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The History and Growth of the United States Census, 1790-1890 - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 143 MB]

Bulletins No. 91 - 100 * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 422.2 MB]
91. Transportation by water: 1906. United States.
92. Census of Manufactures: 1905. Chemicals and allied products.
93. Census of Manufactures: 1905. Earnings of wage-earners.
94. Statistics of employees, executive civil service of the United States: 1907.
95. Cotton Production: 1907.
96. Marriage and Divorce: 1887-1906.
97. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1908
98. Thirteenth Census: taken in 1910. Supervisors’ districts.
99. Electrical industries of Porto Rico: 1907.
100. Cotton Production: 1908.

Bulletins No. 101 - 110) * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 185.1 MB]
101. Industrial districts: 1905. Manufactures and population.
102. Telegraph systems: 1907.
103. Religious Bodies: 1906 (Second edition, revised and enlarged)
104. Mortailty Statistics: 1908.
105. Statistics of cities: 1907. Abstract of Annual Report.
106. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1909
107. Cotton Production: 1909.
108. Mortailty Statistics: 1909
109. Population by States and Territories, Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910.
110. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1910

Bulletins No. 111 - 121 * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 133.4 MB]
111. Cotton production and statistics of cottonseed products: 1910.
112. Mortailty Statistics: 1911
113. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1911
114. Cotton Production: 1911.
115. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1912
116. Cotton Production: 1912.
117. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1913
118. Financial statistics of cities having a population of over 30,000: 1912
119. Insane and feeble-minded in institutions: 1910.
120. Paupers in Almshouses: 1910.
121. Prisoners and juvenile delinquents: 1910.

Bulletins No. 121 - 130* - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 103.0 MB]
121. Prisoners and juvenile delinquents: 1910.
122. Estimates of population: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
123. Telephones and telegraphs: 1912.
124. Central electric light and power stations and street and electric railways: 1912.
125. Cotton Production: 1913.
126. Financial statistics of cities having a population of over 30,000: 1913.
127. Chinese and Japanese in the United States: 1910.
128. Supply and distribution of cotton for the year ending August 31, 1914.
129. Negroes in the United States.
130. The Blind population in the United States: 1910.

Bulletins 131 - 140 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 197.3 MB]
131. Cotton Production and Distribution. Season of 1914-15.
132. Abstract of Financial Statistics of Cities Having a Population of Over 30,000. 1915.
133. Estimates of Population of the United States: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, and 1916.
134. Cotton Production and Distribution. Season of 1915-16.
135. Cotton Production and Distribution. Season of 1916-17.
136. Stocks of Leaf Tobacco: 1917.
137. Cotton Production. Season of 1917-18.
138. Estimates of Population of the United States: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917.
139. Stocks of Leaf Tobacco. 1918.
140. Cotton Production and Distribution. Season of 1918-19.

Announcements and Special Notices, Calendar Year 1961 import data in terms of TSUS Classifications - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 40.7 MB]

Censuses of Business, Manufactures, and Mineral Industries. 1958 Manual of Industry and Product Classification. Numerical List of Mineral Products for Standard Minerals Report Forms. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 2.9 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1917. Central Electric Light and Power Stations with Summary of the Electrical Industries. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 30.3 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1917. Telephones. - Full Document [PDF, 6.9 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1917. Telegraphs. - Full Document [PDF, 7.2 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1917. Electric Railways. - Full Document [PDF, 24.6 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1922. Telegraphs. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 2.0 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1922. Telephones. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 8.3 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. Central Electric Light and Power Stations. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 10.9 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. Telegraphs. - * PDF, Full Document [ZIP, 2.5 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. Telephones. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.2 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1927. * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 40.8 MB]
Central Electric Light and Power Stations
Electric Railways and Affliated Motor Bus Lines
Telegraphs
Telephones

Census of Electrical Industries, 1932. Central Electric Light and Power Stations. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.6 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1932. Electrical Railways and Motor-Bus Operations of Affiliates and Successors. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 12.1 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1932. Telephones and Telegraphs. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.7 MB]

Census of Electrical Industries, 1937.
Electric Light and Power Industry. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 23.3 MB]
Street Railways and Trolley-bus and Motorbus Operations. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 9.9 MB]
Telephones and Telegraphs - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 11.8 MB]

Manufactures 1905.
Pt 1, United States by Industries - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 180.4 MB]
Pt 3, Special Reports on Selected Industries - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 147.7 MB]
Pt 4, Special Reports on Selected Industries - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 165.4 MB]

Census of Manufactures, 1914
Abstract of the Census of Manufactures, 1914. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 232.9 MB]
Vol 1 Reports by States with Statistics for Principal Cities and Metropolitan Districts - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 323.9 MB]
Vol. 2, Reports for Selected Industries and Detail Statistics for Industries, by States - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 192.0 MB]
Classifications by Industries. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 4.8 MB]
State Bulletins. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 522 MB]

Census of Manufactures, 1919
Abstract of the Census of Manufactures, 1919 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 135 MB]
Classifications by Industries - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 3.1 MB]

Census of Manufactures, 1921
Summary for the United States by Industries, Geographic Divisions, and States. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 39.6 MB]
Classification by Industries. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 8.2 MB]
Instructions to Special Agents. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 5.8 MB]

Census of Manufactures, 1929. Numerical code for states, counties, and cities, of 10,000 inhabitants or more in the continential United States - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.4 MB]

Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1931. Industry Classifications. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 6.4 MB]

Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1931. Instructions for Preparing Reports. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 3.6 MB]

Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1933. Industry Classifications. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 6.2 MB]

Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1935. Industry Classifications. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 6.6 MB]

1947, 1954, and 1958 Census of Manufactures * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 61.5 MB]
1947 Census of Manufacturing; Special Reports
MC100-13. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms by Metal Fabricating Establishments by State, Standard Metropolitan Area, and Selected Counties: 1947
MC100-14. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms by Metal Fabricating Establishments by Industry Within State: 1947
1954 Census of Manufactures; Special Reports
MC-303. Consumption of Copper and Copper-base Alloy Mill Shapes and Forms
MC-304. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms.
1958 Census of Manufactures; Supplementary Reports
MC58(s)-5. Consumption of Steel Mill Shapes and Forms: Steel Copper (Brass), Aluminum, Insulated Wire and Cable

Census of Manufactures, 1947
Vol. 1. General Summary - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 46.5 MB]
Vol. 2. Statistics by Industry - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 148.5 MB]
Vol. 3. Statistics by States - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 115.3 MB]
Fuels and Electric Energy Consumed - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 29.2 MB]
Industry Descriptions - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 16.4 MB]
Industry and Commodity Classification Manuals
Vol. 1. Product Classification, Part 1, Numerical List of Products - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 29.7 MB]
Vol. 1. Product Classification, Part 2, Alphabetical List of Products - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 38.2 MB]
Vol. 2. Classes of Products - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 20.4 MB]
Vol. 2. Classes of Products (Revised) - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 17.1 MB]
MC204 Classes of Products, by State … - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 16.1 MB]
Tables, Punch Cards, and General Explanations - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.0 MB]

1963 Census of Manufactures and Mineral Industries. Supplementary List of Check Digits for 4-Digit Industry and 5-Digit “Not Specified by Kind” and “All Other” Codes. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.4 MB]

Products Supplement: Quantity and Value of Shipments and/or Production for more than 6000 Products Manufactured by United States Industry - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 42.9 MB]

(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1906
Pt 1 Summary and general tables - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 92.0 MB]
Pt 2 Separate Denominations: History, description, and statistics - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 106.8 MB]

(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1916
Pt 1 Summary and general tables - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 163.3 MB]
Pt 2 Separate Denominations: History, description, and statistics - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 126.3 MB]

(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1926. Vol 1, Summary and Detailed Tables. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 95.6 MB]

Census of Manufactures, 1949. Puerto Rico. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 15.6 MB]

Census Tracts in American Cities (Census Tract Manual). A Brief History of the Census Tract Movement, with an outline of Procedure and Suggested Modifications. Prepared by Howard Whipple Green and Leon E. Truesdell. December 1934. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.5 MB]

Census Tracts in American Cities (Census Tract Manual). A Brief History of the Census Tract Movement, with an outline of Procedure and Suggested Modifications. Prepared by Howard Whipple Green and Leon E. Truesdell. Revised Edition. July 1937. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.2 MB]

Census Tract Manual. Third Revision. Revised and Enlarged. 1947. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 5.4 MB]

Central Electric Light and Power Stations and Street and Electric Railways with Summary of the Electrical Industries, 1912. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 134.1 MB]

A Century of Population Growth, from the first Census of the United States to the Twelfth. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 84.7 MB]

Changes in Distribution of Manufacturing Wage Earners, 1899-1939. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 77.5 MB]

Construction Reports, Housing Starts. 1963-1965 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 61.8 MB]

Current Industrial Reports, Flour Milling Products, Series M20A.
1970-1971 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 9.2 MB]
1976-1981 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 90.4 MB]

Current Industrial Reports, Industrial Gases, Series M28C.
January 1969- December 1970 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 14.7 MB]
January-December 1976 and preliminary annual data - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 23.9 MB]
January 1971-Jan 1974 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 25.2 MB]
January 1978-Dec 1981 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 111.7 MB]

Cuba: Population, History, and Resources 1907 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 32.4 MB]

Estimates of Population for the several states and the District of Columbia, for counties, and for cities of over 30,000, made by the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce in pursuance of and for the purpose mentioned in Section 2 of an act of Congress “to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States.” Approved May 18, 1917. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 6.7 MB]

Federal Estimates of Population and Federal Supervision of Local Censuses. May 1916. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.4 MB]

Forest Products 1922. Turpentine and Resin. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 520 KB]

A General View of the United States; Comprising, also, a description of each individual state and territory in the Union; to which are added Various Tabular Statements, comprehending aggregates of the Population of the United States, at different periods, as well as in the year 1840... - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 15.2 MB]

Indexes of Production: Manufacturing Production Indexes for 1947 Relative to 1939, based largely on Census of Manufactures Data. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 16.9 MB]

Instructions to Special Agents. Cotton Statistics. July 1, 1930. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.9 MB]

International Population Reports Series P-91, No. 2. Population Estimates and Projections for Selected Countries, 1954-1957. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 856 KB]

International Population Reports Series P-91, No. 4. Population Estimates and Projections for Selected Countries, 1955-1959. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 775 KB]

Monthly Comparative Sales of Confectionery and Competitive Chocolate Products. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 43.2 MB]

Mortality Statistics, 1906. Seventh Annual Report. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 111.4 MB]

On revision of Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. A Report of the Committee of the Economic History Association (Advisory to the Bureau of the Census). April 15, 1952. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.5 MB]

Plantation Farming in the United States. 1916. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.0 MB]

Population, Special Reports. Series P-1943, P-44, P-45, P-46, P-47. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 40.5 MB]

Provisional Figures for Live Births, Infant Mortality, and Stillbirths, in Continental United States: 1933. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 2.9 MB]

Registration of Deaths. Practical Methods to Secure Complete Returns. The Standard Certificate of Death, suggestions as to its use and treatment, forms of permanent records, information for local Registrates. 1903. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 2.3 MB]

Report of the Monograph Program of the Bureau of the Census. October 29, 1941. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 5.7 MB]

Reports of Activities in Census Tract Cities. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 2.4 MB]

Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic Commodities Exported from the United States and Regulations Governing Statistical Returns of Exports of Domestic Commodities, and Shipments Between the United States and its Noncontiguous Territory. (1917 - 1927). - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 32.8 MB]

Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic Commodities Exported from the United States and Regulations Governing Statistical Returns of Exports of Domestic Commodities,
effective January 1, 1928 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 5.8 MB]
effective January 1, 1929 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 6.6 MB]
effective January 1, 1930 - unavailable
effective January 1, 1931 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 8.1 MB]
effective January 1, 1932 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 12.6 MB]
effective January 1, 1933 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 17.4 MB]
effective January 1, 1935, corrected to January 1, 1935 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 7.2 MB]
effective January 1, 1936 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 14.1 MB]
effective January 1, 1938 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 10.5 MB]

Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States and Regulations Governing Statistical Returns of Exports of Commodities.
Part 1, Alphabetic Index with revisions.
January 1, 1944 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 38.7 MB]
January 1, 1945 with revisions. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 156.4 MB]
January 1, 1949 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 160.1 MB]
Part 2, Numbered Classifications and Articles Included. January 1, 1945. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 56.9 MB]

Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States.
January 1, 1965 edition. - * PDF, Full Document [ZIP, 99.0 MB]
January 1, 1965 edition, reprinted October 1969. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 144.5 MB]
1971 Edition - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 70.3 MB]

Changes in Schedule B. Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. January 1, 1965 edition (Effective January 1, 1965) Public Bulletin B-1 etc etc - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 90.1 MB]

Selected Statistics for the United States by Denominations and Geographic Divisions. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 16.9 MB]

Significant Features of the Early Census Returns - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 3.0 MB]

Special Reports

Central Electric Light and Power Stations. 1902. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 129.8 MB]

Central Electric Light and Power Stations. 1907. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 52.0 MB]

Insane and Feeble-Minded in Hospitals and Institutions. 1904. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 34.1 MB]

Prisoners and Juvenile Delinquents in Institutions. 1904. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 49.0 MB]

Streets and Electric Railways, 1907. (Special Reports) - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 114.9 MB]

Telephones and Telegraphs, 1902 (Special Reports) - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 33.0 MB]

Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States, 1800-1907, and commercial and financial statistics of foreign countries. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 8.1 MB]

Study of Cartage Costs in the City of Washington. 1917. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.4 MB]

Tabulation of Common Surnames and Given Names. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 627 KB]

Telephones and Telegraphs and Municipal Electric Fire-Alarm and Police-Patrol Signaling Systems. 1912 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 112.8 MB]

Transportation by Water, (Special Reports) 1906. 224p. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 43.7 MB]

TQ-2310 – U.S. General Imports of Man-Made Fibers and Manufactures.
July 1984. * - PDF, Full Document [ZIP, 15.9 MB]
June 1984. * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 15.6 MB]

TQ-2210 – U.S. General Imports of Wool Manufactures. June 1984. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 6.3 MB]

U.S. General Imports. Cotton Manufactures. June 1984. - * Title Page [PDF], ZIP [20.3 MB]

U.S. War Production Indexes. United States Production of Selected Combat Items. U.S. War Production. Series 51.1, 51.2, 51.3. 1940-1945. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 20.2 MB]

United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise shipped on vessels reported as outbound war and marine losses (including exports under the lend-lease program). Calender year 1943. Commodity by Country of Destination. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 35.0 MB]

United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise. Country of Destination by Subgroup. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 20.1 MB]

Working Paper 39, Population and Housing Queries in U.S. Decennial Censuses, 1790-1970. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 16.4 MB]

About the Bureau - Legislation and Bureau Activities

Act of March 6, 1902 providing for the establishment of a permanent Census Office, with amendatory acts and provisions of other acts relating to the Census Office. (unavailable)

(Annual) Reports of the Director of the Census. 1881-1921 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 120.1 MB]

Census Act of March 3, 1899 providing for the Twelfth and Subsequent Censuses with amendatory acts and legislative provisions of other bills. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 4.4 MB]

The Census Office and Coordination of Statistics. Reply of the Director of the Census to the Inquiries of the Interdepartmental Statistical Committee. January 8, 1909. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 10.4 MB]

Circular of Information Concerning the Work of the Permanent Census Bureau: 1902-1913 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 9.2 MB]

Detailed description of Census Bureau’s New Photographic Equipment, Jan 12, 1937 - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1.2 MB]

Estimate of Appropriations Required by the Census Office for the year beginning June 30, 1900, and ending June 30, 1901. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 1 MB]

Instructions to Editors and Proofreaders, printed for exclusive use of the Bureau of the Census. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 4.1 MB]

Legislation Relating to the Bureau of the Census. July 1, 1917. - * Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 12.4 MB]

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