Texas Census

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Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Texas, click here

Microfilm images

 * (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880)

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Texas, click here.

State, republic, and colonial censuses
Censuses were taken in Texas in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family.


 * 1854-1855 school censuses were taken in 1854 and 1855 by some counties. The original records are at the Texas State Archives. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some school censuses.
 * 1840-1849 Jackson, Ronald Vern, et al. Texas, 1840-49. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1981. (Family History Library .)
 * 1830-1839 Jackson, Ronald Vern. Texas, 1830-1839, Census Index. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1981. (Family History Library .)
 * 1830 White, Gifford E. 1830 Citizens of Texas. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1983. (Family History Library .)
 * 1829-1836 Mullins, Marion D. The First Census of Texas, 1829-1836: To Which are Added Texas Citizenship Lists, 1821-1845, and Other Early Records of the Republic of Texas. Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1962. (Family History Library book ; film .)
 * Mission censuses Available mission censuses have been translated and are available on microfilm at the University of Texas, Institute of Texas Cultures, San Antonio, Texas.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Texas censuses, click here.

Why use a census?
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types