Since the 1840 Census first counted veterans, census data have documented the evolution of those who served. Women veterans were not counted until 1980.

Decennial Census records are available to the public for free through the National Archives 72 years after each census is taken.

The National Archives today releases 1950 Census records. Some people who eventually gained fame made their first appearance in this decennial census.

Records for all people counted in the 1950 Census will be released by the National Archives and Records Administration April 1.

To commemorate upcoming Presidents' Day, we look across America to map presidential beginnings and the many places that honor them.

Sixteen U.S. marshals, one territorial governor and their deputies counted 3.929,214 people in the nascent United States.

Today’s strict legal protections stem from a long history of changing attitudes and understanding about privacy and trust.

Thanks to advanced satellite technology, geospatial mapping tools and people pounding the pavement, the Census Bureau maps every address in the nation.

Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell wrote a special Census report on the nation's deaf, mute and blind. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm was an enumerator.