The United States census of 1930, conducted by the
Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the
United States
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to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons
enumerated during the
1920 census.
Census questions
The 1930 census collected the following information:
* address
* name
* relationship to head of family
* home owned or rented
** if owned, value of home
** if rented, monthly rent
* whether owned a radio set
* whether on a farm
* sex
* race
* age
* marital status and, if married, age at first marriage
* school attendance
* literacy
* birthplace of person, and their parents
* if foreign born:
** language spoken at home before coming to the U. S.
** year of immigration
** whether naturalized
** ability to speak English
* occupation, industry and class of worker
* whether at work previous day (or last regular work day)
* veteran status
* if Indian:
** whether of full or mixed blood
** tribal affiliation
Full documentation for the 1930 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Data availability
The original census enumeration sheets were
microfilmed by the Census Bureau in 1949, after which the original sheets were destroyed.
The microfilmed census is located on 2,667 rolls of microfilm, and available from the
National Archives and Records Administration
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. Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices.
Microdata from the 1930 census are freely available through the
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the
National Historical Geographic Information System.
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Notes
External links
1930 Census QuestionsHosted at CensusFinder.com
1931 U.S Census ReportContains 1930 census results
''1930Census.com'' 1930 United States Census for Genealogy & Family History Research
1930 Interactive US CensusFind stories, photos and more attached to names on the 1930 US census.
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United States Census, 1930
The United States census of 1930, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated durin ...
United States census
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...