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The Census Population Schedules
(also called the enumeration schedules, or federal manuscript census) list the
information collected by the census about individuals, including their
names, occupations, etc. It is released 72 years after each census.
Western Libraries has the schedules
for Oregon and Washington on microfilm. They can be found in Wilson 2
East, near the very end of the Government Microforms.
The chart below indicates which microfilm reel contains the Census
Population Schedules for which counties. Keep in mind that the names
and borders of many counties have changed over the years. A good
place to look for information on changes in counties is: Fourteenth
Census: Population 1920, Volume 1. (Government Information, C3.28/5: 920/ v.1). page 145-148. Some of the Population
Schedules are available through the Census
Project.
Aggregate information from the census (how
many people lived in Bellingham, how many farmers lived in Whatcom County,
etc.) can be found in census books in the Government Information collection, as
well as in
the Historical Census
Data Browser, and the American
Fact Finder. |