| Year | Census | Index |
| 1830 | Film | Book |
| 1840 | Film | Book |
| 1850 | Film | Book |
| 1850 Slave | Film | |
| 1860 | Film | |
| 1860 Slave | Film | |
| 1860 St. Louis | Book | |
| 1870 | Film | CD |
| 1870 African-American | CD | |
| 1870 St. Louis | Book | |
| 1870 Mortality | Book | |
| 1880 | Film | CD, Book, Soundex Film |
| 1890 Veterans | Film | Book |
| 1900 | Film * | Partial; see below |
| 1910 | Film * | Partial; see below |
| 1920 | Ancestry.com | |
| 1930 | Ancestry.com |
* 1900 includes Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn (part), Scott, Shannon, Shelby (part) counties
* 1910 includes Jasper (part), Lewis, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Laclede (part) counties
| Barry | 1840 | F 884006 .418 no.1 |
| Benton | 1840 | folio F 884011 .418 no.1 |
| Benton | 1840, 1850 | F 884012 .15 |
| Moniteau | 1850 | folio F472.M75 H46 1984 |
| Perry | 1860 | folio F472.P4 S26 |
| Perry | 1880 | folio F472.P4 B43 1980 |
| Schuyler | 1850 | folio F472.S4 W55 |
| Scotland | 1860 | folio F472.S42 E55 |
| Shelby | 1850 | folio F472.S5 W537 1985 |