United States Census 1880

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Content
1880 Census was taken beginning 1 June 1880, for two weeks to thirty days. The following information was recorded by the census taker:

1790-2000 Information: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

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1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Unique Features and Problems

 * Asked the relationship to the head of household
 * Asked marital status
 * Lists the name of the streets and house numbers of some of the urban homes
 * Lists an illness or disability on the day of visitation
 * Lists number of months unemployed
 * The census was to list only those abiding in the house as of June 1 (those who may have died since may be missed or children born after that date but by the time the enumerator came would not have been accounted for but again they may have
 * Soundex: Lists only families with children under the age of 10 years

States Covered and Missing

 * Alabama
 * Arkansas
 * California
 * Colorado
 * Connecticut
 * Delaware
 * District of Columbia
 * Florida
 * Georgia
 * Illinois
 * Indiana
 * Iowa
 * Kansas
 * Kentucky
 * Louisiana
 * Maine
 * Maryland
 * Massachusetts
 * Michigan
 * Minnesota
 * Mississippi
 * Missouri
 * Nebraska
 * Nevada
 * New Hampshire
 * New Jersey
 * New York
 * North Carolina
 * Ohio
 * Oregon
 * Pennsylvania
 * Rhode Island
 * South Carolina
 * Tennessee
 * Texas
 * Vermont
 * Virginia
 * West Virginia
 * Wisconsin


 * No states missing 

Territories

 * Arizona
 * Dakota
 * Idaho
 * Montana
 * New Mexico
 * Utah
 * Wyoming

Web Sites
1790-2000 Info: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Bibliographic Citations
To open the FamilySearch 1880 census search page, click here. For information about the 1880 census on the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service, click here.