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Census Records. A census of the population of the United States has been taken every ten years by the federal government since 1790. Copies of this census for Pennsylvania are available at the State Archives for the years 1790 to 1930.
Pennsylvania Census Records Genealogy research online has made leaps and bounds over the last decade. The variety of freely available census information varies greatly on the availability of census indices online.
Federal Census records have been digitized by several of NARA's partners, and will eventually be available as well through the National Archives Catalog. Click on a Census year to start your search.
This is the first 2020 Census data release available on the Census Bureau’s data dissemination platform, data.census.gov. The site allows data users to search geographies down to the block level and access data through tables, maps and downloads.
Learn how to search for Census Records online through the U.S. National Archives.
Statewide Pennsylvania Census records that exist are 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940. There are Industry and Agriculture Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880.
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:
Census Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives (PHMC) Information about the U.S. Direct Tax Lists of 1798 for Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863 held at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
Pennsylvania Archives - Research Online. Vital Statistics Records. Birth Indices. Pennsylvania State Archives. Birth Indices. State File Number. The following image includes examples of where to locate the State File Number in the indices. 1906 - A.pdf. 1906 - B.pdf. 1906 - C.pdf. 1906 - D.pdf. 1906 - E.pdf. 1906 - F.pdf. 1906 - G.pdf.
View digitized Census Records online through one of our partners, ancestry.com or familysearch.org. ( Familysearch.org is free-of-charge. Ancestry.com is available free-of-charge at the National Archives facilities nationwide and through many libraries, otherwise by subscription.)