Subject Guide for Census Population Schedules

See also: Census Publications

Census population schedules (or "name schedules") are copies of the original questionnaires collected during each decennial census. They list the individual names and family information of the people enumerated. Unlike the statistics published soon after the census, the population schedules remain confidential for 72 years.

The SDSU library owns selected population schedules only:

1790: Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790
C 3.11: (Gov Pubs/US)

1850: Index to the 1850 Census of the State of California
F 860 B6 (Ref)

1900: Twelfth Census Population Schedule (San Diego county only)
C 56.2: T 623/ Film reels 99-100 (Gov Pubs Micro/US)
C 56.2: T 623/ 99-100 Index (Ref/US)

1910: Thirteenth Census Population Schedule (California only)
C 56.2: T 624/ Film reels 69-111 (Gov Pubs Micro/US)
Note: Library does not own the index.

To find a more complete microfilm collection of census schedules, see NARA's Pacific Region facility in Laguna Niguel, CA.


For more information:

Availability of Census Records About Individuals (PDF document) Census Bureau.

The Genealogy Page National Records and Archives Administration.

The Soundex Indexing System National Records and Archives Administration.