1950 Census records are available now at https://1950census.archives.gov
General Resources | Online Census Records | Census Records on Microfilm
General Resources
Library books & materials on Census records – Catalog results
Clues in Census Records, 1850-1940 – An article from the National Archives
Downloadable Census research forms – Organize and document your Census research
Indiana State Library – Genealogy Census Collection
National Archives at Chicago – A complete set of 1790-1940 Census records, along with other genealogical resources, are available on microfilm at the Chicago regional office of the National Archives
Online Census Records
Ancestry Library – U.S. Census Records 1790-1940 (available within the library)
HeritageQuest – U.S. Census Records 1790-1940 : Log in at home with your library card number. Don’t have a library card? Sign up now to get an eCard.
FamilySearch – Census records and lists; expanded access available within the library
Internet Archive – Census Records 1790-1930
1850 U.S. Census – LaPorte County Records
1940 Census Enumeration District Finder
1950 Census – National Archives
Cyndi’s List U.S. Census Links
Cyndi’s List International Census Links
Census Records on Microfilm
Three ViewScan 4 microfilm readers are available for free public use in the Reference Department. Please ask at the Reference Desk if you have any questions. Prints are $0.15 a page. PDFs and images may be saved on a flash drive or emailed for no charge.
How to Use Soundex Indexing – Census records are indexed by the sound of the surname rather than the spelling. Learn how to find surnames in Census records with this overview.
Our Census microfilm holdings:
| Year | Box Number | Reel | State | Counties |
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| 1790 | M637 | 1 | Connecticut | complete |
| 2 | Maine | complete | ||
| 3 | Maryland | complete | ||
| 4 | Massachusetts | complete | ||
| 5 | New Hampshire | complete | ||
| 6 | New York | complete | ||
| 7 | North Carolina | complete | ||
| 8 | Pennsylvania | Lancaster Berks Chester Delaware Huntington Mifflin Luzerne Dauphin Northampton Cumberland Fayette Westmoreland Bucks |
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| 9 | Pennsylvania | Montgomery Westmoreland Allegheny Washington Bedford Franklin Northumberland York Mifflin Philadelphia |
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| 10 | Rhode Island | complete | ||
| 11 | South Carolina | complete | ||
| 12 | Vermont | complete | ||
| 1820 | M33 | 13 | Indiana | Clark Dearborn Floyd Franklin Gibson Jackson Jefferson Pike Posey Randolph |
| 14 | Indiana | Crawford Delaware Dubois Harrison Jennings Knox Lawrence Martin Monroe Orange Owen Perry Scott Switzerland Vanderburgh Vigo Wabash Washington |
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| 15 | Indiana | Fayette Ripple Spencer Sullivan Warwick Wayne |
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| 56 | Michigan | complete | ||
| 1830 | M19 | 26 | Indiana | Fayette Lawrence Gibson Sullivan Boone Vermillion Hamilton Rush Martin Madison Allen Pike Decatur St. Joseph Elkhart |
| 27 | Indiana | Cass Johnson Dubois Harrison Jennings Dearborn Franklin |
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| 28 | Indiana | Clark Jefferson Spencer Marion Crawford Warrick Delaware Perry Floyd Shelby |
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| 29 | Indiana | Hancock Randolph Wayne Posey Jackson Owen |
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| 30 | Indiana | Montgomery Clinton Vigo Hendricks Monroe Putnam Morgan Scott |
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| 31 | Indiana | Orange Henry Tippecanoe Greene Bartholomew Carroll Knox Washington Daviess |
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| 32 | Indiana | Ripley Switzerland Parke Fountain Warren Vanderburgh Union Clay |
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| 69 | Michigan | complete | ||
| 1840 | M704 | 85 | Indiana | Koscuisko Knox Lake LaPorte |
| 90 | Indiana | Perry Pike Porter Posey |
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| 94 | Indiana | St. Joseph Starke Sullivan Steuben Switzerland |
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| 203 | Michigan | Allegan Berrien Barry Branch Calhoun |
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| 1850 | M432 | 157 | Indiana | LaGrange Lake LaPorte |
| 165 | Indiana | Perry Pike Porter |
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| 171 | Indiana | St. Joseph Scott |
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| 172 | Indiana | Shelby Spencer Starke |
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| 346 | Michigan | Allegan Barry Berrien |
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| 1860 | M653 | 261 | Indiana | Grant |
| 275 | Indiana | LaPorte | ||
| 289 | Indiana | Pike Porter |
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| 295 | Indiana | St. Joseph | ||
| 297 | Indiana | Spencer Starke |
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| 537 | Michigan | Berrien | ||
| 1870 | M593 | 334 | Indiana | LaPorte |
| 351 | Indiana | Porter | ||
| 359 | Indiana | Starke Steuben |
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| 360 | Indiana | St. Joseph | ||
| 663 | Michigan | Berrien (part) | ||
| 664 | Michigan | Berrien (part) |
1880 Census is online at www.familysearch.org
| Year | Number | Reel | State | Counties |
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| 1880 | Soundex T747 | Indiana | All counties | |
| 1880 | T9 | 291 | Indiana | LaGrange (part) Lake LaPorte (part) |
| 292 | Indiana | LaPorte (part) Lawrence |
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| 304 | Indiana | Perry Pike Porter (part) |
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| 305 | Indiana | Porter (part) Posey Pulaski Putnam |
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| 306 | Indiana | Pulaski (part) Putnam Randolph (part) |
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| 308 | Indiana | Ripley (part) Rush St. Joseph (part) |
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| 309 | Indiana | St. Joseph (part) Scott Shelby |
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| 310 | Indiana | Shelby (part) Starke |
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| 572 | Michigan | Bay (part) Benzie Berrien (part) |
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| 573 | Michigan | Berrien (part) Branch |
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| 1890 | M407 | 1 | Alabama | Perry (Perryville Beat No. 11) (Severe Beat No. 8) |
| 2 | District of Columbia | Q 13th 14th R Q Corcoran 15th S R Riggs Streets Johnson Avenue S Street |
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| 3 | Georgia | Muscogee County (Columbus) |
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| Illinois | McDonought County (Mound Twp.) |
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| Minnesota | Wright County (Rockford) |
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| New Jersey | Hudson County (Jersey City) |
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| New York | Westchester County (Eastchester) Suffolk County (Brookhaven Twp.) |
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| North Carolina | Gaston County (South Point Twp.) (River Bend Twp.) Cleveland County (Twp. No. 2) |
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| Ohio | Hamilton County (Cincinnati) Clinton County (Wayne Twp.) |
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| South Dakota | Union County (Jefferson Twp.) |
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| Texas | Elis County (J.P. No. 6) (Mountain Peak) (Ovilla Precinct) Hood County (Precinct No. 5) Rusk County (No. 6) (J.P. No. ?) Trinity County (Trinity Town) (Precinct No. 2) Kaufman County (Kaufman) |
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| 1900 | Soundex T1044 | Indiana | All counties | |
| 1900 | Soundex T1047 | Kentucky | All counties | |
| 1900 | T623 | 384 | Indiana | LaPorte (part) |
| 385 | Indiana | LaPorte (part) Lawrence |
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| 398 | Indiana | Porter Posey |
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| 401 | Indiana | St. Joseph (part) | ||
| 402 | Indiana | St. Joseph (part) Scott Shelby |
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| 403 | Indiana | Shelby (part) Spencer Starke |
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| 702 | Michigan | Bay (part) Benzie Berrien (part) |
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| 703 | Michigan | Berrien (part) Branch (part) |
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| 1910 | T624 | 363 | Indiana | LaPorte |
| 374 | Indiana | Perry Pike Porter |
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| 377 | Indiana | Rush St. Joseph (part) |
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| 378 | Indiana | St. Joseph (part) | ||
| 379 | Indiana | Scott Starke Shelby |
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| 638 | Michigan | Berrien | ||
| 1920 | Soundex M1560 | Indiana | All counties | |
| 1920 | T625 | 447 | Indiana | LaPorte Lawrence (part) |
| 460 | Indiana | Perry (part) Pike Porter Union (part) |
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| 462 | Indiana | Ripley (part) Rush St. Joseph (part) |
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| 463 | Indiana | St. Joseph | ||
| 464 | Indiana | Randolph St. Joseph (part) |
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| 757 | Michigan | Berrien (part) | ||
| 758 | Michigan | Berrien (part) Branch Charlevoix |
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| 1930 | Indiana |