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Census indexes available at Clayton

The U.S. Census Population Schedules are indexed primarily in book form for the census years 1790 through 1870. For 1880, 1900, selected states for 1910, 1920, and selected states for 1930, there is a special index on microfilm called the Soundex.

Most of the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire in the 1920's. Clayton owns the available fragments and film index.

  • Book indexes generally list only the name of the head of household, although from 1850 onwards, all persons in the household are listed on the census. Some Heritage Quest book indexes list people with different last names than the head of house and adults over 65.

    A few indexes on CD-ROM exist. Like the book indexes, the CD-ROM indexes usually show only the name of the head of household. The 1880 index on CD-ROM is an every name index.

    The following list shows general information about census indexes available at Clayton. It is important to remember:

    • Not all census records have survived for all states or for all counties in a state.
    • Some states and territories were subject to boundary changes, therefore some indexes listed here may cover only part of the modern state.
    • For locations where census records did not survive, some indexes may be based on property tax lists or other census substitutes. This list does not attempt to reflect these exceptions.
    • If you have questions about the exact coverage available for a particular state and census year, a reference librarian at Clayton can assist you.

    USA (multiple state indexes) - AL - AK Territory - AZ Territory - AZ - AR Territory - AR - CA - CO - CT - Dakota Territory - DE - DC - FL Territory - FL - GA - HI Territory - ID Territory - ID - IL Territory - IL - IN - IA Territory - IA - KS Territory - KS - KY - LA Territory - LA - ME - MD - MA - MI Territory - MI - MN Territory - MN - MS Territory - MS - MO - MT Territory - MT - NE Territory - NE - NV - NH - NJ - NM Territory - NM - NY - NC - ND - OH Territory - OH - OK Territory - OK - OR Territory - OR - PA - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT Territory - UT - VT - VA - WA Territory - WA - WV - WI Territory - WI - WY Territory - WY

    Indexes for protectorates and other modern areas in the federal census: American Samoa - Consular Services - Guam - Panama Canal (Zone) - Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands

    Last updated: March 2007



    USA (multiple state indexes)

    Book Indexes:
    1790-1810
    CD-ROM Indexes:
    1607-1789 --- Colonial America
    Pre-1790 --- Colonial American States
    1790 --- Colonial American States; New England & New York regions
    1791-1809 --- Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West & South; New England & New York regions
    1800 --- US. Selected Counties
    1810 --- US. Selected Counties
    1810-1819 --- New England & New York; Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West & South regions
    1820 --- Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West & South; North Eastern States; Great Lakes, South & Mid-Atlantic regions
    1830 --- US. Selected Counties
    1830-1839 --- North Eastern States; Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West & South
    1840 --- US. Selected Counties
    1850-1880 --- New England & New York; Mid-Atlantic States; Southern States; Great Lakes & Mid-West regions; Mortality Records (only 33 states)
    1850 --- U.S. selected counties
    1860 --- U.S. selected counties
    1870 --- U.S. selected counties; US Cities (Baltimore, Chicago & St. Louis)
    1880 --- LDS set (US Census & National Index)
    1910 --- Military & Naval index on CD


    Soundex: Military & Naval 1900-1920 (1930 was not soundexed)


    Alabama (state in 1819)

  • Book Indexes: 1830-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    • Alaska Territory(state in 1959)

  • Book Indexes: 1870-1907, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Arizona Territory (territory in 1863)

  • Book Indexes: 1860, 1864, 1870, 1880, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900 (1910 was not soundexed)

    • Arizona (state in 1912)

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Arkansas Territory (territory in 1819)

  • Book Indexes: 1823, 1829, 1830

    • Arkansas (state in 1836)

  • Book Indexes: 1840-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

    • California (state in 1850)

  • Book Indexes: 1850-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Colorado (state in 1876)

  • Book Indexes: 1880, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Connecticut (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Dakota Territory (after 1889 see: North or South Dakota)

  • Book Indexes: 1860-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880

    • Delaware (state in 1787)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • District of Columbia (became seat of government in 1800)

  • Book Indexes: 1800, 1820-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Florida Territory (territory in 1822)

  • Book Indexes: 1830-1840

    • Florida (state in 1845)

  • Book Indexes: 1850-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Georgia (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790, 1820-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    • Hawaii Territory (territory in 1900 and state in 1959)

  • Book Indexes: 1900, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Idaho Territory (territory in 1863)

  • Book Indexes: 1870, 1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880 census and mortality schedules
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880

    • Idaho (state in 1890)

  • Book Indexes: 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Illinois Territory (territory in 1809)

  • Microfilm Index: 1810 (Randolph Co only)

    • Illinois (state in 1818)

  • Book Indexes: 1820-1870, 1880 (2 books: 1st Cook County only, 2nd "missing" Soundex cards for O-200 thru O-240 only

  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Indiana (state in 1816)

  • Book Indexes: 1820-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Iowa Territory (territory in 1838)

  • Book Indexes: 1836, 1840

    • Iowa (state in 1846)

  • Book Indexes: 1850-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Kansas Territory (territory in 1854)

  • Book Indexes: 1855, 1856-1858, 1860

    • Kansas (state in 1861)

  • Book Indexes: 1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Kentucky (state in 1792)

  • Book Indexes: 1800-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Microfiche Indexes: 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    • Louisiana Territory (territory in 1805)

  • Book Indexes: 1810

    • Louisiana (state in 1812)

  • Book Indexes: 1820-1870, 1880 (New Orleans only), 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880

    • Microfiche Indexes: 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)

  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

    • Maine (state in 1820)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War), 1900-1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850-1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Maryland (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War), 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Massachusetts (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850-1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Michigan Territory (territory in 1805)

  • Book Indexes: 1799

    Michigan (state in 1837)

  • Book Indexes: 1806, 1827, 1820-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Minnesota Territory (territory in 1849)

  • Book Indexes: 1850
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850

    • Minnesota (state in 1858)

  • Book Indexes: 1860-1880, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War), 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Mississippi Territory (territory in 1798)

  • Book Indexes: 1805, 1810 (partial)

    Mississippi (state in 1817)

  • Book Indexes: 1820-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Missouri (state in 1821)

  • Book Indexes: 1830-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1870(St. Louis only), 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Montana Territory (territory in 1864)

  • Book Indexes: 1870-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880

    • Montana (state in 1889)

  • Book Indexes: 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Nebraska Territory (territory in 1854)

  • Book Indexes: 1860

    • Nebraska (state in 1867)

  • Book Indexes: 1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Nevada (state in 1864)

  • Book Indexes: 1870-1880, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • New Hampshire (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1900-1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • New Jersey (state in 1787)

  • Book Indexes: 1800 (Cumberland County only), 1830-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • New Mexico Territory (territory in 1850)

  • Book Indexes: 1790, 1823, 1845, 1850-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900 (1910 was not soundexed)

    • New Mexico (state in 1912)

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • New York (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War), 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880, 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • North Carolina (state in 1789)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • North Dakota (state in 1889) (prior to statehood see: Dakota Territory)

  • Book Indexes: 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Ohio Territory (territory in 1799)

  • Book Indexes: 1790 (NW Territory), 1800

    • Ohio (state in 1803)

  • Book Indexes: 1810 (Washington County only), 1820-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Oklahoma Territory (territory in 1890)

  • Book Indexes: 1860 (Oklahoma Territory), 1880 (Cherokee Nation), 1890 (Territorial Census & Cherokee Nation)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880

    • Oklahoma (state in 1907)

  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Oregon Territory (territory in 1848)

  • Book Indexes: 1850
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850

    • Oregon (state in 1859)

  • Book Indexes: 1860-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Pennsylvania (state in 1787)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1870, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Rhode Island (state in 1790)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • South Carolina (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850-1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    • South Dakota (state in 1889) (prior to statehood see: Dakota Territory)

  • Book Indexes: 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Tennessee (state in 1796)

  • Book Indexes: 1810-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    • Texas (state in 1845)

  • Book Indexes: 1850-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880, 1860-1890 Census Index and Mortality Schedules

  • Microfiche Indexes: 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Utah Territory (territory in 1850)

  • Book Indexes: 1850, 1856, 1860-1880, 1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880

    • Utah (state in 1896)

  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Vermont (state in 1791)

  • Book Indexes: 1790-1870, 1900-1910
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850-1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Virginia (state in 1788)

  • Book Indexes: 1790, 1800 (Accomack County only), 1810-1870, 1890 Veterans' Census (Civil War)
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    • Washington Territory (territory in 1853)

  • Book Indexes: 1860-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880

    • Washington (state in 1889)

  • Book Indexes: 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • West Virginia (state in 1863)

  • Book Indexes: 1870-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850-1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Clayton has some rolls - see staff list)

    Wisconsin Territory (territory in 1836)

  • Book Indexes: 1836, 1840

    • Wisconsin (state in 1848)

  • Book Indexes: 1850, 1870, 1900
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880, 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Wyoming Territory (territory in 1868)

  • Book Indexes: 1870-1880
  • CD-ROM Indexes: 1880
  • Soundex Indexes: 1880

    • Wyoming (state in 1890)

  • Book Indexes: 1910
  • Soundex Indexes: 1900, 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Indexes for protectorates and other modern areas in the federal census:

    American Samoa

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Consular Services

  • Soundex Indexes: (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Guam

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Panama Canal Zone (1920); Panama Canal (1930)

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

    • Puerto Rico

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1910 and 1930 were not soundexed)

    • Virgin Islands

  • Soundex Indexes: 1920 (1930 was not soundexed)

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