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US Census Records on Microfilm at the

National Archives Pacific Sierra Region

US Census Population Schedules

M637 FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1790
cabinet 1 drawer 1

M32 SECOND CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1800
cabinet 1 drawer 1

M252 THIRD CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1810
cabinet 1 drawer 1 to 2

M33 FOURTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1820
cabinet 1 drawer 2 to 4

M19 FIFTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES 1830
cabinet 1 drawer 4 to 7

M704 SIXTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1840
cabinet 1 drawer 7 to cabinet 2 drawer 3

M432 SEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1850
cabinet 2 drawer 3 to cabinet 3 drawer 5

M653 EIGHTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1860
cabinet 3 drawer 5 to cabinet 5 drawer 9

M593 NINTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1870
cabinet 5 drawer 9 to cabinet 9 drawer 1

T132 MINNESOTA CENSUS SCHEDULES FOR 1870
cabinet 9 drawer 1

T9 TENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1880
cabinet 9 drawer 1 to cabinet 11 drawer 6

M407 ELEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1890 [Mostly destroyed by fire in 1921. Only 6000 names remain.]
cabinet 11 drawer 6

M496 INDEX TO THE ELEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1890
cabinet 11 drawer 6

T623 TWELFTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1900
cabinet 11 drawer 8 to cabinet 14 drawer 9

T624 THIRTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1910
cabinet 15 drawer 1 to cabinet 17 drawer 5

T625 FOURTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1920
cabinet 17 drawer 5 to cabinet 19 drawer 9

Special Census Schedules

T498 PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS: 1790 CENSUS, PRINTED SCHEDULES [These are easier to read than some of the original schedules. The information on the rolls is also available in book form on the bookshelves next to the microfilm cabinets. Roll 3 includes a list of Revolutionary War pensioners in 1840.]
cabinet 1 drawer 1

M123 SCHEDULES ENUMERATING UNION VETERANS AND WIDOWS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1890
cabinet 11 drawer 6 to 7

T655 FEDERAL MORTALITY SCHEDULES, 1850-1880, AND RELATED INDEXES [This covers a few southern states.]
cabinet 49 drawer 1

M1791 SPECIAL CENSUS OF INDIANS, 1880 [5 rolls]
cabinet 61 drawer 5

US Census Enumeration District Descriptions

T1210 DESCRIPTIONS OF CENSUS ENUMERATION DISTRICTS, 1900
cabinet 40 drawer 9

T1224 DESCRIPTIONS OF CENSUS ENUMERATION DISTRICTS, 1830-1890 AND 1910-1920
cabinet 40 drawer 9

M1283 CROSS INDEX TO SELECTED CITY STREETS AND ENUMERATION DISTRICTS, 1910 CENSUS [this index was prepared by the census bureau and contains some inaccuracies.]
located in small black file box on top of cabinet 40