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The first U.S. Census was taken in 1790 by the local U.S. Marshals. Census-takers went door-to-door and recorded the number of people in each household, and the name of the head of the household. Slaves were counted, but for apportionment purposes each counted as only three-fifths of a citizen. American Indians being neither taxed nor considered during apportionment, were not counted. The first census counted 3.9 million people, the 2000 census counted over 281 million people.
By law (enacted on October 5, 1978), census records are sealed for 72 years. Thus, the most recent Census released to the public was the 1930 1940 Census, released in 20022012.
Indexes to some of the U.S. Censuses have been produced over the years, making the process of searching old census records much easier. Now, some are available online.
==== See Also ====
*[[Recording_UK_Census_data| Recording UK Census data with GRAMPSGramps]]*[[Recording_Canadian_Census_data| Recording Canadian Census data with GRAMPSGramps]]*[[Recording_French_Census_data| Recording French Census data with GRAMPSGramps]]*[[Census_Addons|Census Addons]]
== External Links and sources ==
* [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Census UK census]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Canada_Census Canadian census]
** [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Quebec_Census Quebec census], see also [http://www.prdh.umontreal.ca/census/ 1852 and 1881 cencusescensuses].
* [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/France_Census French census]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Census German census]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Italy_Census Italy census]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Census US census]
** [httphttps://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/search_Census 1880 Category:Census_by_State Censuses by US census and 1881 censuses of Canada and the UK at familysearch.orgStates]
* [http://automatedgenealogy.com Canadian censuses of 1851-1852, 1901, 1906 and 1911 at automatedgenealogy.com]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/index-e.html Census Research Tools at the Canadian Archives]
