Industrial
1880 Defective		1860 Social Statistics	1850 Social Statistics

**National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Oregon**
1890 Veterans	1860 Slave owner	1860 Industrial	1850 Agricultural
1880 Mortality	1860 Mortality	1850 Slave owner	1850 Industrial
1870 Mortality	1860 Agricultural	1850 Mortality

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

1905: Baker, Lane Linn, Marion; available at the Oregon State Archives^[1]
1895: Linn, Morrow, Multnomah, Marion; available at the Oregon State Archives^[1]
1885: Linn, Umatilla; available at the Oregon State Archives^[1]
1865: Benton, Columbia, Marion, Umatilla; available at the Oregon State Archives^[1]
1859: Clatsop, Umpqua (now Douglas)^[1]
1858: Benton, Clatsop, Coos, Curry, Umpqua (now Douglas)^[1]
1857: Benton, Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Tillamook, Umpqua (now Douglas), Washington^[1]
1856: Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Curry, Polk, Washington^[1]
1855: Coos, Jackson^[2]
1854: Benton, Clatsop, Jackson^[1]
1853: Marion, Polk, Umpqua(now Douglas), Washington, Benton^[1]

1842-1859 Provisional and territorial census record of Oregon, 1842-1859 (Salem, Oregon : Oregon State Archives, 1970)[FHL Film 899786].

1850: Washington ^[1]
1849 Only for the counties of Champoeg, Clackamas, Clatsop, Lewis (part of Wastington State), Linn, Polk, Tuality (now Washington County), Vancouver (part of Washington State), and Yamhill.^[1]^[3]

1845-46: Tuality (now Washington)^[1]
1845: Champoeg (now Marion), Clackamas, Clatsop, Tuality (now Washington), Yamhill^[1]
1843: Elijah White Census^[1]
1842: Persons living south of the Columbia River^[1]

1841-1849 Ronald Vern Jackson, Scott D. Rosenkilde, and W. David Samuelsen, Oregon census records 1841-1849 (North Salt Lake, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, ©1984)[FHL Book 979.5 X22o 1841-1849].

Copies of state and territorial censuses are available at the Oregon State Archives; most state and territorial censuses before 1860 are available at the Family History Library.

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Oregon 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

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992) 97-98
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↑ 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), 53-54, 71.

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[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), 53-54, 71.

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