| Census years | Format | Location | Geographical areas available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1790-1960 | online database | Historical Census Browser has been permanently closed. | 1790-2000 | online PDF of print publication | Published Census Volumes, Minnesota Population Center | May not be complete for all censuses, states, and/or series. |
| 1790-2010 | online PDF of print publication | Census Bureau | Not complete for all censuses, states, and/or series. |
| 1790-2010 | online database with mapping | Social Explorer | Not complete. |
| 1790-2010 | online database | IPUMS | |
| 1790-2010 | online datasets | ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) | Varies dependent on the dataset. |
| 1970-2010 | electronic; accessible within Bowdoin Library only | Neighborhood Change Database (NCDB) | Nationwide census tract-level data from the 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010 decennial censuses, optionally normalized to 2010 boundaries. Includes 1970-2000 sample data, 2010 SF 1 data, and 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) data. |
| 2010-present. Data back to 2000 are being added. | online database | data.census.gov. | All geographies. |
Important: Please note the sources available for multiple censuses above. The list of call numbers for print and CD-ROM/DVD below may not be complete. Not all census volumes are in our catalog.
| Census year (number) | Format | Location | Geographical areas available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 (1st) | Govt Folio I 2.5:1/reprint No.1 | ||
| 1800 (2nd) | Govt Folio I 3.5:1/reprint No.2 | ||
| 1810 (3rd) | Govt Folio I 4.5:1/reprint No.3 Govt Folio I 4.5:2/reprint No.4 |
||
| 1820 (4th) | Govt Folio I 5.5:1/reprint No.5 Govt Folio I 5.5:2/reprint No.6 |
||
| 1830 (5th) | Govt Folio I 6.5:1/reprint | ||
| 1840 (6th) | Volume 1: Govt Folio I 7.5:1/reprint Volume 2: Govt Folio I 7.5:2/reprint Volume 3: Govt Folio I 7.5:3/reprint Volume 4: Govt Folio I 7.5:4/reprint |
||
| 1850 (7th) | Volume 1: Govt Folio I 8.5:1/reprint Volume 3: Govt Folio I 8.5:3/reprint Volume 4: Govt Folio I 8.5:4/reprint |
||
| 1860 (8th) | Volume 1: Govt Folio I 9.5:1/reprint Volume 2: Govt Folio I 9.5:2/reprint Volume 3: Govt Folio I 9.5:3/reprint Volume 4: Govt Folio I 9.5:4/reprint |
||
| 1870 (9th) | Volume 1: Govt Folio I 10.5:1/reprint Volume 2: Govt Folio I 10.5:2/reprint Volume 3: Govt Folio I 10.5:3/reprint Volume 4: Govt Folio I 10.5:4/reprint |
||
| 1880 (10th) | Govt Doc C 3.5: | ||
| 1890 (11th) | Govt Doc C 3.5: | ||
| 1900 (12th) | Govt Doc C 3.5: | ||
| 1910 (13th) | Govt Doc C 3.16: | ||
| 1920 (14th) | Govt Doc C 3.28/5: | ||
| 1930 (15th) | Govt Doc C 3.28/5: Govt Doc C 3.37/5: |
||
| 1940 (16th) | Govt Doc C 3.940-5: | ||
| 1950 (17th) | Govt Doc C 3.950-7/5: | ||
| 1960 (18th) | Govt Doc C 3.223/9:960 Govt Doc C 3.223/10: Govt Doc C 3.223/11: Govt Doc C 3.224/9: |
||
| 1970 (19th) | Govt Doc C 3.223/9:970 Govt Doc C 3.223/10: Govt Doc C 3.223/11: Govt Doc C 3.223/17: Govt Doc C 3.224/6: |
||
| 1980 (20th) | Govt Doc C 3.223/8: Govt Doc C 3.223/9:980 Govt Doc C 3.223/10: Govt Doc C 3.223/11: Govt Doc C 3.223/20: Govt Doc C 3.223/23: Govt Doc C 3.224/3: Govt Doc C 3.224/4: |
||
| zipped text or dbf files (require considerable expertise to use) | Census Bureau FTP site | ||
| 1990 (21st) | Govt Doc C 3.223/5: Govt Doc C 3.223/6: Govt Doc C 3.223/11: Govt Doc C 3.223/12: Govt Doc C 3.223/23: Govt Doc C 3.224/3: |
||
| CD-ROM/DVD | Govt Doc C 3.281/2: Govt Doc C 3.282: Govt Doc C 3.282/2: Govt Doc C 3.282/3: Govt Doc C 3.282/14: Govt Doc C 3.283: Govt Doc C 3.285: Govt Doc C 3.286: |
||
| zipped text or dbf files (require considerable expertise to use) | Census Bureau FTP site | ||
| 2000 (22nd) | |||
| Govt Doc C 3.223/5: Govt Doc C 3.223/18: Govt Doc C 3.223/23: |
Print holdings are more limited than what is in data.census.gov. | ||
| CD-ROM/DVD | Govt Doc C 3.282: Govt Doc C 3.282/2: Govt Doc C 3.282/2-2: Govt Doc C 3.282/2-3: Govt Doc C 3.282/4: Govt Doc C 3.285: |
||
| zipped text or dbf files (require considerable expertise to use) | Census Bureau FTP site | ||
| 2010 (23rd) | online database | data.census.gov | All geographies. |
| Govt Doc C 3.223/5: | Print holdings are more limited than what is in data.census.gov. | ||
| CD-ROM/DVD | Govt Doc C 3.282:2010 | ||
| zipped text or dbf files (require considerable expertise to use) | Census Bureau FTP site | ||
| Census year (number) | Format | Location | Geographical areas available |
Important: Please note the sources available for multiple censuses in the box above this one. The list of call numbers for print and CD-ROM/DVD may not be complete. Not all census volumes are in our catalog.
PDFs of print publications from the Census Bureau. Note: Not complete for all censuses, states, and/or series.
Social Explorer
Access to current and historical census data and demographic information and create thematic maps. Including over 40 billion data elements, 200,000 variables and more than 18,000 interactive maps from 1790 to 2010. The US Census from 1790 to 2010. All annual updates from the American Community Survey (from 2005 to 2010). All annual updates from the American Community Survey. InfoGroup data on religious congregations for the United States for 2009, including maps for counties, and special census areas, as well as point maps of the actual congregation locations (to be updated yearly). The Religious Congregations and Membership Study (RCMS) from 1980 to 2000.
A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790-1900. Census Bureau. 1909.
Source: The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
Current Population Survey (CPS).
A monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted since 1947 by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Topics surveyed include race, income, education, family size and structure, etc. Most reports have been digitized; sometimes they are tricky to find on the census web site, where they are organized by topic, such as race or income. Bowdoin Library holds paper copies of reports from the late 1940's through the 1990's at Govt Doc C3.186.
