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1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses - Catalog of NARA Microfilm

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

Ancestry.com - 1820 United States Federal Census $

Includes research tips and information about the questions asked in each census. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1820 U.S. Census

This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1820

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1820 ^FREE

Name index to the population schedules listing the inhabitants of the United States in 1820. This was the fourth national census conducted since 1790. No schedules are known to exist for New Jersey. Index provided by Ancestry.com.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1820

Findmypast - 1820 U.S. Federal Population Census $

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MyHeritage - 1820 United States Federal Census $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. The United States Census of 1820, conducted on August 7, 1820, determined the population to be 9,638,453, of which 1,538,022 were slaves.

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1820

US Census Headings 1790-1860 ^FREE

A chart by FamilySearch.