Elissa NY's last state census was 1925 and I believe it was one of the original 13. Nora > Pennsylvania did not have any state censuses taken. Most of the other > state's censuses were done when a state was a territory before it would > apply to statehood. The federal government did offer to fund a state > census for any state that wanted it in 1885, but PA did not partake. > > Tax lists can sometimes be used as a census substitute. Southwest PA does > have extant tax lists for the 1798 federal "pane" tax, so named since > they taxed window panes. > > -- Elissa >