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Federal Decennial Population Census Schedules

Seventy years after conducting each U.S. Census of Population, the Census Bureau makes available copies of the original population schedules. These "schedules" contain identifying information on all the people recorded during that particular census. This information is often of interest to persons doing genealogical research.

While the information collected varies from Census to Census, typical information contained in the schedules may be : name, relationship to head of household, sex, race, marital status, number of children, year of immigration, occupation, etc.

The Lehigh library has purchased microfilm copies of these population schedules as they have been released. For the most part the collection focuses on Lehigh, Northampton and Philadelphia counties, although for some of the earliest censuses we hold more counties from around the state of Pennsylvania.

The Schedules are in the microfilm collection under:

      U.S. Bureau of Census, Population Schedule

Lehigh's Holdings

    Census year and geographic area owned

    • 1790 - New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
    • 1800 - Pennsylvania
    • 1810 - Pennsylvania
    • 1820 - Pennsylvania
    • 1830 - Pennsylvania
    • 1840 - Pennsylvania: only Lancaster, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, and Philadelphia counties
    • 1850 - Pennsylvania: only Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties
    • 1860 - Pennsylvania: only Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties
    • 1870 - Pennsylvania: only Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties
    • 1880 - Pennsylvania: only Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties
    • 1890 - Not available - Records destroyed in a fire - never released
    • 1900 - Pennsylvania - Northampton and Philadelphia counties
    • 1910 -
    • 1920 - Pennsylvania - part of Montgomery, all Northampton, all Lehigh Counties

Link back to U.S Census Page


Roseann Bowerman, Government Documents. Revised May, 2000. Lehigh Instructional Technology [IT] Team

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