1870 - Fifth Census of the United States

The 1870 U.S. Federal Census was the ninth enumeration of the United States population and represented nearly 23% growth over the previous census. The official date was June 1, 1870 and enumerators had five month to complete their work.
The 1870 Census was the first to be conducted following the end of the Civil War and includes as many as fifteen data elements for each person enumerated. Returns from some locations have been lost or destroyed, including: Kootenai (ID); Arapahoe (KS); Archer, Baylor, Concho, Edwards, Hardeman, Knox, Trylor, Wichita, and Wilbarger (TX); and Benton, Columbia, and San Juan (WA).

*Federal Census Statistics*
Census Date:	01 June 1870
Time Allowed:	5 Months
Population:	38,558,371
Alabama:	996,992
US President:	Ulysses S. Grant
US States:	37

(NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls)

1870 Census Questions

You can click the link to the counties below and view the individual image of the census. Please note, the image names "does not" represent the actual census "page". The page number represented is the page number on the PDF/Reel of the census.

Volume Reel 0001

-Autauga, Baker, and Baldwin Counties

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Pages -608

-188.0M

Volume Reel 0002

-Barbour and Bibb Counties

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Pages -942

-486.3M

Volume Reel 0003

-Blount County

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Pages -273

-210.6M

Volume Reel 0004

-Bullock County

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Pages -623

-353.1M

Volume Reel 0005

-Butler and Calhoun Counties

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Pages -738

-423.7M

Volume Reel 0006

-Chambers County

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Pages -458

-219.0M

Volume Reel 0007

-Cherokee and Choctaw Counties

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Pages -620

-317.5M

Volume Reel 0008

-Clarke and Clay Counties

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Pages -618

-576.6M

Volume Reel 0009

-Cleburne and Coffee Counties

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Pages -381

-186.9M

Volume Reel 0010

-Colbert and Conecuh Counties

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Pages -570

-221.5M

Volume Reel 0011

-Coosa and Covington Counties

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Pages -452

-271.3M

Volume Reel 0012

-Crenshaw and Dale Counties

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Pages -577

-317.4M

Volume Reel 0013

-Dallas County (part)

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Pages -479

-238.8M

Volume Reel 0014

-Dallas County (part)

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Pages -572

-242.1M

Volume Reel 0015

-De Kalb, Elmore, and Escambia Counties

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Pages -665

-322.0M

Volume Reel 0016

-Etowah, Fayette, and Franklin Counties

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Pages -656

-258.8M

Volume Reel 0017

-Geneva and Greene Counties

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Pages -548

-302.4M

Volume Reel 0018

-Hale County

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Pages -551

-246.1M

Volume Reel 0019

-Henry County

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Pages -366

-140.9M

Volume Reel 0020

-Jackson County

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Pages -508

-464.9M

Volume Reel 0021

-Jefferson and Lauderdale Counties

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Pages -738

-684.4M

Volume Reel 0022

-Lawrence County

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Pages -436

-327.0M

Volume Reel 0023

-Lee County

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Pages -557

-434.4M

Volume Reel 0024

-Limestone County

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Pages -396

-190.4M

Volume Reel 0025

-Lowndes County

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Pages -654

-315.1M

Volume Reel 0026

-Macon County (part)

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Pages -441

-205.0M

Volume Reel 0027

-Macon (part) and Madison Counties

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Pages -816

-453.5M

Volume Reel 0028

-Marengo County

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Pages -695

-421.9M

Volume Reel 0029

-Marion and Marshall Counties

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Pages -412

-194.1M

Volume Reel 0030

-Mobile County (excluding the city of Mobile)

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Pages -443

-216.2M

Volume Reel 0031

-City of Mobile

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Pages -816

-487.9M

Volume Reel 0032

-Monroe and Morgan Counties

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Pages -675

-312.3M

Volume Reel 0033

-Perry County

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Pages -638

-431.6M

Volume Reel 0034

-Montgomery County (excluding the city of Montgomery)

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Pages -836

-400.3M

Volume Reel 0035

-City of Montgomery

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Pages -274

-144.6M

Volume Reel 0036

-Pickens County

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Pages -460

-233.0M

Volume Reel 0037

-Pike and Randolph Counties

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Pages -748

-508.0M

Volume Reel 0038

-Russell County

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Pages -550

-238.3M

Volume Reel 0039

-Sanford and Shelby Counties

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Pages -550

-308.6M

Volume Reel 0040

-St. Clair and Sumpter Counties

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Pages -851

-398.4M

Volume Reel 0041

-Talladega County

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Pages -469

-237.0M

Volume Reel 0042

-Tallapoosa County

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Pages -438

-175.0M

Volume Reel 0043

-Tuscaloosa County

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Pages -524

-271.4M

Volume Reel 0044

-Walker and Washington Counties

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Pages -292

-100.4M

Volume Reel 0045

-Wilcox and Winston Counties

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Pages -830

-472.9M