Vermont Genealogy Resources -- The Vermont Census

The Vermont Federal Census: 1791-2000

January 2003

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1791	1830	1870	1910	1950	1990
1800	1840	1880	1920	1960	2000
1810	1850	1890	1930	1970
1820	1860	1900	1940	1980

1791: Indexed

1790 (1791) Rutland County Transcribed by Debbie Axtman

1790 (1791) Windsor County Transcribed by Debbie Axtman

First U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 3.9 million (3.2 million free, .7 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the president.
Census day: First Monday in August (August 2, 1790) taken by the thirteen colonies.
Vermont didn't become a state until March 4, 1791, so the state's 1790 Census day was taken on April 4, 1791.
Name of family head; free white males of 16 years and up; free white males under 16; free white females; slaves; other persons.
Two sets: one the federal district court and a second went to the U.S. Secretary of State in 1830.
A printed list of the 1790/1791 census is available on microfilm as National Archives' publication: Series: T498 Rolls: 1-3.

1800: Indexed

Second U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 5.3 million (4.4 million free, .9 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Secretary of State.
Census day: First Monday in August (August 4, 1800).
Two sets: one the federal district court and a second went to the U.S. Secretary of State in 1830.

1810: Indexed

1813 Invalid Pensioners - Vermont Transcribed by Gordon Byers, December 19, 2000

Third U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 7.2 million (6.0 million free, 1.2 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Secretary of State.
Census day: First Monday in August (August 6, 1810).
Name of family head; if white, age and sex; race; slaves.
Two sets: one the federal district court and a second went to the U.S. Secretary of State in 1830.

1820: Indexed

Fourth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 9.6 million (8.1 million free, 1.5 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Secretary of State.
Census day: First Monday in August (August 7, 1820).
Name of family head; age; sex; race; foreigners not naturalized; slaves; industry (agriculure, commerce, and manufactures).
Two sets: one the federal district court and a second went to the U.S. Secretary of State in 1830.

1830: Indexed

Town of Brighton 1830 Census transcribed by Jane Irish Nelson

Fifth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 12.9 million (10.9 million free, 2.0 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Secretary of State.
Census day: June 1, 1830.
Name of family head; age; sex; race; foreigners not naturalized; slaves; industry.
Two sets: one the federal district court and a second went to the U.S. Secretary of State.
This was the first federal census to supply enumerators with uniform, printed forms for recording names.

1840: Indexed

1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services Transcribed by Kathy Leigh, March 11, 2001

Town of Brighton 1840 Census Transcribed by Jane Irish Nelson

Sixth U.S. decennial population census.

U.S. population: 17.1 million (14.6 million free, 2.5 million slave)

Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Secretary of State.

Census day: June 1, 1840.

Name of family head; age; sex; race; slaves; number of deaf and dumb; number of blind; number of insane and idiotic and whether in public or private charge; number of persons in each family employed in each of six classes of industry and one of occupation; literacy; pensioners for Revolu ionary or military service.

Two sets: one the federal district court and a second went to the U.S. Secretary of State.

1850: Indexed

1850 Census of Washington County, Vermont Transcribed by Diantha Howard, Proofread by Maggie Stewart

Seventh U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 23.2 million (20.0 million free, 3.2 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Census Office appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Census day: June 1, 1850.

Supplemental schedules for slaves, and persons who died during the year.
Three sets, one to the county court, a second to the secretary of the state (or the territory) and the third to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

1860: Indexed

Eighth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 31.5 million (27.5 million free, 4.0 million slave)
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Census Office appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Census day: June 1, 1860.
Name; age; sex; race; value of real estate; value of personal estate; occupation; birthplace; whether married within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether deaf and dumb; blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict; number of slave houses.
Supplemental schedules for slaves, and persons who died during the year.
Three sets, one to the county court, a second to the secretary of the state (or the territory) and the third to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

1870: Not indexed

Ninth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 38.6 million
Census conducted by U.S. marshals under the direction of the Census Office appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Census day: June 1, 1870.
Name; age; race; occupation; value of real estate; value of personal estate; birthplace; whether parents were foreign born; month of birth if born within the year; month of marriage if married within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic; male citizens 21 and over; and number of such persons denied the right to vote for other than rebellion.
Supplemental schedules for slaves, and persons who died during the year.
Three sets, one to the county court, a second to the secretary of the state (or the territory) and the third to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

1880: Soundex

Franklin County Business Directories 1882-1883 Transcribed by Tammy St. Pierre

Grand Isle County Business Directories 1883 Transcribed by Tammy St. Pierre

Tenth U.S. decennial population census.

U.S. population: 50.2 million

Census conducted by the Superintendent of the Census (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).

Census day: June 1, 1880.

Address; name, relationship to family head; sex; race; age; marital status; month of birth if born within the census year; occupation; months unemployed during the year; sickness or temporary disability; whether blind, deaf and dumb, idiotic, insane, maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled; school attendance; literacy; birthplace of person and parents.
Supplemental schedules for persons who died during the year.

Two sets, one an abbreviated version to the county court, full version to the Superintendent of the Census.

1890: Destroyed

1890 Veterans Census in Vermont Partial transcript for Addison County by Melissa Perkins

Eleventh U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 63.0 million
Census conducted by the Superintendent of the Census (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).
Census day: First Monday in June (June 1, 1890).
General schedules––destroyed.
Supplemental schedules for Union veterans of the Civil War and their widows.
One set, to the Superintendent of the census. Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
The 1890 census was almost completely destroyed by a fire in the Commerce Department building in January 1921.
Only a few schedules exist, but none for the State of Vermont.
The Civil War Veterans and Widows Census is a partial substitute (see below)
See The 1890 Federal Census for more information

1890 Veterans Census Vermont
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Entire state

1890 Special Census of Veterans Introduction Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890)
Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. An act of March 1, 1889, provided that the Superintendent of Census in taking the Eleventh Census should "cause to be taken on a special schedule of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of said inquiry, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines." Each schedule calls for the following information: name of the veteran (or if he did not survive, the names of both the widow and her deceased husband); the veteran's rank, company, regiment or vessel, date of enlistment, date of discharge, and length of service in years, months, and days; post office and address of each person listed; disability incurred by the veteran; and remarks necessary to a complete statement of his term of service. Practically all of the schedules for the States Alabama through Kansas and approximately half of those for Kentucky appear to have been destroyed, possibly by fire, before the transfer of the remaining schedules to the National Archives in 1943. ivil War Veterans census microfilms exist for 34 states the District of Columbia and miscellaneous United States Vessels and Navy Yards.

1900: Soundex

Twelfth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 76.2 million
Census conducted by the Director of the Census (Census Office, U.S. Department of the Interior).
Census day: June 1, 1900.
Address; name; relationship to family head; sex; race; age; marital status; number of years married; for women, number of children born and number now living; birthplace of person and parents; if foreign born, year of immigration and whether naturalized; occupation; months not employed; school attendance; literacy; ability to speak English; whether on a farm; home owned or rented and if owned, whether mortgaged.
One set, to the Director of the Census Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.

1910: No soundex

Thirteenth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 92.2 million
Census conducted by the Director of the Census (Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor).
Census day: April 15, 1910.
Address; name; relationship to family head; sex; race; age; marital status; number of years of present marriage for women, number of children born and number now living; birthplace and mother tongue of person and parents; if foreign born, year of immigration, whether naturalized, and whether able to speak English, or if not, language spoken; occupation, industry, and class of worker; if an employee, whether out of work during year; literacy; school attendance; home owned or rented; if owned, whether mortgaged; whether farm or house; whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy; whether blind or deaf and dumb.
One set, to the Director of the Census. Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.

1920: Soundex

Saxtons River, RockinghamTownship, Windham County 1920 Census Transcribed and edited by Dr. Frank Deis

Fourteenth U.S. decennial population census.
U.S. population: 106.0 million
Census conducted by the Director of the Census Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor).
Census day: January 1, 1920.
Name; age; race; occupation; value of real estate; value of personal estate; birthplace; whether parents were foreign born; month of birth if born within the year; month of marriage if married within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic; tongue of foreign born; ability to speak English; occupation, industry, and class of worker; home owned or rented; if owned, whether free or mortgaged.
One set, to the Director of the Census. Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.

1930: Released April 1, 2002

Fifteenth U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1930.
Address; name; relationship to family head; home owned or rented; value or monthly rental; radio set; whether on a farm; sex; race; age; marital status; age at first marriage; school attendance; literacy; birthplace of person and parents; if foreign born language spoken in home before coming to U.S., year of immigration, whether naturalized, and ability to speak English; occupation, industry, and class of worker; whether at work previous day (or last regular working day; veteran status; for Indians, whether of full or mixed blood, and tribal affiliation.
The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.
Will be available to the public in April 2002.

1940: Unavailable until 2012

Sixteenth U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1940.
Address; home owned or rented; value or monthly rental; whether on a farm; name; relationship to household head; sex; race; age marital status; school attendance; educational atainment; birthplace; citizenship of foreign born; location of residence 5 years ago and whether on a farm; employmen status; if at work, whether in private or nonemergency government work, or in public emergency work (WPA, CCC, NYA, etc.; if in private work, worked in week; if seeking work or on public emergency work, duration of unemployment; occupation, industry, and class of worker; weeks worked last year, income last year.
The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.
Will be available to the public in April 2012.

1950: : Unavailable until 2022

Seventeenth U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1950.
Address; whether house is on farm; name; relationship to household head; race; sex; age; marital status; birthplace if foreign born, whether naturalized; employment status; hours worked in week; occupation, industry, and class of worker.
Will be available to the public in April 2022.

1960: Unavailable until 2032

Eighteenth U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1960.
Address; name; relationship to household head; sex; race; age; marital status.
Will be available to the public in April 2032.

1970: Unavailable until 2042

Nineteenth U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1970.
Address; name; relationship to household head; sex; race; age; marital status.
Will be available to the public in April 2042.

1980: Unavailable until 2052

Twentieth U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1980.
Address; name; household relationship; sex; race; age; marital status; Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent.
Will be available to the public in April 2052.

1990: Unavailable until 2062

Twenty-first U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 1990.
Address; name; household relationship; sex; race; age; marital status; Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent.
Will be available to the public in April 2062.

2000: Unavailable until 2072

Twenty-second U.S. decennial population census.
Census day: April 1, 2000.
Address; home owned or rented; name; house-hold relationship; sex; age; birth date; race; Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin or descent.
Will be available to the public in April 2072.

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