Richard Eastmans weekly newsletter states that some of the 1890 census records survived the fire that destroyed most of them. He refers to Internet searches turning up fragments of "....1890 in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and the District of Columbia survived and are available now. " When we were last in Schuylkill County PA where my husband was born, we stopped at the local historical society and discovered that there was a county census book for 1890. We found all the data we needed in that book. We did not ask if all counties in PA took a census that year but that is a possibility. Be sure to ask at ancestral county and state historical societies if there was any census around 1890 besides the Federal one. Minnesota had a state census every year ending with 5. I know there is one for 1895. Many US Historical Societies have people who will do lookups for others on request. Ask about that or look for a link at any historical society wesbite. Karen