Any suggestions for good free census reports?

Question:

Any suggestions for good free census reports?

I was on Ancestory.com but me free 2 week trial ended and now I have all of this new information I need to research and can't afford the $25 a month fee. I'm getting frustrated trying to find a good website to search census reports. I'm not getting anything at familysearch.com. Any ideas?

Additional Details

5 days ago
My library is a really cheap small town library, I may have to go check out the bigger city one. The problem with the 1880 census is that all of my ancestors I'm currently working on immigrated from Sweden in 1886 or so, so that doesn't work. And since 1890 got burnt, I'm at a loss. Anyways, I'm already LDS so they wouldn't try to convert me at the Family History Center. LOL! The reason I want to do it from my computer at home is because I have 3 little girls I have to drag along and can't get much done with them. Maybe I'll have my husband babysit on a Saturday and go hit it hard.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 5 days ago
My library is a really cheap small town library, I may have to go check out the bigger city one. The problem with the 1880 census is that all of my ancestors I'm currently working on immigrated from Sweden in 1886 or so, so that doesn't work. And since 1890 got burnt, I'm at a loss. Anyways, I'm already LDS so they wouldn't try to convert me at the Family History Center. LOL! The reason I want to do it from my computer at home is because I have 3 little girls I have to drag along and can't get much done with them. Maybe I'll have my husband babysit on a Saturday and go hit it hard. Many persons would not consider this a "bonus"... most of my early work was done before the internet became as popular as it is now, and well before ancestry was in business online. IF I was just starting, the census available from ancestry, might be worth it.
Here are a couple of alternatives..
I tried working my lines to where the "key" census was the 1880. For some reasons, that is still true (in my opinion). Familysearch.org does have the entire 1880 transcription, and it is excellent for using the search engine to find your ancestors. There is a downside.. it is NOT the original image, and like any transcribed record, it does have errors. Sometimes you have to 'milk' it... in other words, run just the surname and the entire state. Or, use an unusual given name to try and filter. Finding John Smith is a nightmare. Finding all the Caldwell families in one county is good.
2nd... I feel sorry for anyone who does not have lineage in Wise co, Texas. It HAS TO be the best of the usgenweb sites, since people have contributed to buying and posting all the pertinent censuses in the original images. Other genweb sites (county based) sometimes have transcriptions online. Hit and miss. I would not overlook the genweb pages anyway, since many have a great deal of info. Sadly, some are nothing more than a place to post your surname query.
Third.. many local libraries have access to either heritage quest, or ancestry. Free to patrons. To be honest, most of us LOVE the convenience to have that stuff accessible at 3 in the morning, in our jammies. For others (like me) who never had the option, and went to the LDS center, paid the $3 bucks to rent the microfilm, that's the way we know it. I am also among the dinosaurs that gritted my teeth and used dial up access for 20+ yrs... until last month when I freaked and finally got cable modem.
You know your budget better than anyone. You could work on filling in from what you presently have, using what IS online, chatting here to get new ideas... then later on, focus again on the census stuff.
There are always alternatives. WTF...Go to your local library. Check out your local library's homepage to see if they subscribe to heritagequest. If they do you can access it for free from home with your library card.

If they subscribe to ancestry you can use it for free at the Library. If your library doesn't, many Family History Centers have census access. Look in your phone book under the LDS church listing. They are not open as often as the library, but they are free, polite and don't try to convert you.