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Nonpopulation Census Records: District of Columbia

Nonpopulation census schedules for the District of Columbia are reproduced in ten NARA microfilm publications listed below.

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1820-1880

M279. Records of the 1820 Census of Manufactures (27 rolls). Roll 17 contains New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.

M1793. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for the District of Columbia, 1850-1870: Agriculture, Industry, Mortality, and Social Statistics; and Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Worcester County, Maryland, 1850: Agriculture (1 roll). The mortality schedules are limited, however, to one page of data for Georgetown for 1850.

M1794. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for the District of Columbia, Montana Territory, Nevada, and Wyoming Territory, 1880: Agriculture (1 roll).

M1795. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for the District of Columbia, 1880: General and Special Schedules of Manufacturing and Supplemental Schedules of Dependent, Defective, and Delinquent Classes (1 roll).

T655. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 (formerly in the custody of the Daughters of American Revolution), and Related Indexes (30 rolls). District of Columbia is on:

Roll 5: 1850, 1860, 1870 Mortality (indexes and schedules)
Roll 6: 1880 Mortality (indexes and schedules)

1935 Census of Business

M1797. Schedules of Advertising Agencies (1 roll). Entire U.S.

M2066. 1935 Census of Business: Schedules of Banking and Financial Institutions (31 rolls). District of Columbia is on rolls 3, 14, 17, 19, 29, and 30.

M2067. 1935 Census of Business: Schedules of Miscellaneous Enterprises (43 rolls). Roll 6 includes Connecticut (part), Delaware, District of Columbia, and Florida (part).
M2068. 1935 Census of Business: Schedules of Motor Trucking for Hire (103 rolls). Arranged by state, then by county. District of Columbia is on roll 8: Sussex Co., DE (part) - Fulton Co., GA (part).
M2069. 1935 Census of Business: Schedules of Public Warehousing (6 rolls). Roll 2 contains California (part), Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georiga (part.).

M2070. 1935 Census of Business: Schedules of Radio Broadcasting Stations (1 roll). Entire U.S.