Florida Census

United States U.S. Census  Florida  Census

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

Microfilm images
Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Florida


 * 1880 census schedule 5, persons who died during year until 31st May, and schedule 7-8 manufactural records. Film 1550797
 * 1860 census schedule 3, persons who died during year until 1st June, schedule 4 agriculture production of 15 southern states and schedule 5 production of industry. Film 1550796

National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Florida


 * 1850 - 1880 Agriculture census: Alachua - Washington counties
 * 1850 - 1880 Manufacturing census: Alachua - Washington counties
 * 1935 Census of Business


 * Schedules of Banking and Financial Institutions
 * Schedules of Miscellaneous Enterprises
 * Schedules of Motor Trucking for Hire
 * Schedules of Public Warehousing
 * Schedules of Radio Broadcasting

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses
Censuses were taken in Florida 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.


 * 1945 Missing precincts: Alachua 18; Bay 8, 9, 12; Citrus 13; DeSoto 6, 7; Gadsden 2; Highlands 8; Liberty 3; Orange 1-11; Palm Beach 27, 29, 34; Polk 34; Seminole 15; Volusia 14; Washington 18.
 * 1935 Missing precincts: Alachua 4, 5, 18, 21; Baker 6; Bradford 1; Citrus 13; DeSoto 6-7; Duval 14A, 36; Flagler 2, 6; Lee 20; Levy 12; Liberty 5; Martin 7; Nassau 4; Orange 1-10; Palm Beach 9; Polk 19, 23, 34; St. Johns 19; Sarasota 5; all of Walton.
 * 1895 State census. Manatee and Nassau counties are published.
 * 1885 Alachua, Clay, Columbia, and Nassau missing
 * 1884-1885 Franklin County
 * 1875 Alachua County only
 * 1867-1868 Levi County only
 * 1867 Fragments of Franklin, Hernando, Madison, Orange, and Santa Rosa counties only remain
 * 1866 Franklin County, families with children only
 * 1856 Putnam County, families with children only
 * 1855 Gadsden, Marion, and Franklin counties only
 * 1825 Leon County only
 * 1820 Spanish Escambia River, and Pensacola
 * 1814 Spanish outside St. Augustine
 * 1813 Spanish St. Augustine, St. John's, and Fernandina
 * 1793 Spanish St. Augustine and North River
 * 1787 Spanish East Florida
 * 1786 Spanish St. Augustine and perimeter |
 * 1784-1785 Spanish St. Augustine
 * 1784 Spanish Pensacola

An excellent resource for Florida state censuses is:


 * Rhodes, Karen Packard. Non-federal Census of Florida, 1784-1945: A Guide to Sources. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland &amp; Co., 2010.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Florida 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

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Florida 1885 State Census Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Florida 1935 State Census Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Florida 1945 State Census Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)