Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000

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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

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Cover and Table of Contents
Pages 5-96 - Questionnaire and Instructions (1790-1990) [3 MB]
Pages 97-109 - Questionnaire and Instructions (2000) [12.7 MB]
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
Appendixes A-D

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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