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	1900 T623 and Soundex T1067	1860 M653
1920 T625 and Soundex M1583	1880 T9 and Soundex T768	1850 M432
1910 T624	1870 M593

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

Indian Census Rolls
Indians census rolls, Greenville, 1916-1923	Klamath Agency census, 1886-1889
Klamath Agency census, 1907-1937	Klamath Agency census, 1885-1889
Klamath Agency census, 1898-1906	Indian census rolls, Grand Ronde, 1885-1914
Klamath Agency census, 1892,1893,1896	Tribal Census Information, 1877-1952
Klamath Agency census, 1887

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State and territorial censuses

State and Territorial Censuses of Oregon

1905

State census Baker, Lane, Linn and Marion counties^[1]^[2]

1895

State census Linn, Morrow, Multnomah, Marion counties ^[1]^[2]

1885

State census Linn and Umatilla counties only ^[1]^[2]

1875

State census Umatilla county ^[1]^[2]

1870

State census Umatilla county ^[1]^[2]

1865

State census Benton, Columbia, Marion and Umatilla counties ^[1]^[2]

1859

Territorial census Clatsop, Umpqua (now Douglas) counties^[1]^[2]

1858

Territorial census Benton, Clatsop, Coos, Curry, Umpqua (now Douglas) counties^[1]^[2] ^[3]

1857

Territorial census Benton, Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Tillamook, Umpqua (now Douglas), Washington counties^[1] ^[2]

1856

Territorial census Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Curry, Polk, and Washington counties^[1]^[2]

1855

Territorial census Coos and Jackson counties^[1] ^[2]

1854

Territorial census Benton, Clatsop, and Jackson counties^[1] ^[2]

1853

Territorial census Benton, Marion, Polk, Umpqua (now Douglas), Washington and counties^[1] ^[2]

1849

Apportionment Census of Males over 21 --Benton, Champoeg, Clackamas, Clatsop, Lewis (Washington State), Linn, Polk, Tualatin, Vancouver (Washington State), and Yamhill counties^[1] ^[2]

1845-46

Tualaty county (now Washington State)^[1] ^[2]

1845

Champoeg (now Marion), Clackamas, Clatsop, and Yamhill^[1] ^[2]

1842

Elijah White Census (persons living south of the Columbia River)^[1] ^[2]

Census Subtitute

1836-1837 Slacum's Report on Oregon. Print copy in the Oregon Historical Quarterly Vol 13: Jun 1912, 175-224. FHL 979.5 B2h v. 13 ^[2]

Copies of state and territorial censuses are available at the Oregon State Archives. Most state and territorial censuses 1842-1859 are available at the Family History Library: Provisional and territorial census record of Oregon, 1842-1859 (Salem, Oregon : Oregon State Archives, 1970) [FHL Film 899786].

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 ^1.16 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records State Census Records(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 97-98.
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 Connie Miller Lenzen, Research in Oregon Research in Oregon(Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Association, 2007), 16-17.[Book 979.5 D27L 1992]
↑ Ronald Vern Jackson, Scott D. Rosenkilde, W. David Samuelson,Census Records 1951-1859(North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Systems, 1984)

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[lain-1] 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 ^1.16 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records State Census Records(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 97-98.

[Lenz-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 Connie Miller Lenzen, Research in Oregon Research in Oregon(Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Association, 2007), 16-17.[Book 979.5 D27L 1992]

[jack_2-3] Ronald Vern Jackson, Scott D. Rosenkilde, W. David Samuelson,Census Records 1951-1859(North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Systems, 1984)

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