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- NC State University Libraries Guide to Census Data Resources - Provides links to online and other electronic data sources.
- US Census Bureau PDF publications
- 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.