Virginia 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 Virginia 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 – 1790 – United States Census, 1790, at FS, index & images
US – 1790 – 1790 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
US – 1800 – United States Census, 1800, at FS, index & images
US – 1800 – 1800 United States Federal Census, at MH-$
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
Virginia Census Records online at the state level
Virginia – Census Records – Virginia census indexes, at FS
Virginia – 1782 – List of inhabitants (Virginia), 1782 – 1785, at FS
Virginia – 1785 – Botetourt County, Virginia, 1785 enumeration, at FS
Virginia – 1790 – Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790 : records of the state enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia, at FS
Virginia – 1790 – Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790, Virginia : records of the state enumerations: 1782 to 1785, at FS
Virginia – 1790 – The Page family in Virginia census (1790 to 1850), at FS
Virginia – 1810 – [1810 Census Ohio County, Virginia] : [one name – George Scott], at FS
Virginia – 1810 – 1810 Census United States State of Virginia county of Hampshire : [Largent family information], at FS
Virginia – 1810 – Index to the 1810 Virginia Census : [Burnett family information], at FS
Virginia – 1810 – Virginia, 1810 thru 1840 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1820 – Index to the 1820 census of Virginia : [McElroy, McIllree, McLroy, Muchelroy and Muchilroy], at FS
Virginia – 1820 – Virginia, 1810 thru 1840 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1830 – Virginia, 1810 thru 1840 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1840 – Virginia, 1810 thru 1840 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1850 – [Dodd family in 1850 Census records for Virginia], at FS
Virginia – 1850 – [From Robert L. Eustice] : [Largent family information from pension application, land grants, and census records], at FS
Virginia – 1850 – 1850 census, Virginia (cont.) [Dodd], at FS
Virginia – 1850 – Persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850, Accomack-York counties, Virginia, at FS
Virginia – 1850 – Virginia, 1850 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1850 – Virginia, census records : non-population schedules, 1850-1880, at FS
Virginia – 1855 – Illinois State Census, 1855, index and images, at FS
Virginia – 1860 – Virginia, 1860 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1860 – Virginia, census records : non-population schedules, 1850-1880, at FS
Virginia – 1870 – Virginia inhabitants county by county in 1870, at FS
Virginia – 1870 – Virginia inhabitants county by county in 1870, at FS
Virginia – 1870 – Virginia, 1870 federal census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1870 – Virginia, census records : non-population schedules, 1850-1880, at FS
Virginia – 1880 – Virginia, 1880 federal census : soundex and population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1880 – Virginia, 1880 federal census : soundex and population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1880 – Virginia, census records : non-population schedules, 1850-1880, at FS
Virginia – 1900 – Virginia, 1900 federal census : soundex and population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1900 – Virginia, 1900 federal census : soundex and population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1910 – Virginia, 1910 federal census : soundex and population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1920 – Virginia, 1920 federal census : soundex and population schedules, at FS
Virginia – 1930 – Virginia, 1930 federal census : soundex and population schedules ; NARA microfilm publications T626 and M2059, at FS
Virginia – 1930 – Virginia, 1930 federal census : soundex and population schedules ; NARA microfilm publications T626 and M2059, at FS
Virginia – 1940 – Virginia, 1940 population census : population schedules, at FS
Virginia Census Records online at the county level
Accomack County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Accomack County – Census – Virginia Genealogies and County Records, at FS
Arlington County – Census – Census Records, 1799-1830, at FS
Arlington County – Minorities – [1865 Census of the ‘colored’ Population in the City and County of Alexandria], at FS
Botetourt County – Census – Botetourt County, Virginia, 1785 Enumeration, at FS
Botetourt County – Census – Botetourt County, Virginia, 1820 Census, at FS
Brunswick County – Census – Brunswick County, Va. Census of 1830, at FS
Carroll County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Charlotte County – Census – 1810 United States Census of Charlotte County, Virginia, at FS
Craig County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Floyd County – Census – 1890 Census, Floyd County, Virginia, at FS
Floyd County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Franklin County – Census – Franklin Co., Va. Census of 1850, at FS
Frederick County – Census – Daisy Amick Collection, 144 WFCHS : Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Wincester, VA., at FS
Giles County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Grayson County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Halifax County – Census – Eighth Census of the United States for the Northern District of Halifax County, Virginia, 1860. Schedules of Free Inhabitants, Slave Inhabitants, Mortality, Agriculture, Industry, and Social Statistics, at FS
Hanover County – Census – Hanover County, Virginia, 1810 and 1820, at FS
Henry County – Census – 1850 Federal Census of Henry County, Virginia, at FS
Henry County – Census – Six Decade Census Index 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 of Henry County, Virginia, at FS
Lancaster County – Census – Lancaster Co. Marriage Bonds – Lee, at FS
Lee County – Census – Lee County, Va., Census of 1820, at FS
Lee County – Census – Miscellaneous Records : Texas Cemeteries, Bible [and] the 1820 Federal Census of Lee County, Virginia, at FS
Mecklenburg County – Census – Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, Census of 1820, at FS
Mecklenburg County – Census – Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, Census of 1830, at FS
Montgomery County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
New Kent County – Census – New Kent County, Virginia, U.S. Census for 1810 & U.S. Census for 1850 : and Abstracts of the Application Papers of Revolutionary War Pensioners, at FS
Page County – Census – 1860 Federal Census of Page County, Virginia, at FS
Page County – Census – 1880 Federal Census Page County, Virginia, at FS
Pittsylvania County – Census – 1820 Pittsylvania County, Va., Census, at FS
Prince Edward County – Census – United States Census of Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1810 : County Seat: Farmville, at FS
Prince William County – Census – Prince William County Virginia 1850 : an Annotated Census, at FS
Prince William County – Census – Prince William County, Virginia, 1840, an Annotated Census, at FS
Pulaski County – Census – Early Pulaski County, Va. Settlers, 1840-1850 Census, at FS
Pulaski County – Census – Early Pulaski County, Va. Settlers, 1840-1850 Census, at FS
Pulaski County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Roanoke County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Rockingham County – Census – 1850 U.S. Census Rockingham County, Virginia, at FS
Rockingham County – Census – Tenth Legion Tithables (Rockingham Division) Rockingham County, Virginia Tithables for 1792 : a List of All the White Males Above 16 Years of Age in the County and All the Slaves Above 12 in the County in 1792, at FS
Russell County – Census – 1850 U.S. Census, Russell County, Virginia, at FS
Russell County – Census – E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965, at FS
Russell County – Census – The Seventh Population Census of the United States for Russell County, Virginia, 1850, at FS
Scott County – Census – 1850 Census of Scott County, Virginia, at FS
Scott County – Census – E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965, at FS
Scott County – Census – Scott County, Virginia, U.S. Census, 1850, at FS
Shenandoah County – Census – Collection #11 Painter, Ca. 1723-1965, at FS
Smyth County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Tazewell County – Census – The Ancestry of Tazewell County : 1830 Census of Tazewell County, Virginia, at FS
Washington County – Census – 1840 Washington County, Virginia Census, at FS
Wythe County – Census – Early Wythe Settlers, Wythe County, Virginia, 1810-1850 Census, at FS
Wythe County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
York County – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Virginia Census Records online at the city level
Alexandria (Independent City) – Census – Census Records, 1799-1830, at FS
Boydton – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
Heathsville – Census – School Census, 1900, at FS
Richmond (Independent City) – Cemeteries – [1860 Census Minnesota-Lewis County, Missouri Marriages], at FS
Virginia Beach (Independent City) – Census – Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872, at FS
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