CURRENT DATA
Census 2000 Gateway:
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
American FactFinder (fact sheets by geographic region):
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
1990: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Type Princeton in the "Name" box, type NJ
in the "State" box, and click the "Search"
button.
HISTORICAL DATA ONLINE (U.S. Census Bureau)
Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts
LIBRARY HOLDINGS
(Stored in microfilm cabinets on Library's second floor)
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UNITED STATES CENSUS SCHEDULES |
- 1830 Somerset, Middlesex and Hunterdon counties
- 1840 Mercer County - complete
- 1850 Mercer County - complete
- 1860 Mercer County - excludes Trenton
- 1870 Mercer County - Parts 1 and 2
- 1880 Mercer County - Parts 1 and 2
- 1890 Special Censuses of Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans
- 1910 Hunterdon County, Mercer County : East Windsor, Ewing, Hamilton, Hightstown, Hopewell, Lawrence,
Pennington, Princeton, Washington, West Windsor, Trenton, Parts 1 and 2
- 1920 Mercer County - Trenton city
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| NEW JERSEY
CENSUS SCHEDULES |
- 1885 Mercer County
- 1895 Mercer County
- 1905 Mercer County
- 1915 Mercer County
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| Originally intended
by Congress for the purpose of taxation, the census
is a marvelous resource for personal information
in historical research. The first census consisted
of six queries and the recording has been expanded
every 10 years with each succeeding census. Information
recorded by the census goes from simple enumeration
of the head of each household to names, dates
of birth, race, age, marital status, etc. for
every individual. To protect the privacy of living
individuals, the population schedules are confidential
for 72 years; thus, the census of 1930 is the
last one available. All census materials are
kept on microfilm which can be printed for
15 cents a page. |
Last revised: April 11, 2007
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