State censuses in the United States

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Throughout

while they were still U.S. territories
(before they became U.S. states).

No state has conducted a state census since the last Massachusetts state census was conducted in 1985.

⊗ marks the point when statehood was attained.

State Dates and details of censuses
Alabama 1818,⊗ 1820, 1821, 1823, 1850, 1855, 1866, and 1907.[1][2]
Alaska 1870, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1885, 1887, 1890–1895, 1904–1907, 1914, and 1917⊗.[1][2]
Arizona 1866, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1880, and 1882⊗.[1][2]
Arkansas 1823, 1829⊗, 1865, and 1911.[1][2]
California 1788, 1790, 1796, 1797–1798, 1816, 1836, 1844,⊗ 1852.[1] California's first five censuses were conducted back when it was under Spanish rule whereas its sixth and seventh censuses were conducted when California was under Mexican rule.[3][2]
Colorado 1885, 1861⊗, and 1866.[1][2]
Connecticut 1756, 1761, 1774, and 1782⊗[4][page needed][2]
Delaware 1782⊗[1][2]
District of Columbia
 1803, 1867, and 1878.[1]
Florida 1825⊗, 1855, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1935, and 1945.[1][2]
Georgia 1798, 1800, 1810, 1827, 1834, 1838, 1845, 1852, 1853, 1859, 1865, and 1879.[1][2]
Hawaii The
State of Hawaii.[5][page needed
]
Idaho None known.[1]
Illinois 1810⊗, 1818, 1820, 1825, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1855, and 1865.[1][2]
Indiana 1807⊗, 1853, 1857, 1871, 1877, 1883, 1889, 1901, 1913, 1919, and 1931.[1][2]
Iowa 1836, 1838, 1844⊗, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925.[1][2]
Kansas 1855⊗, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925.[1][2]
Kentucky None known.[1]
Louisiana 1853 and 1858.[1]
Maine 1837.[1]
Maryland 1712, 1755,[4][page needed] 1776, and 1778⊗[1][2]
Massachusetts conducted censuses in 1764–1765, 1776, 1784,[4][page needed] 1855, 1865,[1] 1875,[6] 1885,[7] 1895,[8] 1905,[9] 1915,[10] 1925,[11] 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965, 1975, and 1985.[12]

The structure of Massachusetts state censuses was similar to those of U.S. federal censuses.[13]

Michigan 1837, 1845, 1854, 1864, 1874, 1884, 1888, 1894, and 1904.[1]
Minnesota 1849, 1853, 1855, 1857⊗, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905.[1][2]
Mississippi 1801, 1805, 1808, 1810, 1816,⊗ 1818, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1830, 1833, 1837, 1840, 1841, 1845, 1850, 1853, 1860, and 1866.[1][2]
Missouri 1797, 1803, 1817, 1819⊗, 1840, 1844, 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1876, and 1880.
under Spanish rule.[2]
Montana None known.[1]
Nebraska 1854, 1855, 1856, 1865⊗, 1869, and 1885.[1][2]
Nevada 1862, 1863⊗, and 1875.[1][2]
New Hampshire 1767, 1773, 1775, and 1786⊗[4][page needed]
New Jersey 1726, 1737, 1745,[4][page needed]⊗ 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, and 1915.[1][2]
New Mexico 1790, 1823, 1845, and 1885⊗.[1] Its first three censuses were conducted when New Mexico was still under Spanish rule.[2]
New York 1698, 1703, 1712, 1723, 1731, 1737, 1746, 1749, 1756, 1771, 1786⊗, 1790,[4][page needed] 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, and 1925.[1][2]

Only the name of the head of household is listed in New York state censuses from 1825 to 1845.[14] Beginning in 1855, the name of every person in the household is listed.[14] The 1855 to 1875 New York state censuses asked the person for the name of the county that one was born in if one was born in New York State.[14] Also, the 1865 New York state census asked many questions about military service.[14]

New York did not conduct a census in 1885 because its

1880 U.S. Census.[15][16]

The 1892 New York state census is more vague, asking only for a country of birth (rather than a specific U.S. state or New York county of birth), not indicating relationships of various people to each other, and not indicating where new families begin on the census forms.[14] Indeed, the 1892 New York state census contained only seven questions — name, sex, age, color (race), country of birth, citizenship status, and occupation.[17] Meanwhile, the censuses from 1905 to 1925 asked for relationships of people to each other but also only asked for a country of birth.[14] Also, the 1925 New York state census asked for the date and place of naturalization for naturalized U.S. citizens.[14]

North Carolina 1786⊗[1][2]
North Dakota 1885, 1915, and 1925.[1]
Ohio None known.[1]
Oklahoma 1890⊗ and 1907.[1][2]
Oregon 1842, 1843, 1845, 1849, 1850, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858⊗, 1859, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1885, 1895, and 1905.[1][2]
Pennsylvania None known.[1]
Rhode Island 1708, 1730, 1748, 1755, 1774, 1776 or 1777, 1782⊗,[4][page needed] 1865, 1875, 1885, 1905, 1915, 1925, and 1935.[1][2]
South Carolina 1825, 1839, 1869, and 1875.[1]
South Dakota 1885⊗, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, and 1945.[1][2]
Tennessee 1891.[1]
Texas Texas conducted a census between 1829 and 1836, back when it was still under Mexican rule.[1]
Utah 1856⊗[1]
Vermont None known.[1]
Virginia 1620,[18] 1624/5,[19] 1635, 1782,[4][page needed] 1783, 1784, 1785, and 1786.⊗[1][2]
Washington 1856, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1871, 1874, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887⊗, 1889, 1891, 1892, and 1898.[1][2]
West Virginia None known.[1]
Wisconsin 1836, 1838, 1842, 1846, 1847⊗, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, and 1905.[1][2]
Wyoming 1875 and 1878⊗[1][2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Statehood Dates". 50states.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "Introduction-Early History of the California Coast-A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". Nps.gov. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "1, Population In The Colonial And Continental Periods". A Century of Population Growth (PDF). Bureau of the Census. 1909.
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  6. ^ "Census of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1875". Massachusetts. Bureau of Statistics of Labor. March 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Archive.org.
  7. ^ "Full text of "Census of Massachusetts: 1885"". Boston, Wright & Potter Print. Co., state printers. October 23, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Archive.org.
  8. ^ "Census of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1895". Massachusetts. Bureau of Statistics of Labor. March 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Archive.org.
  9. ^ "Census of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1905". Massachusetts. Bureau of Statistics of Labor. March 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Archive.org.
  10. ^ "The decennial census, 1915". Massachusetts. Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Archive.org.
  11. ^ "The decennial census, 1925". Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Archive.org.
  12. ^ "Browsing State Census Documents by Issue Date". Archives.lib.state.ma.us. January 1, 1985. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  13. ^ "Archives: Researching Your Family's History at the Massachusetts Archives". Sec.state.ma.us. January 1, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "New York State Census". Frontiernet.net. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Governor, New York (State) (1889). Public Papers ... – New York (State). Governor, New York (State). Governor (1885–1892 : Hill).[full citation needed]
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  17. ^ "1892 New York State Census". Frontiernet.net. September 7, 1996. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  18. ^ https://www.jyfmuseums.org/Home/Components/News/News/51/
  19. ^ "NPS Historical Handbook: Jamestown". www.nps.gov.
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