Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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
US – 1810 – United States Census, 1810, at FS, index & images
US – 1810 – 1810 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1820 – United States Census, 1820, at FS, index & images
US – 1820 – 1820 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1830 – United States Census, 1830, at FS, index & images
US – 1830 – 1830 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1840 – United States Census, 1840, at FS, index & images
US – 1840 – 1840 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1848 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – United States Census, 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1850 – United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census (Mortality Schedule), at MH-$
US – 1850 – United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850, at FS, index & images
US – 1850 – 1850 United States Federal Census (Slave 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 – 1860 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1870 – United States Census, 1870, at FS, index & images
US – 1870 – 1870 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1880 – United States Census, 1880, at FS, index & images
US – 1880 – 1880 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1885 – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, at FS, index & links to images
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 – 1890 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1900 – United States Census, 1900, at FS, index & images
US – 1900 – 1900 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1908 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, at FS, index & links to images
US – 1910 – United States Census, 1910, at FS, index & images
US – 1910 – 1910 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1920 – United States Census, 1920, at FS, index & images
US – 1920 – 1920 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1930 – United States Census of Merchant Seamen, 1930, at FS, index & images
US – 1930 – 1930 United States Census of Merchant Seamen, at MH-$
US – 1930 – United States Census, 1930, at FS, index & images
US – 1930 – 1930 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1940 – United States Census, 1940, at FS, index & images
US – 1940 – 1940 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1950 – United States Census, 1950, at FS, index & images
Tennessee Census Records online at the state level
Tennessee – 1787-1791 – Partial census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as taken from the North Carolina land grants, at FS
Tennessee – 1797 – Persons residing in the Cherokee Country, not natives of the land– 1797, at FS
Tennessee – 1810 – Index to 1810 Maury County census(reconstructed), at FS
Tennessee – 1810 – Tennessee census reports, at FS
Tennessee – 1810-1840 – Tennessee, 1810 thru 1840 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1820 – Tennessee census reports, at FS
Tennessee – 1820 – Tennessee census reports for 1820, at FS
Tennessee – 1820 – Tennessee, 1810 thru 1840 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1820-1840 – Tennessee : Census indexes 1820, 1830, 1840, at FS
Tennessee – 1827-1833 – [Index to Occupant entry book for Weakley county, Tennessee 1827-1833], at FS
Tennessee – 1830 – 1830 census of Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1830 – 1830 Census of Tennessee: Continued from Vol. 1, No. 2., at FS
Tennessee – 1830 – 1830 census, East Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1830 – 1830 census, West Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1830 – Tennessee, 1810 thru 1840 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1830 – United States census 1830 for Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1835 – Cherokee Nation east, roll of 1835, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – 1840 – in Montgomery County [census], at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – 1840 census of Perry County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Dyer County, Tennessee 1840 census, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census – Madison County, Tennessee : contains what is now part of Crockett and Chester Counties, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census – White County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census, Hardeman County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census, Knox County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census, Knox County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census, Sevier County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 census, Wayne County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index To 1840 Census, Williamson County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to 1840 Obion County, Tennessee Census, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to the 1840 census – Hardin County, Tenn., at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to the 1840 census of Haywood county, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Index to the 1840 Census of Weakley county, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Tennessee – 1840 Census records: Welch family in Marshall County, at FS
Tennessee – 1840 – Tennessee, 1810 thru 1840 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1850-1860, 1880 – Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes : Tennessee; 1850-1860; 1880, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – 1850 Census – Tennessee : index to the surname Jackson, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes : Tennessee; 1850-1860; 1880, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Index to 1850 Census of Memphis (Shelby County), Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Index to 1850 census of Memphis (Shelby County), Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Index to 1850 census of Memphis (Shelby County), Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Roane County, Tennessee, U.S. Census 1850, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Shelby County, Tennessee Index to 1850 Federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Shelby County, Tennessee index to 1850 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Tennesseans by birth – residents of Kentucky in 1850, at FS
Tennessee – 1850 – Tennessee, 1850 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1850-1860 – Owsley charts : master charts compiled from the unpublished census, 1850-1860, at FS
Tennessee – 1850-1880 – 1850-1880 Haywood county, Tennessee census: Newsom and Etheridge families, at FS
Tennessee – 1860 – Tennessee, 1860 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1860 – The Census — 1860 Tennessee / Index to Jenkins Genealogies and Histories, at FS
Tennessee – 1870 – Shelby County, Tennessee Index To 1850 Federal Census, at FS
Tennessee – 1870 – Tennessee, 1870 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1880 – Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes : Tennessee; 1850-1860; 1880, at FS
Tennessee – 1880 – Tennessee, 1880 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1900 – Tennessee, 1900 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1910 – Tennessee, 1910 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1920 – Tennessee, 1920 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1930 – Tennessee, 1930 federal census , at FS
Tennessee – 1930 – Tennessee, 1930 federal census, at FS
Tennessee – 1930 – The 1930 census of Wayne County, Tennessee, at FS
Tennessee – 1940 – Tennessee, 1940 population census, at FS
Tennessee – Census records and Cherokee muster rolls, at FS
Tennessee Census Records online at the county level
Bedford County – Census – 1840 – Revolutionary & Military Pensioners in Bedford County, Tennessee – 1840 Census, at FS
Bedford County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Bedford County, Tennessee, at FS
Bedford County – Census – 1850 – Bedford County Tennessee : U.S. Census of 1850 Index to Vol. 1 & 2, at FS
Bedford County – Census – 1850 – Family Records of Bedford County, Tennessee As Given the United States Census Taker in 1850, at FS
Benton County – Census – 1840 – Index to the 1840 Census of Benton County, Tennessee, at FS
Benton County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Mortality Census Schedule of Benton County, Tennessee, at FS
Benton County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (seventh Census) for Benton County, Tennessee, at FS
Blount County – Census – 1830 – US Census of Blount County, Tennessee, 1830, at FS
Bradley County – Census – 1840 – 1840 Federal Census Bradley County, Tennessee, at FS
Bradley County – Census – 1850 – Bradley County Tennessee : 1850 Federal Census, at FS
Cocke County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Mortality Schedule – Cocke, County, Tennessee, at FS
Cocke County – Census – 1850 – 1850 U.S. Census Cocke County, Tennessee, at FS
Coffee County – Census – 1850 – Coffee County, Tennessee, 1850 Census, at FS
DeKalb County – Census – 1850 – U.S., Census of 1850, DeKalb County, Tennessee, at FS
Dickson County – Census – 1850 – Dickson County, Tennessee, 1850 Census, at FS
Dickson County – Census – 1880 – 1880 Census Dickson County, Tennessee, at FS
Dyer County – Census – 1850 – Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Dyer County, Tennessee, Free Population Schedules, at FS
Fayette County – Census – 1840 Census – Fayette County, Tennessee, at FS
Fentress County – Census – 1833 Enumeration, Fentress County, Tennessee, at FS
Gibson County – Census- 1840 Census – Gibson County, Tennessee, at FS
Giles County – Census – 1850 – Giles County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Giles County – Census – 1870 – Giles Co. Tennessee Census 1870 : Districts 1 – 20, at FS
Grainger County – Census – School Census Records (Grainger County, Tennessee), 1946-1956, at FS
Grainger County – Census – 1810 – Grainger County, Tennessee, Federal Census of 1810, Population Schedule (third Census) and County Tax Lists for 1810, at FS
Grainger County – Taxation – Grainger County, Tennessee, Federal Census of 1810, Population Schedule (third Census) and County Tax Lists for 1810, at FS
Hancock County – Census – 1850 – William P. Grohse Collection, at FS
Hancock County – Census – 1860 – William P. Grohse Collection, at FS
Hancock County – Census – 1870 – William P. Grohse Collection, at FS
Hancock County – Census – 1880 – William P. Grohse Collection, at FS
Henderson County – Census – 1840 Census – Henderson County, Tennessee, at FS
Henry County – Census – 1840 – Index to the 1840 Census of Henry County, Tennessee, at FS
Hickman County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Hickman County, Tennessee, at FS
Humphreys County – Census – 1840 – Index to 1840 Census, Humphreys County, Tennessee, at FS
Humphreys County – Census – 1850 – Humphreys County, Tennessee 1850 Census : & Additional Notes, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1840 – Index to 1840 Census, Jackson County, Tennessee, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1840 – Index to 1840 Census, Jackson County, Tennessee, at FS
Jackson County – Census – 1890 – Jackson Co., Tennessee 1890 Census Notes, at FS
Jefferson County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 for Jefferson County, Tennessee, at FS
Jefferson County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 for Jefferson County, Tennessee, at FS
Knox County – Census – Harbison, Graveston, Knox County, Tennessee and Graves Genealogy, at FS
Lawrence County – Census – 1840 – Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1860, 1840 Census : Private Acts, Miscellaneous, at FS
Lawrence County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census, Lawrence County, Tennessee (including Some Other Early Records), at FS
Lawrence County – Census – 1820 – 1850 Census, Lawrence County, Tennessee (including Some Other Early Records), at FS
Lawrence County – Census – 1860 – Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1860, 1840 Census : Private Acts, Miscellaneous, at FS
Lewis County – Census – 1850 – Maury County Neighbors : Records of Giles, Lewis and Marshall Counties, Tennessee, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1840 – Lincoln County, Tennessee Records, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1840 – Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1840 Census, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1840 – X2Lincoln County Tennessee : 1840 Census, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1850 – Lincoln County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1850 – Lincoln County, Tennessee Records, at FS
Lincoln County – Census – 1830 – Tennessee Census, Lincoln Co., 1830, at FS
Marshall County – Census – 1850 – Marshall County, Tennessee, 1850 Census, at FS
Maury County – Census – 1820 – Maury County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 Census, at FS
Maury County – Schools – Maury County, Tennessee, School Census 1838 and 1842 : from Research Notes of Mildred Grimsley, at FS
McMinn County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (seventh Census) for McMinn County, Tennessee, at FS
McMinn County – Census – 1870 – 1870 McMinn County, Tennessee, Census, at FS
McNairy County – Census – 1840 – Index to the 1840 Census of McNairy County, Tennessee, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1840 – A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, 1808 Through 1850, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1850 – A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, 1808 Through 1850, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1850 – Meigs County, Tennessee Census and Marriage Records, 1850 Through 1900, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1850 – Tennessee Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850, Meigs County, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1830 – A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, 1808 Through 1850, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1860 – Meigs County, Tennessee Census and Marriage Records, 1850 Through 1900, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1870 – Meigs County, Tennessee Census and Marriage Records, 1850 Through 1900, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1880 – Meigs County, Tennessee Census and Marriage Records, 1850 Through 1900, at FS
Meigs County – Census – 1900 – Meigs County, Tennessee Census and Marriage Records, 1850 Through 1900, at FS
Montgomery County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Federal Census of Montgomery County, Tennessee, at FS
Montgomery County – Census – 1820 – 1798 Property Tax List and 1820 Census of Montgomery County, Tennessee, at FS
Montgomery County – Public Records – 1840 – In Montgomery County, Tennessee : [list of Names Taken from the 1840 Census], at FS
Montgomery County – Census – 1820 – 1820 Census of Montgomery County, at FS
Morgan County – Census – 1850 – Morgan County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Morgan County – Schools – Census – Tennessee, Morgan County, Educational Census Records, 1946-1956, at FS
Obion County – Census – 1850 – Obion County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Perry County – Census – 1840 Census of Perry County, Tennessee, at FS
Perry County – Census – 1820 – 1820 Census of Perry County, Tennessee, at FS
Rhea County – Census – 1840 – A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, 1808 Through 1850, at FS
Rhea County – Census – 1840 – Population Schedule of the United States Census, Rhea County, Tennessee, at FS
Rhea County – Census – 1850 – A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, 1808 Through 1850, at FS
Rhea County – Census – 1830 – A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, 1808 Through 1850, at FS
Rhea County – Census – 1830 – Population Schedule of the United States Census, Rhea County, Tennessee, at FS
Robertson County – Census – 1840 – Index to 1840 Census, Robertson County, Tennessee, at FS
Robertson County – Census – 1850 – Robertson County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Rutherford County – Census – 1840 – Index to 1840 Census, Rutherford County, Tennessee, at FS
Rutherford County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census of Rutherford County, Tennessee, at FS
Rutherford County – Census – 1810 – Tennessee Census Reports, No. 1, Rutherford County, 1810, at FS
Scott County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (7th Census) for Scott Co., Tennessee, at FS
Scott County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (seventh Census) for Scott County, Tennessee, at FS
Sevier County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850, Seventh Census, for Sevier County, Tennessee, at FS
Sevier County – Census – 1900 – Sevier County, Tennessee Census 1900, at FS
Shelby County – Census – 1830 – Index to 1830 Census, Shelby County, Tennessee, at FS
Shelby County – Census – 1840 – Index to the 1840 Census, Shelby County, Tennessee, at FS
Smith County – Census – 1820-1836 – Family Records of Smith County, Tennessee (Carthage, Tenn. County Seat) As Given the US Census Taker in 1830 & 1820, at FS
Smith County – Census – 1840 – Family Records of Smith County, Tennessee As Given the United States Census Taker in 1840 : (Carthage, Tennessee, County Seat), at FS
Smith County – Census – 1850 – 1850 Census, Smith County Tennessee and Index, at FS
Smith County – Census – 1850 – Family Records of Smith County, Carthage, Tennessee As Given the United States Census Taker, 1850, at FS
Stewart County – Census – 1860 – Other McElroys in Stewart Co., Tenn., at FS
Stewart County – Census – 1870 – Other McElroys in Stewart Co., Tenn., at FS
Stewart County – Census – 1880 – Other McElroys in Stewart Co., Tenn., at FS
Sullivan County – Census – 1840 – Index to 1840 Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee, at FS
Sumner County – Census – 1850 – Sumner County, Tennessee, 1850 Census, at FS
Warren County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (Seventh Census) for Warren Co., Tennessee, at FS
Warren County – Census – 1850 – Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850, Seventh Census for Warren County, Tennessee, at FS
Wayne County – Census – 1850 – Wayne County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Wayne County – Census – 1860 – Slave Owners 1860 Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, at FS
Wayne County – Census – 1891 – 1890 Census of Wayne County, Tennessee : (census Made in February, 1891), at FS
Weakley County – Census – 1850 – Continuation of the Weakley County, Tennessee, U.S. Census 1850, at FS
Weakley County – Census – 1850 – Continuation of the Weakley County, Tennessee, U.S. Census 1850, at FS
Weakley County – Census – 1850 – Weakley County, Tennessee 1850 Census, at FS
Weakley County – Census – 1850 – Weakley County, Tennessee, U.S. Census 1850, at FS
Weakley County – Census – 1850 – Weakley County, Tennessee, U.S. Census 1850, at FS
Williamson County – Schools – School Census 1838-1939, at FS
Wilson County – Schools – Wilson County, Tennessee, School Census Records, 1888-1956, at FS
Tennessee Census Records online at the city level
Carthage – Census – 1870 – Family Records of Smith County, Tennessee (Carthage, Tenn. County Seat) As Given the US Census Taker in 1870, at FS
Memphis – Census – 1865 – Memphis, Tennessee Census, 1865, 1869,1897, at FS
Memphis – Census – 1869 – Memphis, Tennessee Census, 1865, 1869,1897, at FS
Memphis – Census – 1897 – Memphis, Tennessee Census, 1865, 1869,1897, at FS
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