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The History and Growth of the United States Census, 1790-1890 PDF ZIP
143 MB
The Story of the Census, 1790 – 1916 PDF ZIP
6.5 MB
Bulletins (no. 91 - 100)
  1. Transportation by water: 1906. United States.
  2. Census of Manufactures: 1905. Chemicals and allied products.
  3. Census of Manufactures: 1905. Earnings of wage-earners.
  4. Statistics of employees, executive civil service of the United States: 1907.
  5. Cotton Production: 1907.
  6. Marriage and Divorce: 1887-1906.
  7. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1908
  8. Thirteenth Census: taken in 1910. Supervisors’ districts.
  9. Electrical industries of Porto Rico: 1907.
  10. Cotton Production: 1908.
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422.2 MB
Bulletins (no. 101 - 110)
  1. Industrial districts: 1905. Manufactures and population.
  2. Telegraph systems: 1907.
  3. Religious Bodies: 1906 (Second edition, revised and enlarged)
  4. Mortailty Statistics: 1908.
  5. Statistics of cities: 1907. Abstract of Annual Report.
  6. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1909
  7. Cotton Production: 1909.
  8. Mortailty Statistics: 1909
  9. Population by States and Territories, Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910.
  10. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1910
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185.1 MB
Bulletins 111 - 121
  1. Cotton production and statistics of cottonseed products: 1910.
  2. Mortailty Statistics: 1911
  3. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1911
  4. Cotton Production: 1911.
  5. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1912
  6. Cotton Production: 1912.
  7. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1913
  8. Financial statistics of cities having a population of over 30,000: 1912
  9. Insane and feeble-minded in institutions: 1910.
  10. Paupers in Almshouses: 1910.
  11. Prisoners and juvenile delinquents: 1910.
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133.4 MB
Bulletins (no. 121 - 130)
  1. Prisoners and juvenile delinquents: 1910.
  2. Estimates of population: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
  3. Telephones and telegraphs: 1912.
  4. Central electric light and power stations and street and electric railways: 1912.
  5. Cotton Production: 1913.
  6. Financial statistics of cities having a population of over 30,000: 1913.
  7. Chinese and Japanese in the United States: 1910.
  8. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1914.
  9. Negroes in the United States.
  10. The Blind population in the United States: 1910.
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103.0 MB
Bulletins 122 - 130 PDF * ZIP *
155.9 MB
Bulletins 131 - 140 PDF * ZIP *
197.3 MB
Announcements and Special Notices, Calendar Year 1961 import data in terms of TSUS Classifications PDF * ZIP *
40.7 MB
Censuses of Business, Manufactures, and Mineral Industries. 1958 Manual of Industry and Product Classification. Numerical List of Mineral Products for Standard Minerals Report Forms. PDF * ZIP *
2.9 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1917. Central Electric Light and Power Stations with Summary of the Electrical Industries. PDF * ZIP *
30.3 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1922. Telegraphs. PDF * ZIP *
2.0 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1922. Telephones. PDF * ZIP *
8.3 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. Central Electric Light and Power Stations. PDF * ZIP *
10.9 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. Telegraphs. PDF * ZIP *
2.5 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. Telephones. PDF * ZIP *
7.2 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1927.
  • Central Electric Light and Power Stations
  • Electric Railways and Affliated Motor Bus Lines
  • Telegraphs
  • Telephones
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40.8 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1932. Central Electric Light and Power Stations. PDF * ZIP *
7.6 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1932. Electrical Railways and Motor-Bus Operations of Affiliates and Successors. PDF * ZIP *
12.1 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1932. Telephones and Telegraphs. PDF * ZIP *
7.7 MB
Census of Electrical Industries, 1937.
Electric Light and Power Industry. PDF * ZIP *
23.3 MB
Street Railways and Trolley-bus and Motorbus Operations. PDF * ZIP *
11.8 MB
Telephones and Telegraphs PDF * ZIP *
9.9 MB
Manufactures 1905.
Pt 1, United States by Industries PDF * ZIP *
180.4 MB
Pt 3, Special Reports on Selected Industries PDF * ZIP *
147.7 MB
Pt 4, Special Reports on Selected Industries PDF * ZIP *
165.4 MB
Census of Manufactures, 1914
Abstract of the Census of Manufactures, 1914. PDF * ZIP *
232.9 MB
Vol 1 Reports by States with Statistics for Principal Cities and Metropolitan Districts PDF * ZIP *
323.9 MB
Vol. 2, Reports for Selected Industries and Detail Statistics for Industries, by States PDF * ZIP *
192.0 MB
Classifications by Industries. PDF * ZIP *
4.8 MB
State Bulletins. PDF * ZIP *
522 MB
Census of Manufactures, 1919
Abstract of the Census of Manufactures, 1919 PDF * ZIP *
135 MB
Classifications by Industries PDF * ZIP *
3.1 MB
Census of Manufactures, 1921
Summary for the United States by Industries, Geographic Divisions, and States. PDF * ZIP *
39.6 MB
Classification by Industries. PDF * ZIP *
8.2 MB
Instructions to Special Agents. PDF * ZIP *
5.8 MB
Biennial Census of Manufacture, 1925 PDF * ZIP *
261 MB
Classification by Industries. PDF * ZIP *
3.9 MB
Summary by Industry Groups and by Industries. PDF * ZIP *
8.7 MB
Instructions for Preparing Reports. PDF * ZIP *
3.4 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1927 PDF * ZIP *
275 MB
Forest Products. PDF * ZIP *
11.4 MB
Statistics for Industries and States PDF * ZIP *
15.9 MB
Summary by Industry Groups and by Industries PDF * ZIP *
7.5 MB
Classification by Industries PDF * ZIP *
6.6 MB
Census of Manufactures, 1929. Numerical code for states, counties, and cities, of 10,000 inhabitants or more in the continential United States PDF * ZIP *
7.4 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1931 PDF * ZIP *
126.3 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1931. Industry Classifications. PDF * ZIP *
6.4 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1931. Instructions for Preparing Reports. PDF * ZIP *
3.6 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1933. PDF * ZIP *
98.6 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1933. Industry Classifications. PDF * ZIP *
6.2 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1935. PDF * ZIP *
242.5 MB
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1935. Industry Classifications. PDF * ZIP *
6.6 MB
1947 Census of Manufacturing; Special Reports
  • MC100-13. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms by Metal Fabricating Establishments by State, Standard Metropolitan Area, and Selected Counties: 1947
  • MC100-14. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms by Metal Fabricating Establishments by Industry Within State: 1947
1954 Census of Manufactures; Special Reports
  • MC-303. Consumption of Copper and Copper-base Alloy Mill Shapes and Forms
  • MC-304. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms.
1958 Census of Manufactures; Supplementary Reports
  • MC58(s)-5. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms: Steel Copper (Brass), Aluminum, Insulated Wire and Cable
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61.5 MB
Census of Manufactures, 1947
Vol. 1. General Summary PDF * ZIP *
46.5 MB
Vol. 2. Statistics by Industry PDF * ZIP *
148.5 MB
Vol. 3. Statistics by States PDF * ZIP *
115.3 MB
Fuels and Electric Energy Consumed PDF * ZIP *
29.2 MB
Industry Descriptions PDF * ZIP *
16.4 MB
Industry and Commodity Classification Manuals
Vol. 1. Product Classification, Part 1, Numerical List of Products PDF * ZIP *
29.7 MB
Vol. 1. Product Classification, Part 2, Alphabetical List of Products PDF * ZIP *
38.2 MB
Vol. 2. Classes of Products PDF * ZIP *
20.4 MB
Vol. 2. Classes of Products (Revised) PDF * ZIP *
17.1 MB
MC204 Classes of Products, by State … PDF * ZIP *
16.1 MB
Tables, Punch Cards, and General Explanations PDF * ZIP *
7.0 MB
1963 Census of Manufactures and Mineral Industries. Supplementary List of Check Digits for 4-Digit Industry and 5-Digit “Not Specified by Kind” and “All Other” Codes. PDF * ZIP *
7.4 MB
Products Supplement: Quantity and Value of Shipments and/or Production for more than 6000 Products Manufactured by United States Industry PDF * ZIP *
42.9 MB
(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1906
Pt 1 Summary and general tables PDF * ZIP *
92.0 MB
Pt 2 Separate Denominations: History, description, and statistics PDF * ZIP *
106.8 MB
(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1916
Pt 1 Summary and general tables PDF * ZIP *
163.3 MB
Pt 2 Separate Denominations: History, description, and statistics PDF * ZIP *
126.3 MB
(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1926. Vol 1, Summary and Detailed Tables. PDF * ZIP *
95.6 MB
Census of Religious Bodies, 1936
Bulletins 1-21 PDF * ZIP *
74.7 MB
Bulletins 22-39 PDF * ZIP *
58.7 MB
Bulletins 40-78 PDF * ZIP *
63.4 MB
Census of Manufactures, 1949. Puerto Rico. PDF * ZIP *
15.6 MB
Census Tracts in American Cities (Census Tract Manual). A Brief History of the Census Tract Movement, with an outline of Procedure and Suggested Modifications. Prepared by Howard Whipple Green and Leon E. Truesdell. December 1934. PDF * ZIP *
1.5 MB
Census Tracts in American Cities (Census Tract Manual). A Brief History of the Census Tract Movement, with an outline of Procedure and Suggested Modifications. Prepared by Howard Whipple Green and Leon E. Truesdell. Revised Edition. July 1937. PDF * ZIP *
1.2 MB
Census Tract Manual. Third Revision. Revised and Enlarged. 1947. PDF * ZIP *
5.4 MB
Central Electric Light and Power Stations and Street and Electric Railways with Summary of the Electrical Industries, 1912. PDF * ZIP *
134.1 MB
A Century of Population Growth, from the first Census of the United States to the Twelfth. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 PDF * ZIP *
84.7 MB
Changes in Distribution of Manufacturing Wage Earners, 1899-1939. PDF * ZIP *
77.5 MB
Construction Reports, Housing Starts. 1963-1965 PDF * ZIP *
61.8 MB
Cotton Production and Distribution.
Bulletin 174. Season of 1936-37. PDF * ZIP *
5.5 MB
Bulletin 177 Season of 1939-40. PDF * ZIP *
5.5 MB
Bulletin 179 Season of 1941-42. PDF * ZIP *
5.6 MB
Bulletin 190. Year ending July 31, 1953 PDF * ZIP *
9.9 MB
Bulletin 191. Year ending July 31, 1954 PDF * ZIP *
9.8 MB
Bulletin 192. Year ending July 31, 1955 PDF * ZIP *
9.8 MB
Bulletin 193. Year ending July 31, 1956 PDF * ZIP *
10.1 MB
Bulletin 194. Year ending July 31, 1957 PDF * ZIP *
10.4 MB
Bulletin 195. Year ending July 31, 1958 PDF * ZIP *
23.0 MB
Bulletin 196. Year ending July 31, 1959 PDF * ZIP *
19.3 MB
Bulletin 197. Year ending July 31, 1960 PDF * ZIP *
9.9 MB
Bulletin 198. Year ending July 31, 1961 PDF * ZIP *
9.9 MB
Bulletin 199. Year ending July 31, 1962 PDF * ZIP *
9.6 MB
Bulletin 202. Year ending July 31, 1965 PDF * ZIP *
9.9 MB
Cotton Production in the United States
Crop of 1964 PDF * ZIP *
3.6 MB
Crop of 1965 PDF * ZIP *
3.4 MB
Crop of 1967 PDF * ZIP *
6.0 MB
Crop of 1968 PDF * ZIP *
6.0 MB
Crop of 1969 PDF * ZIP *
6.3 MB
Current Industrial Reports, Flour Milling Products, Series M20A.
1970-1971 PDF * ZIP *
9.2 MB
1976-1981 PDF * ZIP *
90.4 MB
Current Industrial Reports, Industrial Gases, Series M28C.
January 1969- December 1970 PDF * ZIP *
14.7 MB
January-December 1976 and preliminary annual data PDF * ZIP *
23.9 MB
January 1971-Jan 1974 PDF * ZIP *
25.2 MB
January 1978-Dec 1981 PDF * ZIP *
111.7 MB
Cuba: Population, History, and Resources 1907 PDF * ZIP *
32.4 MB
Estimates of Population for the several states and the District of Columbia, for counties, and for cities of over 30,000, made by the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce in pursuance of and for the purpose mentioned in Section 2 of an act of Congress “to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States.” Approved May 18, 1917. PDF * ZIP *
6.7 MB
Federal Estimates of Population and Federal Supervision of Local Censuses. May 1916. PDF * ZIP *
1.4 MB
Foreign Trade Statistics Notes PDF * ZIP *
30.6 MB
Forest Products 1922. Turpentine and Resin. PDF * ZIP *
520 KB
A General View of the United States; Comprising, also, a description of each individual state and territory in the Union; to which are added Various Tabular Statements, comprehending aggregates of the Population of the United States, at different periods, as well as in the year 1840... PDF * ZIP *
15.2 MB
Imported Merchandise Entered for Consumption in the United States and Duties Collected Thereon.
1907. PDF * ZIP *
27.9 MB
1909. PDF * ZIP *
29.9 MB
1911. PDF * ZIP *
16.0 MB
1912. PDF * ZIP *
15.1 MB
Imports of Merchandise for Consumption,
1896. PDF * ZIP *
14.7 MB
1897. PDF * ZIP *
27.4 MB
Indexes of Production: Manufacturing Production Indexes for 1947 Relative to 1939, based largely on Census of Manufactures Data. PDF * ZIP *
16.9 MB
Instructions to Special Agents. Cotton Statistics. July 1, 1930. PDF * ZIP *
1.9 MB
International Population Reports Series P-91, No. 2. Population Estimates and Projections for Selected Countries, 1954-1957. PDF * ZIP *
856 KB
International Population Reports Series P-91, No. 4. Population Estimates and Projections for Selected Countries, 1955-1959. PDF * ZIP *
775 KB
Materials used in Manufactures: 1929 PDF * ZIP *
16.1 MB
Monthly Comparative Sales of Confectionery and Competitive Chocolate Products. PDF * ZIP *
43.2 MB
Mortality Statistics, 1906. Seventh Annual Report. PDF * ZIP *
111.4 MB
Negro Population, 1790-1915 PDF * ZIP *
170.6 MB
On revision of Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. A Report of the Committee of the Economic History Association (Advisory to the Bureau of the Census). April 15, 1952. PDF * ZIP *
1.5 MB
Plantation Farming in the United States. 1916. PDF * ZIP *
7.0 MB
Population, Special Reports. Series P-1943, P-44, P-45, P-46, P-47. PDF * ZIP *
40.5 MB
Provisional Figures for Live Births, Infant Mortality, and Stillbirths, in Continental United States: 1933. PDF * ZIP *
2.9 MB
Registration of Deaths. Practical Methods to Secure Complete Returns. The Standard Certificate of Death, suggestions as to its use and treatment, forms of permanent records, information for local Registrates. 1903. PDF * ZIP *
2.3 MB
Report of the Monograph Program of the Bureau of the Census. October 29, 1941. PDF * ZIP *
5.7 MB
Reports of Activities in Census Tract Cities. PDF * ZIP *
2.4 MB
Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic Commodities Exported from the United States and Regulations Governing Statistical Returns of Exports of Domestic Commodities, and Shipments Between the United States and its Noncontiguous Territory. (1917 - 1927). PDF * ZIP *
32.8 MB
Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic Commodities Exported from the United States and Regulations Governing Statistical Returns of Exports of Domestic Commodities,
effective January 1, 1928 PDF * ZIP *
5.8 MB
effective January 1, 1929 PDF * ZIP *
6.6 MB
effective January 1, 1930 PDF * ZIP *
5.9 MB
effective January 1, 1931 PDF * ZIP *
8.1 MB
effective January 1, 1932 PDF * ZIP *
12.6 MB
effective January 1, 1933 PDF * ZIP *
17.4 MB
effective January 1, 1935, corrected to January 1, 1935 PDF * ZIP *
7.2 MB
effective January 1, 1936 PDF * ZIP *
14.1 MB
effective January 1, 1938 PDF * ZIP *
10.5 MB
Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States and Regulations Governing Statistical Returns of Exports of Commodities.
Part 1, Alphabetic Index with revisions.
January 1, 1944 PDF * ZIP *
38.7 MB
January 1, 1945 with revisions. PDF * ZIP *
156.4 MB
January 1, 1949 PDF * ZIP *
160.1 MB
Part 2, Numbered Classifications and Articles Included. January 1, 1945. PDF * ZIP *
56.9 MB
Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States.
January 1, 1965 edition. PDF * ZIP *
99.0 MB
January 1, 1965 edition, reprinted October 1969. PDF * ZIP *
144.5 MB
1971 Edition PDF * ZIP *
70.3 MB
Changes in Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. January 1, 1965 edition (Effective January 1, 1965) Public Bulletin B-1 etc etc PDF * ZIP *
90.1 MB
Selected Statistics for the United States by Denominations and Geographic Divisions. PDF * ZIP *
16.9 MB
Significant Features of the Early Census Returns
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3.0 MB
Special Reports
Benevolent Institutions. 1904. PDF * ZIP *
40.2 MB
Central Electric Light and Power Stations. 1902. PDF * ZIP *
129.8 MB
Central Electric Light and Power Stations. 1907. PDF * ZIP *
52.0 MB
Insane and Feeble-Minded in Hospitals and Institutions. 1904. PDF * ZIP *
34.1 MB
Mortality Statistics, 1900-1904. PDF * ZIP *
32.5 MB
Paupers in Almshouses. 1904. PDF * ZIP *
38.5 MB
Prisoners and Juvenile Delinquents in Institutions. 1904. PDF * ZIP *
49.0 MB
Streets and Electric Railways. 1902. PDF * ZIP *
86.7 MB
Streets and Electric Railways, 1907. (Special Reports) PDF * ZIP *
114.9 MB
Telephones and Telegraphs, 1902 (Special Reports) PDF * ZIP *
33.0 MB
Telephones, 1907 (Special Reports) PDF * ZIP *
64.8 MB
Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States, 1800-1907, and commercial and financial statistics of foreign countries. PDF * ZIP *
8.1 MB
Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States, … and Monetary, Commercial, and Financial Statistics of Principal Countries.
1800-1910 PDF * ZIP *
7.8 MB
1800-1912 PDF * ZIP *
11.8 MB
1800-1913 PDF * ZIP *
11.3 MB
1800-1914 PDF * ZIP *
8.9 MB
1800-1920 PDF * ZIP *
11.7 MB
Study of Cartage Costs in the City of Washington. 1917. PDF * ZIP *
1.4 MB
Tabulation of Common Surnames and Given Names. PDF * ZIP *
627 KB
Telephones and Telegraphs and Municipal Electric Fire-Alarm and Police-Patrol Signaling Systems. 1912 PDF * ZIP *
112.8 MB
Transportation by Water, (Special Reports) 1906. 224p. PDF * ZIP *
43.7 MB
TQ-2310 – U.S. General Imports of Man-Made Fibers and Manufactures.
July 1984. PDF * ZIP *
15.9 MB
June 1984. PDF * ZIP *
15.6 MB
TQ-2210 – U.S. General Imports of Wool Manufactures. June 1984. PDF * ZIP *
6.3 MB
U.S. General Imports. Cotton Manufactures. June 1984. PDF * ZIP *
20.3 MB
U.S. War Production Indexes. United States Production of Selected Combat Items. U.S. War Production. Series 51.1, 51.2, 51.3. 1940-1945. PDF * ZIP *
20.2 MB
United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise shipped on vessels reported as outbound war and marine losses (including exports under the lend-lease program). Calender year 1943. Commodity by Country of Destination. PDF * ZIP *
35.0 MB
United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise. Country of Destination by Subgroup. PDF * ZIP *
20.1 MB
Working Paper 39, Population and Housing Queries in U.S. Decennial Censuses, 1790-1970. PDF * ZIP *
16.4 MB
About the Bureau - Legislation and Bureau Activities
Act of March 6, 1902 providing for the establishment of a permanent Census Office, with amendatory acts and provisions of other acts relating to the Census Office. N/A N/A
(Annual) Reports of the Director of the Census. 1881-1921 PDF * ZIP *
120.1 MB
Census Act of March 3, 1899 providing for the Twelfth and Subsequent Censuses with amendatory acts and legislative provisions of other bills. PDF * ZIP *
4.4 MB
The Census Office and Coordination of Statistics. Reply of the Director of the Census to the Inquiries of the Interdepartmental Statistical Committee. January 8, 1909. PDF * ZIP *
10.4 MB
Circular of Information Concerning the Work of the Permanent Census Bureau: 1902-1913 PDF * ZIP *
9.2 MB
Detailed description of Census Bureau’s New Photographic Equipment, Jan 12, 1937 PDF * ZIP *
1.2 MB
Estimate of Appropriations Required by the Census Office for the year beginning June 30, 1900, and ending June 30, 1901. PDF * ZIP *
1 MB
Instructions to Editors and Proofreaders, printed for exclusive use of the Bureau of the Census. PDF * ZIP *
4.1 MB
Legislation Relating to the Bureau of the Census. July 1, 1917. PDF * ZIP *
12.4 MB

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