North Dakota 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 North Dakota 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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US level Census Records

North Dakota – US – 1850 – United States Census, 1850, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census (Mortality Schedule), at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1860 – United States Census, 1860, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1860 – 1860 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1870 – United States Census, 1870, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1870 – 1870 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1880 – United States Census, 1880, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1880 – 1880 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1885 – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, at FS, index & links to images

North Dakota – US – 1890 – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1890 – United States Census, 1890, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1890 – 1890 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1900 – United States Census, 1900, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1900 – 1900 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1908 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, at FS, index & links to images

North Dakota – US – 1910 – United States Census, 1910, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1910 – 1910 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1920 – United States Census, 1920, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1920 – 1920 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1930 – United States Census of Merchant Seamen, 1930, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1930 – 1930 United States Census of Merchant Seamen, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1930 – United States Census, 1930, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1930 – 1930 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1940 – United States Census, 1940, at FS, index & images

North Dakota – US – 1940 – 1940 United States Federal Census, at MH-$

North Dakota – US – 1950 – United States Census, 1950, at FS, index & images

North Dakota Census Records online at the state level

North Dakota – 1836 – The first census of the original counties of Dubuque and Demoine (Iowa): taken in July 1836, at FS

North Dakota – 1848-1970 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images

North Dakota – 1860 – Dakota, 1860 federal census, at FS

North Dakota – 1860 – North Dakota, federal census of Dakota Territory, 1860, at FS

North Dakota – 1870 – Dakota Territory, 1870 federal census , at FS

North Dakota – 1876-1939 – Census records, 1876-1939 [Standing Rock Agency], at FS

North Dakota – 1880 – Dakota, 1880 federal census, at FS

North Dakota – 1880 – North Dakota, territorial census record, 1880, at FS

North Dakota – 1880 – Special census of Indians, 1880, at FS

North Dakota – 1885-1905 – Devils Lake Agency, BIA – Indian census rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905, at FS (death, census, Chippewa, Sioux)

North Dakota – 1889 – Lists of males over 18 years of age, 1889, at FS

North Dakota – 1889-1939 – Fort Berthold – Indian census rolls, Fort Berthold, 1889-1939, at FS (birth, death, marriage, census, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Gros Ventres)

North Dakota – 1900 – North Dakota, 1900 federal census, at FS

North Dakota – 1900-1940 – United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940, at FS

North Dakota – 1906-1939 – Fort Totten – Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939, at FS (census, vital)

North Dakota – 1910 – North Dakota, 1910 federal census, at FS

North Dakota – 1910-1939 – Turtle Mountain – North Dakota – Indian census rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 (census, birth, marriage, death, Chippewa, Ojibwa)

North Dakota – 1915 – North Dakota Census, 1915, index & images

North Dakota – 1915 – North Dakota state census schedules, 1915, at FS

North Dakota – 1920 – North Dakota, 1920 federal census , at FS

North Dakota – 1925 – North Dakota Census, 1925, index & images

North Dakota – 1925 – North Dakota state census schedules, 1925, at FS

North Dakota – 1930 – North Dakota, 1930 federal census , at FS

North Dakota – 1940 – North Dakota, 1940 population census, at FS

North Dakota – Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, at FS

North Dakota Census Records Online