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Iowa's State Census Years Transcription Priorities
Priorities based on inclusiveness and time distance from Federal
Censuses. You are NOT limited to doing only the higher priority years,
these are just the ones we feel would be of the most interest to the greatest
number of visitors. We would be Extremely grateful for any census you
would like to transcribe.
YEAR
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COVERAGE
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NOTES
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PRIORITY
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1836
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Wisconsin Territorial Census: Includes the
original counties of Dubuque and Demoines;
covered the area to become Iowa.
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Lists the head of household
and the number of males and females within certain age groups.
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Med Low
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1838
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Wisconsin Territorial Census: Includes the
original counties of Dubuque and Demoines along with Cedar, Clayton,
Clinton, Johnson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Slaughter [link] (renamed Washington) and Van
Buren counties; covered the area to become Iowa.
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Lists names of masters,
mistresses, stewards, overseers or other principal persons; white
males, white females, free males of color and free females of color.
Only Van Buren county is available at the FHL.
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Med
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1840
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Territorial Census;
18 original counties and several precincts which comprised the area
then known as Iowa.
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Low
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1841
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Special Census: Includes
head of household; Incomplete
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Low
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1844
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Special Census: Johnson
County.
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Lists the head of household
and "Number of Souls".
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Low
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1844
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Special Census: Keokuk
County only.
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Lists Head of Household
and number of males over 21, males under 21 and females
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Low
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1846
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Special Census: Louisa,
Polk, and Wapello counties.
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Lists the head of household
and the number of males under 21, males over 21, females under 21
and females over 21.
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Low
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1847
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Special Census: Clinton,
Davis, Louisa, Marion, Scott, Van Buren & Wapello counties.
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Lists head of household
and the total number of persons living in the household.
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Low
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1849
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Special Census: Benton,
Boone, Clinton, Jackson, Louisa, Madison, Poweshiek, Scott, Van
Buren, & Washington counties.
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Low
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1850
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Special Census: Black
Hawk, Pottawatomie, Tama, Clarke, Taylor, & Page counties.
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Low
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1851
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Special Census: Cedar,
Clinton, Decatur, Guthrie, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson,
Madison, Mahaska, Page, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Scott, & Washington
counties.
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Low
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1852
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Special Census: Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk,
Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Fayette, Fremont, Guthrie, Henry,
Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Madison,
Mahaska, Muscatine, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Monroe, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek,
Scott, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, Winnesheik, Wapello, Wayne and Yell (became part of Webster) counties. |
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Med High
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1853
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Special Census: Warren
County only.
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Low
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1854
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Special Census: Adams,
Adair, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer,
Buchanan, Cedar, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford,
Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Dubuque, Des Moines, Fayette,
Fremont, Guthrie, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper,
Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Madison,
Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Monona, Muscatine, Montgomery,
Monroe, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Scott, Shelby, Story,
Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne,
Webster and Winnesheik counties.
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High
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1856
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State Population Census;
First Iowa state census naming every member of the household. Also
states years resided in state.
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Very High
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1859
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Special Census: Adair,
Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone,
Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo,
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas,
Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Fayette,
Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock,
Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper,
Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona,
Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas,
Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Scott, Shelby, Story,
Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne,
Webster, Winnebago, Winnesheik, Woodbury, Worth and Wright counties.
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Med
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1875
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Agricultural Census (names head-of-household and household population stats): Carroll
County. More Info
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Med High
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1881
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City/Town Schedules:
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County only.
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Low
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1885
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State Population Census
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Very High
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1888
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City/Town Schedules:
Algona, Kossuth County only.
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Low
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1889
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City/Town Schedules:
North Des Moines, Polk County; Cherokee, Cherokee County.
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Low
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1891
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City/Town Schedules:
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County; Spencer, Clay County; Villisca, Montgomery
County.
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Low
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1892
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City/Town Schedules:
Carroll, Carroll County; Wright and Eagle Grove, Wright County;
Esterville, Emmett County; Jefferson, Greene County; Tama, Tama
County
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Low
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1893
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City/Town Schedules:
Mystic, Appanoose County; Hampton, Franklin County; Ames and Nevada,
Story County; West Union, Fayette County
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Low
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1895
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State Population Census
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Very High
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1895
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City/Town Schedules:
Bloomfield, Davis County; Independence, Buchanan County.
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Med
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1896
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Oelwein, Fayette County.
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Low
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1897
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City/Town Schedules:
New Hampton, Chickasaw County.
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Low
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1905
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State Population Census;
difficult to read.
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Med
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1915
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State Population Census;
filmed on 16mm with high reduction 42x filming & needs a high magnification
reader to read it.
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Med
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1925
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State Population Census;
by townships; lists names, relationships, sex, age, marital status
and date if married, parent's names and birth place of parents.
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Very High
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Priorities