General Information

• Using the Federal Censuses, guides from the National Archives
• Jefferson County QuickFacts (US Census Bureau)

1790

• No census was taken in East Tennessee in 1790.

1800-1820

• East Tennessee censuses records for 1800, 1810, and 1820 were destroyed at the National Archives; no local copies are known to exist.

1830

• Complete name index at the USGenWeb Archives Census Project
• Complete transcription at the USGenWeb Census Project

1840

• Complete name index and transcription at the USGenWeb Census Project

1850

• Complete name index and transcription at the USGenWeb Census Project
• Students and Faculty at Strawberry Plains College

1860

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1870

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1880

• Complete transcription at FamilySearch.org

1890

• Enumerations of the general population of Tennessee in 1890 were destroyed at the National Archives; no local copies are known to exist.  The 1890 census of military veterans and pension recipients exists.  The 1891 Tennessee enumeration of heads-of-household can be an alternative resource.

1900

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1910

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1920

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1930

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1990

• Jefferson County had the highest population growth in East Tennessee, 1990-1996.  Read the article on this site.