Which Census Records Are Free?

You can access census records many different ways: View digitized Census Records online through one of our partners, ancestry.com or familysearch.org. (Familysearch.org is free-of-charge.

Can you look up census records for free?

. Online subscription services are available to access the 1790–1940 census records and many public libraries provide access to these services free-of-charge.

Is census information available to the public?

Census records are kept confidential for 100 years before being made available to the public. Census records remain closed while they are in the custody of the census offices.