Georgia Census Records Online includes Federal and State censuses. Census records (especially when indexed) are one of the easiest ways to find family members and track individuals over their lifetime.
US Census Records
In the United States, federal censuses are taken every 10 years and these records are made public 72 after the census is taken. US Censuses began in 1790 and the most recent census available is the 1950 census. Most of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire, but parts remain and you can use other records as census substitutes.
HINT: You can look at federal (1870-1920) census records to see if your ancestor was naturalized and if they were, visit Georgia Naturalization Records online.
HINT: Between 1790 and 1840, only the head of household is named in the census.
HINT: Between 1850 and present, all people living in a household are named in the census.
HINT: Between 1850 and 1880 there are census mortality schedules listing who died in the year before the census was taken.
Georgia Census Records
Mississippi state census records are available for various years beginning with a Spanish census in 1792. When Mississippi became a state in 1817, census enumerations were required by state law and were gathered in different years between 1817 and 1880–see the County-level census records for these collections.
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US level Census Records
1820 – United States Census, 1820, at FS, index & images
US – 1820 – United States Census, 1820, at FS, index & images
US – 1820 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1830 – United States Census, 1830, at FS, index & images
US – 1830 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1840 – United States Census, 1840, at FS, index & images
US – 1840 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1850 – United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – United States Census, 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – United States census, Alabama, 1850: Autauga thru Wilcox counties, at FS
US – 1850 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1850 United States Federal Census (Slave Schedule), at MH
US – 1850 United States Federal Census (Mortality Schedule), at MH
US – 1860 – United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860, at FS, index & images
US – 1860 – United States Census, 1860, at FS, index & images
US – 1860 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1870 – United States Census, 1870, at FS, index & images
US – 1870 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, at FS (names in refugee camps)
US – 1880 – United States Census, 1880, at FS, index & images
US – 1880 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1885-1940 – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, at FS
US – 1890 – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, at FS, index & images
US – 1890 – United States Census, 1890, at FS, index & images
US – 1890 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1900 – United States Census, 1900, at FS, index & images
US – 1900 – United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940, at FS
US – 1900 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1910 – United States Census, 1910, at FS, index & images
US – 1910 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1920 – United States Census, 1920, at FS, index & images
US – 1920 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1930 – United States Census of Merchant Seamen, 1930, at FS, index
US – 1930 – United States Census, 1930, at FS, index & images
US – 1930 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1930 United States Census of Merchant Seamen, at MH
US – 1940 – United States Census, 1940, at FS, index & images
US – 1940 United States Federal Census, at MH
US – 1950 – United States Census, 1950, at FS, index & images
County level Census Records
Appling County – Census – 1860 – 1860 Census of Appling County, Georgia, at FS
Bartow County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Bartow County, Georgia (formerly Cass), at FS
Bibb County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Bibb County, Georgia Census, at FS
Brooks County – Census – 1860 – Brooks County, Georgia, the Census of 1860, at FS
Bulloch County – Census – 1840 – United States Census of Bulloch County, Georgia, 1840, at FS
Bulloch County – Census – 1850 – The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 : Bulloch County, Georgia, at FS
Carroll County – Census – 1850 – Carroll County, Georgia, 1850 Census, at FS
Carroll County – Census – 1860 – Carroll County, Georgia Census, 1860, at FS
Carroll County – Census – 1870 – Carroll County, Georgia Census, 1870, at FS
Chattahoochee County – Census – Census Records, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, Book 1, and Book 2, No Date, at FS
Chattooga County – Census – 1840 – North Georgia History, Two Important Years in History, 1840 and 1860 Census in Chattooga County, Georgia, at FS
Chattooga County – Census – 1860 – North Georgia History, Two Important Years in History, 1840 and 1860 Census in Chattooga County, Georgia, at FS
Chattooga County – Census – 1870 – 1870 Census and Mortality Schedules of Chattooga County, Ga. : Plus Confederate Soldier Information, Where They Enlisted, Fought and Where They Died, at FS
Cherokee County – Census – 1870 – Census Records, 1870, at FS
Cobb County – Census – 1880 – Census Records, 1880, Dist. 27-29, 36-32, at FS
Coffee County – Census – 1860 – Coffee County Georgia 1860 Census, at FS
Coffee County – Census – 1870 – Coffee County Georgia 1870 Census, at FS
Dade County – Census – 1850 – 1850 U.S. Census, Dade County, Georgia, at FS
Decatur County – Slavery and Bondage – Census of Slave Owners and Slaves, Mortality Records, and Agricultural Census, 1850, 1860 [Decatur County, Georgia], at FS
Dodge County – Census – – 1900 – 1900 U. S. Census of Dodge County, Georgia, at FS
Dodge County – Census – – 1910 – 1910 U. S. Census of Dodge County, Georgia, at FS
Dodge County – Census – – 1920 – 1920 U. S. Census of Dodge County, Georgia, at FS
Dodge County – Census – 1880 – The News from Milan, Rhine and Old Telfair : 1807-1951, at FS
Forsyth County – Census – 1850 – Forsyth County, Georgia 1850 Census Index, at FS
Franklin County – Census – Franklin County, Georgia Records, at FS
Fulton County – Census – 1860 – Fulton County, Georgia, 1860 Head of Household Census Index, at FS
Fulton County – Census – 1860 – Fulton County, Georgia, 1860 Head of Household Census Index, at FS
Fulton County – Census – Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center : COLLECTION RECORD, 1827-1955, at FS
Hall County – Census – Solomon Littlefield and Family of Hall Co., GA, at FS
Harris County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Harris County, Georgia, at FS
Irwin County – Census – 1850 – Irwin County, Georgia United States Census 1850, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1850 – The 1850 Census of Jackson County, Georgia, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1860 – The 1860 Census of Jackson County, Georgia, at FS
Jefferson County – Census – 1880 – 1880 Census of Jefferson County, Georgia, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1800 – An 1800 Census for Lincoln County, Georgia, at FS
Lowndes County – Census – 1850 – Lowndes County, Georgia, U.S. Census of 1850, at FS
Lumpkin County – Census – 1834 – Rebekah S. Wilson Genealogical Collection, at FS
Lumpkin County – Census – 1838 – Rebekah S. Wilson Genealogical Collection, at FS
Marion County – Census – 1830 – Index to the 1830 Census for the Counties of Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, and Muscogee, Georgia, at FS
Meriwether County – Census – 1830 – 1830 Census Meriwether County, Georgia, at FS
Meriwether County – Census – 1830 – Index to the 1830 Census for the Counties of Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, and Muscogee, Georgia, at FS
Monroe County – Census – 1830 – Index to the 1830 Census for the Counties of Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, and Muscogee, Georgia, at FS
Montgomery County – Census – 1830 – Index to the 1830 Census for the Counties of Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, and Muscogee, Georgia, at FS
Montgomery County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census, Montgomery County, Georgia, at FS
Murray County – Census – Murray County Heritage, at FS
Muscogee County – Census – 1830 – Index to the 1830 Census for the Counties of Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, and Muscogee, Georgia, at FS
Muscogee County – Census – 1890 – Population Schedules of the Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890, at FS
Oglethorpe County – Census – 1800 – 1800 Census Oglethorpe County, at FS
Rabun County – Census – 1830 – Rabun County, Georgia, Records, at FS
Rabun County – Census – 1840 – 1840 Census, Rabun County, Georgia, at FS
Rabun County – Census – 1840 – 1840 Rabun County, Georgia Census Index, at FS
Rabun County – Census – 1850 – Rabun County, Georgia, Records, at FS
Rabun County – Census – 1860 – Census Records, 1860, at FS
Richmond County – Census – 1850 – Richmond County, Georgia Census, 1850, at FS
Tattnall County – Census – 1820 – 1820 United States Census of Tattnall County, Georgia, at FS
Telfair County – Census – 1820 – 1820 Census of Telfair County, Georgia, at FS
Telfair County – Census – 1820 – 1880 U.S. Census of Telfair County, Georgia, at FS
Telfair County – Census – 1850 – Telfair County Georgia 1850 Census, at FS
Telfair County – Census – 1880 – The News from Milan, Rhine and Old Telfair : 1807-1951, at FS
Thomas County – Census – 1850 – Elizabeth F. Hopkins Collection of Thomas County, Georgia History, at FS
Thomas County – Census – 1850 – Thomas County Georgia, the 1850 Census : with Index, at FS
Walker County – Census – 1860 – 1860 Walker County, Georgia Census, Mortality Records and Marriages, at FS
Walker County – Census – 1870 – 1870 Census of Walker County, Georgia, at FS
Walker County – Census – Births, Marriages, Deaths, Legal Notices in Walker County, Georgia for the Years 1892-1896, at FS
Walton County – Census – Marriage Records, 1825-1923; Index to Marriages, 1820-1938; Births, Marriages and Deaths 1832-1922, at FS
Washington County – Census – – 1890 – Census Returns of Washington County Taken by the County, 1890, at FS
Washington County – Census – 1890 – – Indexes – Georgia, Washington County, Federal Census, 1890 : COLLECTION RECORD, at FS
City level Census Records
Atlanta – Census – – 1896 – Georgia, Atlanta City Census, 1896 : COLLECTION RECORD, at FS
Atlanta – Census – – 1920 – Maps – Map of the City of Atlanta and Suburbs, at FS
Atlanta – Census – 1870 – [Jasper County, Missouri Cemeteries-1870 Census, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA], at FS
Atlanta – Census – 1880 – McPherson Barracks, List of Solider in 1880 : from U.S. Census Records 1880, at FS
Atlanta – Census – Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center : COLLECTION RECORD, 1827-1955, at FS
Atlanta – Census – Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Census Records, 1885-1896, at FS
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