Each Census Record that has been taken in the United States contains slightly different information. Please look below to discover what can be found in each census record published to date.
1790
- Name of family head
- Free white males of 16 years and up
- Free white males under 16
- Free white females
- Slaves
1800 and 1810
- Names of family head
- If white
- Age and sex
- Race
- Slaves
1820
- Names of family head
- Age
- Sex
- Race
- Foreigners not naturalized
- Slaves
- Industry (agriculture, commerce, manufactures)
1830
- Name of family head
- Age
- Sex
- Race
- Slaves
- Deaf, dumb, and blind
- Foreigners not naturalized
1840
- Name of family head
- Age
- Sex
- Race
- Slaves
- Number of deaf and dumb
- Number of blind
- Number of insane and idiotic and whether in public or private charge
- Number of persons in each family employed in each of 6 classes of industry and one of occupation
- Literacy
- Pensioners for Revolutionary or military service
1850
- Name
- Age
- Sex
- Race
- Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic
- Value of real estate
- Occupation
- Birth place
- Whether married within the year
- School attendance
- Literacy
- Whether a pauper or convict
- Supplemental schedules for slaves
- Persons deceased within the year
1860
- Name
- Age
- Sex
- Race
- Value of real estate
- Value of personal estate
- Occupation
- Birthplace
- If married within the year
- School attendance
- Literacy
- Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
- Number of slave houses
- Supplimental schedule for slaves
- Persons who died within the year
1870
- Name
- Age
- Race
- Occupation
- Value of real estate
- Value of personal estate
- Birthplaces
- Whether parents were foriegn born
- Month of birth if born within the year
- Month of marriage if married within the year
- School attendance
- Literacy
- Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic
- Male citizens 21 and over
- Number of such persons denied the right to vote for other than rebellion
- Supplimental schedules for persons who died during the year
1880
- Address
- Name
- Relationship to family head
- Sex
- Race
- Age
- Marital status
- Month of birth is born within the census year
- Occupation
- Months unemployed during the year
- Sickness or temporary disablilty
- Whether blind, deaf, dumb, idiotic, insane, maimed, crippled, bedridden,or otherwise disabled
- School attendance
- Literacy
- Birthplace of person and parents
- Supplimental schedules for persons who died during the year
1890
- General schedules most destroyed
- Supplimental schedules for Union veterans if the Civil War and their widows
1900
- Address
- Name
- Relationship to head of family
- Sex
- Race
- Age
- Marital status
- Number of years married
- Number of children born and number now living
- Birthplace of person and parents
- If foriegn born
- Year of immigration and whether naturalized
- Occupation
- Years not employed
- Literacy
- Ability to speak english
- Whether on a farm
- Home owned or rented, and, if rented, whether morgaged
1910
- Address
- Name
- Relationship to family head
- Sex
- Race
- Age
- Marital status
- Number of years of present marriage
- For women, number of children born and number now living
- Birthplace and mother tongue of person and parents
- If foriegn born
- Year of immigration
- Whether naturalized
- Whether able to speak English, or, if not, language spoken
- Occupation
- Industry
- Class of worker
- If an employee, whether out of work during the year
- Literacy
- School attendance
- Home owned or rented
- If owned, whether morgaged
- Whether farm or house
- Whether survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy
- Whether blind, deaf, or dumb
1920
- Address
- Name
- Relationship to head of family
- Sex
- Race
- Age
- Marital status
- If foriegn born
- Year of immigration
- Whether naturalized
- School attendance
- Literacy
- Birthplace of person and parents
- Mother tongue of foriegn born
- Ability to speak English
- Occupation
- Industry
- Class of worker
- Home owned or rented
- If owned, whether free or morgaged
1930
- Address
- Name
- Relationship to head of family
- Home owned or rented
- Value or monthly rental
- Raio set
- Whether on a farm
- Sex
- Race
- Age
- Marital status
- Age at first marriage
- School attendance
- Literacy
- Birthplace of person and parents
- If foriegn born, language spoken at home before coming to the United States
- Year of immigration
- Whether naturalized
- Ability to speak English
- Occupation
- Industry
- Class of worker
- Whether at work previous day (or last regular work day)
- Veteran status
- For Indian, whether mixed or full blood and tribal affiliation
1940
- Address
- Home owned or rented
- Value or monthly rental
- Whether on a farm
- Name
- Relationship to househole head
- Sex
- Race
- Age
- Marital status
- School attendance
- Educational attainment
- Birthplace
- Citizenship if foriegn born
- Location of residence a year ago and whether on a farm
- Employment status
- If at work, whether in a private or nonemergency goverment work, or in public emergency work (WPA, CCC, NYA, etc.)
- If in private or nonemergency government work, hours worked in week,
- If seeking work or on oublic emergency work, duration of unemployment
- Occupation
- Industry
- Class of worker
- Weeks worked last year
- Income last year