The 1950 U.S. Census population schedule will be released on April 1, 2022. At that time, Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org will begin a community indexing project, using computer-aided handwriting recognition to generate a preliminary index, and humans to review and correct the index. This project will take a few months…
Meanwhile, you can still browse the census images directly, but it will help to narrow your focus to one or two Enumeration Districts (such as a township or a part of a borough). On this page, you will find a transcription of the Census Bureau’s Descriptions of the Enumeration Districts for Centre County, as augmented by stevemorse.org . You will also find Enumeration District maps created by the Census Bureau. The county wide map is divided into East and West parts; separate maps are provided for Bellefonte and State College boroughs, which have multiple Eds within their boundaries.
Some Resources for Using the 1950 U.S. Census (PDF file with links; 49 kB)
ED Descriptions (192 kB)
ED map for Bellefonte borough (9.2 MB)
ED map for State College borough (4.2 MB)
ED map for Centre County, East half (22.7 MB)
ED map for Centre County, West half (25.2 MB)
(Last updated 4 March 2022)
