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Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide

1920 Census Reports

Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers

* Questionnaire description and Instructions to Enumerators - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)

* Form of Schedule for Enumeration of Population - from 1920 Population Census, vol. 2 (C3.28/5:2)

* Instructions to Enumerators - from 1920 Population Census, vol. 2 (C3.28/5:2)

Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, Population, in 4 vols.

U.S. Documents C3.28/5:1-4

* GEOGRAPHIES:   Nation, Divisions, States, Territories, Urban/Rural, Cities, Central Cities, Metropolitan Districts (200,000+), Cities and Incorporated Places (25,000+ , 10-25,000, 5-10,000, 2,500-5,000)

* CONTENTS:   Vol. 1, Number and Distribution of Inhabitants, has 54 tables, including:

  -   Population and Area, 1850-1920, for Counties

  -   Population, 1900-1920, for Urban & Rural portions of Counties

  -   Population, 1900-1920, for Incorporated Places

  -   Population, 1920, for Wards of Incorporated Places

  -   Population, 1900-1920, for Cities and Incorporated Places by size:

      -   25,000 or more

      -   10,000 to 25,000

      -   5,000 to 10,000

      -   2,500 to 5,000

  -   Population, 1900-1920, for County Minor Civil Divisions

  -   Population, 1920 and earlier, for Outlying Possessions by Civil Division

Vol. 2, General Report and Analytical Tables, contains 16 chapters on:

  -   Color or Race, Nativity, and Parentage

  -   Sex Distribution

  -   Age Distribution

  -   Marital Condition

  -   State of Birth of the Native Population

  -   Country of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population

  -   Year of Immigration of the Foreign-Born Population

  -   Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population

  -   Country of Origin of the Foreign White Stock

  -   Mother Tongue of the Foreign White Stock

  -   School Attendance

  -   Illiteracy

  -   Inability to Speak English

  -   Dwellings and Families

  -   Ownership of Homes

  -   General Statistics of Population, by Counties

Vol. 3, Composition and Characteristics of the Population by States contains:

  -   13 tables per state

  -   Data reported for state, county, city, and wards

  -   Subject matter is that given above for v. 2

  -   Territory data for Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guan, American Samoa, Panama Canal Zone

Vol. 4, Occupations, contains 8 chapters:

  -   Enumeration and Classification of Occupations

  -   Number and Sex of Occupied Persons

  -   Color or Race, Nativity, and Parentage of Occupied Persons

  -   Age of Occupied Persons

  -   Children of Gainful Occupations

  -   Marital Condition of Occupied Women

  -   Males and Females in Selected Occupations

  -   Occupation Statistics for Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico

Abstract of the Fourteenth Census of the U.S.

U.S. Documents C3.28/7:1920

* Summarizes data on

  -   Population

  -   Occupations

  -   Agriculture

  -   Irrigation

  -   Drainage

  -   Manufactures

  -   Mines and Quarries

Fourteenth Census of the United States: Statistical Atlas

U.S. Documents C3.2:At 6/1925

* Presents data on

  -   Population

  -   Occupations

  -   Agriculture

  -   Manufacturing

  -   Mines and Quarries

  -   Cotton

  -   Encumbered Homes

  -   Statistics of States

  -   Statistics of Cities

  -   Vital Statistics

From the 1870 Census forward, the number of published volumes grew each decade.   A comprehensive list of all these volumes is beyond the scope of this guide that focuses on the volumes addressing population and housing topics.

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