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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 - 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules $

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 - 1850 United States Federal Census $

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com - Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 $

This database contains U.S. federal non-population schedules from 1850-1880 for the following states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington Territory. Non-population schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industry/manufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1850 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, 1850-1930

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

FamilySearch - Descriptions of census geographic subdivisions, 1850 : NA T1224

Microfilm of original records at the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. Descriptions for Oregon Territory missing. Filmed in alphabetical order by state or territory giving names of persons employed as enumerators and descriptions of their subdivisions.

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1850

FamilySearch - United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 ^FREE

FamilySearch - United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ^FREE

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1850 ^FREE

Name index and images of population schedules listing inhabitants of the United States in 1850. This was the seventh census conducted since 1790. Searchable data and browse are available for all states and territories.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1850

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census, Slave Schedule, 1850

Findmypast - 1850 U.S. Federal Population Census $

IPUMS USA | 1850 Enumerator Instructions (to Marshals and Assistant Marshals)

IPUMS USA | Census Questions (1850)

MyHeritage - 1850 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 1850, conducted on June 1, 1850, determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876 - an increase of 35.9 percent over the 1840 Census. The total population included 3,204,313 slaves.

The 1850 and 1860 Census, Schedule 2, Slave Inhabitants (Wayback Machine)

By David E. Paterson

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1850