The records for the 1950 U.S. Census were just released Friday morning. The National Archives released them just after midnight on April 1, and an agreement was put in place that census records would ...

It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some ...

If you’re trying to trace your family tree or want to know more about your relatives, the newly-released 1950 U.S. Census data may help. Unlike other historical records that may not exist, census data ...

The personal responses people gave on the 1950 census, scheduled to be released Friday for the first time, will provide details of the post-World War II era at a time when the nation's population was ...