U.S. AND N.Y. STATE CENSUSES OWNED BY FEINBERG LIBRARY
U.S. POPULATION CENSUSES (Third Floor -- U.S. Government Documents Collection)
| YEAR | CENSUS | SUDOC # | NOTES |
| 1790 | 1st | C 3.223:1790/reprint | . |
| 1800 | 2nd | C 3.223:1800/reprint | . |
| 1810 | 3rd | C 3.223:1810/reprint | . |
| 1820 | 4th | C 3.223:1820/reprint | . |
| 1830 | 5th | C 3.223:1830/reprint | . |
| 1840 | 6th | C 3.223:1840/reprint | . |
| 1850 | 7th | C 3.223:1850/reprint | . |
| 1860 | 8th | C 3.223:1860/reprint I 9.5: |
. |
| 1870 | 9th | C 3.223:1870/reprint I 10.6: |
. |
| 1880 | 10th | I 11.5: | . |
| 1890 | 11th | I 12.2: | . |
| 1900 | 12th | I 13.5: | . |
| 1910 | 13th | C 3.2:Ab 8/910 | U.S. Abstract ONLY |
| 1920 & 30 | 14th & 15th | DON'T OWN | |
| 1940 | 16th | C 3.223/8:940/D 32 | New York State ONLY |
| 1950 | 17th | C 3.950- | U.S. summary & N.Y. State ONLY |
| 1960 | 18th | C 3.223/9:960 | . |
| 1970 | 19th | C 3.223/9:970 | . |
| 1980 | 20th | C 3.223/7:980/C C 3.223/8:980/D |
General Population &
Housing Detailed Population & Housing |
| 1990 | 21st | C 3.223/6:990 CP-1- C 3.224/7:990 CP-1- C 3.223/18: CPH-1- |
General Population &
Housing Social & Economic Population Summary Population & Housing |
| 2000 | 22nd | C 3.223/18: 2000 PHC-1- | also at www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html |
U.S. ECONOMIC CENSUSES (Third Floor -- U.S.
Government Documents Collection)
(Generally Feinberg Library only holds these censuses from the 1960's to the
present)
| CENSUS SERIES | SUDOC # | NOTES |
| Agriculture | C 3.31/4: | 1860 @ C 3.24: |
| Business (precursor
to Wholesale, Retail, & Service |
. |
1963 & 1967 |
| Construction Industries | C 3.245/6: | . |
| Governments | C 3.145/4: | . |
| Housing | C 3.224/3: | . |
| Manufacturers | C 3.24/3: | 1940, 1958, & 1963+ |
| Mineral Industries | C 3.216/4: | 1972 2 C 56.236/6: |
| Retail Trade | C 3.255/2: | . |
| Service Industries | C 3.257/2: | . |
| Transportation | C 3.233/5: | 1967 & 1972 @ C 56.244: |
| Wholesale Trade | C 3.256/2: |
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NEW YORK STATE CENSUSES (Second Floor --
N.Y. State Government Documents Collection)
(Held in Feinberg Library's Special
Collections located on the First Level)
| 1845 1855 1865 1875 |
Includes population, manufacturing, and agriculture. Data is inconsistent from decade to decade. |
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Factfinder for the Nation
series -- C 3.252:
Explains in general terms how long various types of census data have been
collected and where the have been reported, such as AGRICULTURE, POPULATION,
HOUSING, MANUFACTURES, & TRADE.
200 Years of Census Taking: Population
and Housing Questions, 1790-1990 -- C 3.2: T 93
Gives census definitions, instructions, and abbreviations used over the years.
Historical Statistics of the United
States: Colonial Times to 1970, 2 volumes
Located in the Reference Room at Ref. HA202 .A385 1975 and contains national and
state level data ONLY.
New York State Statistical Yearbook (latest year at the Reference Desk at Ref. Desk HA544 .A2 2003, earlier years back to 1967 are in NY Government Documents at GOV 012.1-3 NEWYS. Recent years available at http://www.nysstatistics.org/yearbook/index.html ).
WEB RESOURCES
U.S. Bureau of Census -- www.census.gov
Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia) -- http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/