Research Guides: Historical Census Data for Kansas City: 1940-2010: Historical Background on the U.S. Census

200 years of U.S. census taking : population and housing questions, 1790-1990.
by Frederick Bohme, published by the Bureau of the Census, 1989.
Measuring America : the decennial censuses from 1790 to 2000.
prepared by Jason G. Guthrie, published by the Bureau of the Census, 2002. Document POL/02-MA
Procedural history of the 1940 census of population and housing
by Robert M. Jenkins. Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
U.S. Census Bureau Demographic Publications
This page references several of the works on this page, as well as providing Procedural Histories for the 1950-2000 Decennial Censuses.

Historical Census Data for Kansas City: 1940-2010