# Decennial Census Data

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/decennial-census-data/3488>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/decennial-census-data/3488 "2020-04-24T12:43:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shend\_Thaqi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Shend\_Thaqi](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Shend_Thaqi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/decennial-census-data/3488/1 "2020-04-24T12:43:10Z")

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Greetings,

for my bachelor thesis I need access to the Decennial Census Data from 1870 onwards. The topic is differences due to ethniticity/race on the labor market in the US South. Can somebody explain to me how to gain access to these files? I have been looking for them for hours now.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Bombyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Matthew\_Bombyk](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Matthew_Bombyk)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/decennial-census-data/3488/2 "2020-04-24T21:35:04Z")

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