United States State Census

States periodically have decided to enumerate its own subjects in addition to the federal census enumeration.

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Iowa

Special state census records in Iowa are available for 1838, 1844, 1852, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915 and 1925
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1838 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1844 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1852 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1854 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1856 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1856 Extended Questions PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1885 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1895 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1915 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1925 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
 

Kansas

A state census was taken every ten years in Kansas beginning in 1855 to 1925.
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1865 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1875 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1885 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1905 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1915 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1925 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
 

Massachusetts

State census records of Massachusetts were taken every ten years from 1855 to 1945
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1855 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.

Minnesota

State census records of Minnesota were taken every ten years from 1865 to 1905. There was also a territorial census taken in 1849.
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1849 Territorial PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1865 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1875 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1885 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.

New Jersey

A state census was taken every ten years in New Jersey beginning in 1855 to 1915.
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1855 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1885 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1905 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1915 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.

New York

A state census was taken every ten years in New York beginning in 1825 to 1875. Another census was not taken until 1892. Starting in 1905 three more census were taken in 1905, 1915 and 1925.
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1825 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1835 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1845 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1855 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1865 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1875 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1892 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1905 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1915 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1925 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.

Rhode Island

The census for Rhode Island was conducted census every ten years between 1865 and 1935.
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1865 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1915 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.

Wisconsin

Censuses were taken by the state of Wisconsin from 1836, when it was a territory, until 1905. The 1836, 1838, 1842, 1846, 1847, 1855, 1875, 1885, 1895, and the surviving fragments of the 1865 censuses resemble the early federal censuses, listing only the head of a household by name and summarizing the number of others. The 1905 census was the only state census in Wisconsin to list all the members of a household by name.
From - www.wisconsinhistory.org
Census YearFormatQuestions Asked 
1836 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1842 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1846 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1847 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1855 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1865 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1875 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1885 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1895 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.
1905 PDF or DOC Click the following link to view the questions asked.