Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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.
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Nebraska Census Records online at the federal level
US – 1800 – United States Census, 1800, index & images, at FS
US – 1810 – United States Census, 1810, index & images, at FS
US – 1820 – United States Census, 1820, index & images, at FS
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 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, 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 – 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 – 1900-1940 – 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 – 1908-1910 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
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
Nebraska Census Records online at the state level
Nebraska – 1885 – Nebraska State Census, 1885, index & images, at FS
Nebraska – 1870 – Census schedules in the custody of the Nebraska State Historical Society, 9th census 1870 Nebraska, at FS
Nebraska – 1885 – 1885 mortality list of Cuming, Burt, Colfax, Dodge, Washington, Saunders, Douglas (rural) [Counties], Nebraska, at FS
Nebraska – 1848-1970 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images, at FS
Nebraska – 1869-1929 – Census records, 1869-1929, at FS
Nebraska – 1885-1917 – Indian census rolls, Santee, 1885-1917, at FS
Nebraska – 1904-1939 – Indian census rolls, Winnebago, 1904-1939, at FS
Nebraska – 1885-1931 –Indian census rolls, Yankton, 1885-1931, at FS
Nebraska – 1854 – 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory censuses, at FS
Nebraska – 1855 – 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory censuses, at FS
Nebraska – 1855 – 1855 Nebraska Territory census, at FS
Nebraska – 1856 – 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory censuses, at FS
Nebraska – 1856 – 1856 Nebraska Territory census, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – 1860 and 1870 Census of Nebraska: McKinney family information, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – 1860 Nebraska Federal Census, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – 1860 Nebraska Territory census, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – Eighth census of the United States 1860 Nebraska Territory mortality schedules, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – Fort Kearney, June 30, 1860 (census), at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – Logan Valley, Cuming county, Nebraska: 1860 Territorial census, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – Nebraska Territory 1860 federal census schedules of inhabitants, persons who died during year, production of agriculture and industry, social statistics, at FS
Nebraska – 1860 – Nebraska, 1860 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1870 – 1860 and 1870 Census of Nebraska: McKinney family information, at FS
Nebraska – 1870 – Census schedules in the custody of the Nebraska State Historical Society, 9th census 1870 Nebraska, at FS
Nebraska – 1870 – Nebraska, 1870 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1880 – Nebraska census. [1880,1885], at FS
Nebraska – 1880 – Nebraska, 1880 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1880 – Nebraska, 1880 federal census, at FS
1885 – 1885 mortality list of Cuming, Burt, Colfax, Dodge, Washington, Saunders, Douglas (rural) [Counties], Nebraska, at FS
Nebraska – 1885 – Nebraska census. [1880,1885], at FS
Nebraska – 1885 – Nebraska state census, 1885, at FS
Nebraska – 1885 – Schedules of the Nebraska state census of 1885, at FS
Nebraska – 1885 – Nebraska state census, 1885, at FS
Nebraska – 1900 – Nebraska, 1900 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1900 – Nebraska, 1900 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1910 – Nebraska, 1910 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1920 – Nebraska, 1920 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1930 – Nebraska, 1930 federal census, at FS
Nebraska – 1940 – Nebraska, 1940 population census, at FS
Nebraska Census Records online at the county level
Cuming County – Census – 1890 – 1890 Cuming County, Nebraska Special Census, at FS
Dawson County – Schools – Census – Nebraska, Dawson County, School Census Records, 1888-2006, at FS
Johnson County – Census – 1885 – Nebraska State Census Schedules for Johnson Co., and Kearney Co., 1885, at FS
Kearney County – Census – 1885 – Nebraska State Census Schedules for Johnson Co., and Kearney Co., 1885, at FS
Merrick County – Census – 1860 – The 1860 Census Records of Call and Merrick Counties, Nebraska Territory, at FS
Polk County – Census – 1860 – The 1860 Census Records of Call and Merrick Counties, Nebraska Territory, at FS
Red Willow County – Census – 1890 – 1890 Census of Red Willow County, Nebraska ; Military Veterans and Widows, at FS
Red Willow County – Census – Nebraska, Red Willow, School Census Multiple Districts, 1868-1999, at FS
Red Willow County – Schools – Nebraska, Red Willow, School Census Multiple Districts, 1868-1999, at FS
Saunders County – Schools – Nebraska, Saunders County, School Census, 1888-1940, at FS
Saunders County – Census – 1860 – The 1860 Census Records of Call and Merrick Counties, Nebraska Territory, at FS
Nebraska Census Records online at the city level
Arnold – Cemeteries – Census of Four Nebraska Cemeteries As Found in 100 Years on the South Loop : Arnold Cemetery to November 1982; Garfield Table Cemetery to November 1982; Kilmer Cemetery to March 22, 1972; Powell Canyon Cemetery to October 1982, at FS
Lincoln – Minorities – Census of the German-Russian Population of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1913-1914, at FS
Lincoln – Census – Census of the German-Russian Population of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1913-1914, at FS
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