information asked in each us federal census
(listed by census year) 

 

1790 Name of family head, free white males of 16 years and

up; free white males, under 16; free white females; slaves.

1800 & 1810 Names of family head; if white, age and sex;

race; slaves.

1820 Name of family head; age; sex; race; foreigners not naturalized;

slaves; industry (agriculture, commerce, and manufactures).

1830 Name of family head; age; sex; race; slaves; deaf and dumb;

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 six classes of industry and one of occupation;

literacy; pensioners for Revolutionary or military service.

1850 Name; age; sex; race; whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane,

or idiotic; value of real estate; occupation; birthplace; whether

married within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether a pauper

or convict. Supplemental schedules for slaves, and persons who

died during the year.

1860 Name; age; sex; race; value of real estate; value of personal

estate; occupation; birthplace; whether married within the year;

school attendance; literacy; whether deaf and dumb; blind, insane,

idiotic, pauper, or convict; number of slave houses. Supplemental

schedules for slaves, and persons who died during the year.

1870 Name; age; race; occupation; value of real estate; value

of personal estate; birthplaces; whether parents were foreign born;

month of birth if born within the ear; month of marriage if married

within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether deaf and dumb,

blind, insane, or idiotic; male citizens 21 and over, and number of

such persons denied the right to vote for other than rebellion. Supplemental

schedules for persons who died during the year.

1880 Address; name; relationship to family head; sex; race; age;

marital status; month of birth if born within the census year; occupation;

months unemployed during the year; sickness or temporary

disability; whether blind, deaf and dumb, idiotic, insane, maimed,

crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled; school attendance; literacy;

birthplace of person and parents. Supplemental schedules for

persons who died during the year.

1890 General schedules most destroyed. Supplemental schedules

for Union veterans of the Civil War and their widows.

1900 Address; name: relationship to family head; sex; race; age;

marital status, number of years married; for women, number of children

born and number now living; birthplace of person and parents;

if foreign born. year of immigration and whether naturalized; occupation;

months not employed; school attendance; literacy; ability to

speak English; whether on a farm; home owned or rented and if

owned, whether mortgaged.

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 foreign born, year of immigration,

whether naturalized, and whether able to speak English, or

if not, language spoken; occupation, industry, and class of worker:

if an employee, whether out of work during year; literacy; school

attendance; home owned or rented; if owned, whether mortgaged;

whether farm or house; whether a survivor of Union or Confederate

Army or Navy; whether blind, deaf and dumb.

1920 Address; name; relationship to family head; sex; race; age;

marital status; ii foreign born, year of immigration to the U.S.,

whether naturalized, and year of naturalization; school attendance;

literacy; birthplace of person and parents mother tongue of foreign

born; ability to speak English; occupation, industry, and class of

worker; home owned or rented; if owned, whether free or mortgaged.

1930 Address; name; relationship to family head; home owned

or rented; value or monthly rental; radio set; whether on a farm; sex;

race; age; marital status: age at first marriage: school attendance;

literacy; birthplace of person and parents; if foreign born, language

spoken in home before coming to U.S., year of immigration, whether

naturalized, and ability to speak English; occupation. industry, and

class of worker; whether at work previous day (or last regular working

day); veteran status; for Indian; whether of full or mixed blood,

and tribal affiliation.