Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide

1940 Census Reports

Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers: * Questionnaire description and Instructions to Enumerators - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002); * Population Schedule - from 1940 Census of Population, vol. 3, pt. 1 (C3.940-5:P81/v.3,pt.1); * Instructions to Enumerators for Population - from 1940 Census of Housing, vol. 3, pt. 1 (C3.940-5:P81/v.3,pt.1); * Form of Schedule for Enumeration of Occupied Dwelling Units - from 1940 Census of Housing, vol. 2, pt. 1 (C3.940-5:H81/v.2,pt.1); * Housing Instructions to Enumerators - from 1940 Census of Housing, vol. 2, pt. 1 (C3.940-5:H81/v.2,pt.1)
Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, Population, 4 vols. in 17: U.S. Documents C3.940-5:P81/v.1-4; * GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, Divisions, States, Territories, Counties, Townships or other Minor Civil Divisions; Urban/Rural; Incorporated Places, Cities 5000+, Metropolitan Districts, Tracts; * CONTENTS: Vol. 1, Number of Inhabitants, has 19 tables in the United States summary section.; * Most of vol. 1 contains data by state and territory in 8 tables:; - Population, 1790-1940, urban/rural; - Population, 1790-1940, for cities 10,000+; - Area and Population, 1890-1940, for counties, urban/rural; - Population, 1920-1940, for minor civil divisions of counties; - Population, 1930-1940, for incorporated places; - Population, 1940, for wards of cities 5,000+; - Population, 1930-1940, for metropolitan districts; - Population, 1940, for tracts of tracted cities; Vol. 2, Characteristics of the Population, is in 7 parts; * Part 1 includes a United States summary section; * Parts 2-7 contain, for each state, 52 tables with data for; - State; - Counties, Minor Civil Divisions, and Places less than 100,000; - Cities of 100,000 or more, and Metropolitan Districts; * Topics of the tables include:; - Sex, Age, Race; - Nativity, Citizenship; - Country of Birth of Foreign-Born White; - School Attendance; - Years of School Completed; - Employment Status; - Class of Worker; - Major Occupation Group; - Industry Group; Vol. 3, The Labor Force, is in 5 parts, with 26 tables per state; * Part 1 contains United States summary statistics; * Parts 2-5 have State tables that cover these topics:; - Employment Status and Class of Worker; - Occupation; - Wage or Salary Income in 1939; - Industry; - Hours Worked During Week of March 24-30, 1940; - Months Worked in 1939; - Duration of Unemployment; Vol. 4, Characteristics by Age, is in 4 parts, with 25 tables per state; * Part 1 contains United States summary statistics; * Parts 2-4 have State and smaller geography tables that cover these topics:; - Age, color, sex; - Citizenship; - Marital Status; - Household relationships; - School attendance
Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, Housing, 4 vols. in 13: U.S. Documents C3.940-5:H81/v.1-4; Vol. 1, Data for Small Areas, is in 2 parts; * Part 1 contains United States summary statistics for; - United States, Divisions, States, Urban/Rural; - Cities of 50,000+; - Metropolitan Districts; * Part 2 continues data for states and smaller geographies with 7 tables per state:; - Housing characteristics, 1940, State, urban/rural; - Rent or Mortgage, 1940, Urban and rural nonfarm; - Lighting, water, toilet, 1940, Rural-farm; - Housing characteristics, 1940, Urban places and wards of cities 10,000+; - Housing characteristics, 1940, Counties, by minor civil division, and Incorporated places 1,000+; - Housing characteristics, 1940, Rural-farm, by minor civil division; - Housing characteristics, 1940, Metropolitan districts, by minor civil division; Vol. 2, General Characteristics, is in 5 parts; * Part 1 contains United States summary statistics at the same geographies found in vol. 1, part 1; * Parts 2-5 contain data for states and smaller geographies with 29 tables per state on these topics:; - Occupancy and Tenure Status; - Value of Home or Monthly Rent; - Size of Household and Race of head; - Type of Structure; - Exterior Material; - Year Built; - Conversion; - State of Repair; - Number of Rooms; - Housing Facilities and Equipment; - Mortgage Status; Vol. 3, Characteristics by Monthly Rent or Value, is in 3 parts; * Part 1 contains United States summary statistics at the same geographies found in vol. 1, part 1; * Parts 2-3 have data for states with 11 tables on:; - Dwelling units; - Owner and Tenant-occupied dwelling units, urban and rural non-farm; - Owner and Tenant-occupied dwelling units, rural farm; - Non-White Owner and Tenant-occupied dwelling units (reported only in the South); - Single family structures; - Converted structures, those needing major repair or without private bath, vacant dwelling units for urban, rural non-farm, and rural-farm; Vol. 4, Mortgages on Owner-occupied Nonfarm Homes, is in 3 parts; * Part 1 again contains United States summary statistics; * Parts 2-3 contain data for states with 10 tables each; - Three tables are for smaller geographies: county, tracts or wards, metropolitan districts
Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, Territories and Possessions, 12 vols.: * Final volume never issued (Cook's Dubester, p. 105); * Twelve pamphlets published with these individual call numbers:; - Alaska: Population U.S. Documents C3.940-13/2:Al1s; - American Samoa: Population, Agriculture U.S. Documents C3.940-17:Am3; - Guam: Population, Agriculture U.S. Documents C3.940-17:G93; - Hawaii: Population U.S. Documents C3.940-13/2:H31; - Hawaii: Housing U.S. Documents C3.940-32:H31; - Panama Canal Zone: Population U.S. Documents C3.940-39:P19; - Puerto Rico: Population. Number of inhabitants U.S. Documents C3.940-13:P96; - Puerto Rico: Characteristics of the Population U.S. Documents C3.940-13/2:P96; - Puerto Rico: Occupations and other characteristics by age U.S. Documents C3.940-37:P96; - Puerto Rico: Migration between municipalities U.S. Documents C3.940-39:P96; - Puerto Rico: Housing U.S. Documents C3.940-32:P96; - Virgin Islands: Population and Housing U.S. Documents C3.940-38:V81/2

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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