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Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000

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Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000
Cover and Table of Contents PDF, 678 KB
Pages 5 - 96, Questionnaires and Instructions (1790 - 1990) PDF, 3,070 KB
Pages 97 - 109, Questionnaire and Instructions (2000) PDF, 12,661 KB
Pages 110 - 140
Availability of Population Schedules, Availability of the 1930 Census Records, Finding Guides, State and Territorial Censuses, Mortality Schedules, Population Items on Principal Census Questionnaires, A History of the Decennial Censuses (1790 to 2000), Individual Histories of the United States Censuses
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Appendixes A - D PDF, 126 KB

Source: U.S. Census Bureau