Wyoming Census

United States U.S. Census Wyoming Census

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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 Wyoming indexes and images

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1910	1870
1930	1900 and Soundex	1860 Uinta Co. with Green River, Utah
1920 and Soundex	1880 and Soundex	1860 Eastern Wyoming with Nebraska
		1850 Uinta Co. with Green River, Utah

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624	1870 M593
1930 T626	1900 T623 and T1080
1920 T625 and Soundex M1596	1880 T9 Soundex T746

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Wyoming
		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

1883 List of Civil War Pensioners

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

Wyoming state, territorial, and colonial censuses^[1]^[2]

1925

State Census. Statistical only.^[2]^[3]

1915

State Census. Statistical only.^[2]^[3]

1905

State census. Statistical only. ^[1]^[3]

1878

City of Cheyenne only.^[1]^[3]

1875

City of Cheyenne only.^[1]^[3]

1869

Territory census^[4]^[3]

1856

Utah territorial census included Green River (Fort Bridger), Wyoming^[5]

1850 (i.e. 1851)

Used as the 1850 federal census for Utah, it includes Green River Precinct (Fort Bridger), Wyoming^[6]

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Wyoming 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 ^1.2 ^1.3 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 116.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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)[[Template:Dubes]], 65-66, 73.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Wyoming State Archives Search Micrographics Database Department - select all agencies; Division - select all divisions; Description: type the word census
↑ Wyoming. State Archives and Historical Department Wyoming Territory 1869 Census (Cheyenne, Wyoming : Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department [19--?])[FHL Film 2261365]
↑ 1856 Utah Census Returns(Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981)[FHL Film 505913]
↑ William Bowen (transcribed by) and United States Census Office. 7th census, 1850 1851 Census of Utah(1972)[FHL book 979.2 X2b 1851 or FHL film 924039 item 3]

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[Lainh-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 116.

[Dubes-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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)[[Template:Dubes]], 65-66, 73.

[WSA-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Wyoming State Archives Search Micrographics Database Department - select all agencies; Division - select all divisions; Description: type the word census

[4] Wyoming. State Archives and Historical Department Wyoming Territory 1869 Census (Cheyenne, Wyoming : Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department [19--?])[FHL Film 2261365]

[5] 1856 Utah Census Returns(Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981)[FHL Film 505913]

[6] William Bowen (transcribed by) and United States Census Office. 7th census, 1850 1851 Census of Utah(1972)[FHL book 979.2 X2b 1851 or FHL film 924039 item 3]

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