Few government records say more about a democracy than the census. 📚 As debates over the 2030 count continue, historical records show how the U.S. government has counted people and how those practices have changed.

Through Democracy’s Library, the Internet Archive works to make government information freely available. Its U.S. Census collection includes digitized records from 1790 to 1930.

Learn more 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2026/10/12/the-people-counted-browse-raw-census-records-at-the-internet-archive/

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