Colorado Census

United States U.S. Census Colorado 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 Colorado 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
1920 and Soundex	1880 and Soundex

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624	1870 M593
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1035
1920 T625 and Soundex M1552	1880 T9 and Soundex T738

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Colorado
		Free	Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card)			Pay
Year	Type	Record Search	Heritage Quest	Ancestry FHL	Ancestry Library	Ancestry Home
1885	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Colorado

Indian census rolls, Consolidated Ute, 1923-1939 FHL 575769
Indian census rolls, Fort Lewis, 1904-1908 FHL 576838
Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes: Colorado; 1870-1880 FHL 422411

National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Colorado

1935 Census of Business
1850 - 1880 Federal Mortality Schedules

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

Colorado took several censuses in the years between the federal censuses. The dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.

1885 Garfield county missing^[1]
1866 Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Weld and northern parts of Washington and Yuma counties only^[2]
1860 The Kansas Territory federal census includes parts of Colorado. Kansas has a state copy of that federal census. That state copy and it's index including names from Colorado are available at the Kansas State Historical Society.^[3]

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Colorado 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

↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 55, says Fremont and Garfield counties missing (from National Archives copy); Colorado State Archives copy includes Fremont, but lacks Garfield and 18 other counties.
↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 27-28, lists an index, Arliss Shaffer Monk, Index to a Weld County Census, Colorado Territory, 1866 (1978).
↑ Lainhart, 45.

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Colorado 1885 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)

[1] William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 55, says Fremont and Garfield counties missing (from National Archives copy); Colorado State Archives copy includes Fremont, but lacks Garfield and 18 other counties.

[2] Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 27-28, lists an index, Arliss Shaffer Monk, Index to a Weld County Census, Colorado Territory, 1866 (1978).

[3] Lainhart, 45.

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