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The United States has collected data about its population since 1790 and continues to collect data every 10 years. Learn how to find previous census records.
These publications include comprehensive procedural reports on the methodology of decennial censuses. They cover the procedures from the early stages of planning and pretesting through the tabulation and publication of final reports.