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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 - 1880 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 - 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 - U.S., Schedules of Special Census of Indians, 1880 $

Original sources: Schedules of Special Census of Indians, 1880. Microfilm publication M1791, 5 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007, Record Group 29. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com Learning Center - 1880 U.S. Census: Next Steps

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1880 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.

Archives.com - 1880 U.S. Federal Population Census $

50,471,636 Records. Source: National Archives, Courtesy of FamilySearch.org. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

Family History Daily - This Curious 1880 Census Recorded “Idiots,” the Insane, the Sick and the Poor $

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1880

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1880 ^FREE

Names index to population schedules listing inhabitants of the United States in 1880. This was the twelfth census conducted since 1790.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1880

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census Defective Schedules

IPUMS USA | 1880 Enumeration Form

Sample picture of the form.

IPUMS USA | 1880 Enumerator Instructions

IPUMS USA | Census Questions (1880)

MyHeritage - 1880 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 1880, conducted during June 1880, determined the resident population of the United States to be 50,189,209 - an increase of 30.2 percent over the 1870 Census.

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1880

US Census Headings 1870-1930 ^FREE

A chart by FamilySearch.