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Population Schedules
Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. Click here for more information about federal census records. Ohio became a state on 1 March 1803, having been created from the Northwest Territory. It will not be included in censuses before that date.

Non-Population Schedules for Ohio
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.

Existing and Lost Censuses

 * List of existing and lost federal censuses for Ohio

Online State and Territorial Censuses
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit United States Census Bureau. Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the US Territorial Census page. No state censuses were taken for Ohio.

Other Census Images

 * Quadrennial Enumerations, 1851-1907 at FamilySearch - images, only white men age of 21 and older were enumerated, Auglaize County only
 * Second census of the United States, 1800, population schedules, Washington County. Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and population census, 1803, Washington County, Ohio at at FamilySearch - images
 * Ashtabula County, Ohio census records, 1811-1835, 1843; and marriage licenses, 1832-1840 at FamilySearch - images
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1827, 1835 at FamilySearch - index and images, Miami County only
 * Clermont county, Ohio, 1802 census : the Northwest territory of the United States of America - microfilm
 * Census (1807) Highland County, Ohio - book
 * Clermont County, Ohio, 1820-1830 census, alphabetically arranged, with 1880 census of Tate Township, Williamsburg Township, and Bethel Village - images, alphabetically arranged
 * Clermont County, Ohio, census, 1820 - book
 * General county records of Clermont County, Ohio, 1801-1857 - index and images, includes census for townships within Clermont county for 1801, 1803, 1819
 * Quadrennial enumeration, 1883, 1887 - microfilm, Alphabetical list of all the male inhabitants within each township above the age of twenty-one years, residing in Allen County
 * Quadrennial enumerations, Fairfield County, Ohio - book, includes enumerations for 1831, 1839, 1847, 1851, 1859
 * 1827 and 1843 quadrennial enumeration of adult white males of Mercer County, Ohio - book, alphabetized transcription, all white males age 21 or older were enumerated.
 * Logan County enummeration 1827 - book
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1907 - microfilm, Clinton County only, includes all males over the age of 21
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1899-1903 - images, Columbiana County only, includes males 21 and older
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1883 & 1891 - Coshocton County only, males 21 and older
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1899 - images, Gallia County only, males 21 and older
 * Quadrennial enumeration, 1887-1907 - microfilm, Hardin County only
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1891-1907 - images, Lawrence County only, males 21 and older
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1847-1871, 1879-1887 - images, Perry County only, males 21 and older
 * Quadrennial enumeration, 1863, 1891, 1895, 1899 - images, Pickaway County only, males 21 and older
 * Enumeration of the white male inhabitants over the age of twenty-one years residing in the County of Portage, Ohio on the first day of May AD 1847 - book
 * Quadrennial enumeration, 1899, 1903 (Seneca County, Ohio) - microfilm, males over the age of 21
 * Quadrennial enumeration: Van Wert County Ohio, 1887 : Van Wert County Ohio, 1887 - book
 * Ohio, Washington County, census records, 1807-1911 - images
 * Quadrennial enumerations, 1842-1899 - microfilm, Wood County, males 21 and older

Quadrennial Censuses
'''Ohio enumerated a quadrennial census at the county level. Some of these censuses still exist. Adult males age 21 and above were enumerated.'''

Why Use the Census?
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:
 * Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
 * Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
 * Sex
 * Age
 * Color
 * Nativity
 * Place of birth of this person
 * Place of birth of Father of this person
 * Place of birth of Mother of this person
 * Period of Residence
 * How long a resident of this State (years and months)
 * How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
 * Regular occupation
 * Military service