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1970 Census

A visual chronology of the history of the census from 1790 to the present, see the Timeline of Census History [10.8MB BMP]. A portable document format version of the timeline is available here [567 KB].

Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 [PDF 16.4MB]

Earlier versions of the publication most recently titled Measuring America also are available:

• 200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990 [PDF 11.4MB], November 1989
• Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1980 [PDF 8.49MB], October 1979

Demographic Trends in the 20th Century, Census 2000 special report, November 2002 [PDF]

A Bibliography of Selected Statistical Methods and Development Related to Census 2000 [PDF 498KB]

Census of the Philippine Islands publications are available from the Haithi Trust Digital Library .

Procedural Histories:

• History of the American Community Survey, January 2024 [PDF 10.4 MB]
• 2000 Census of Population and Housing Volume 1 [PDF 14.3MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 5.7MB]
• 1990 Census of Population and Housing [63 MB]
• 1980 Census of Population and Housing [ZIP 80MB]
• 1970 Census of Population and Housing [ZIP 165MB]
• 1960 Census of Population and Housing [ZIP 66.7 MB]
• 1950 Census of Population and Housing [ZIP 37.3 MB]
• Procedural History of the 1940 Census of Population and Housing, prepared by Robert Jenkins, The Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1983. [PDF 13.4MB]