Research Guides
U.S. Decennial Census: Census Compilations
Decade by decade information about how to access and use U.S. Census reports.
Starting Points
- A Century of Population Growth, From the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790 - 1900
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Online via US Census Bureau - A century of population growth, state of Washington, 1860 to 1960
Print via UW Libraries - Demographic Trends in the 20th Century
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Online via US Census Bureau - Historical statistics of the states of the United States : two centuries of the census, 1790-1990
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Online via ABC-CLIO - Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present
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Online via Cambridge University Press - Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970
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Online via US Census Bureau - Negro population 1790-1915.
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Online via HathiTrust - Population abstract of the United States
Print via UW Libraries - Population history of western U.S. cities and towns, 1850-1990
Print via UW Libraries - Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 : from the twenty-one decennial censuses
Print via UW Libraries - Statistical Abstract of the United States
Online via US Census Bureau - Women's occupations through seven decades.
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U.S. Center of Population
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