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General Information
The official census day was April 1, 1930, except for Alaska. The Bureau, however, began taking the census on April 2, 1930. Because of anticipated severe weather in April, the Alaska census day was October 1, 1929.
For the 1930 census, the Bureau of the Census developed a new ED numbering system for 52 of the 56 jurisdictions. Within each state, each county has a distinct number that is followed by the specific enumeration district number. The county numbers were assigned based on the alphabetical order of the counties within each state. For example, Adams County, Washington, has EDs 1-1 to 1-22; Asotin has EDs 2-1 to 2-17; and Benton County has EDs 3-1 to 3-29. American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, however, did not use this system.
Sometimes no one lived in an ED, in which case the enumerator wrote "no population" on the sheet. These EDs are noted by "NP" in the catalog. Some of the EDs contain as few as one person. Care must be taken when viewing the film in order to not miss these small EDs. In a few cases, the Bureau combined two EDs. The number that was not used is listed as "void."
Content
The 1930 census asked questions about each person in the following areas:
- Place of Abode
- Street, avenue, road, etc. House number (in cities or towns) Number of dwelling house in order of visitation [this number supplied by census taker]
- Number of family in order of visitation [this number supplied by census taker]
- Name
- Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family
- Relation
- Relationship of this person to the head of the family
- Home Data
- Home owned or rented Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented Radio set
- Does this family live on a farm?
- Personal Description
- Sex Color or race Age at last birthday Marital condition
- Age at first marriage
- Education
- Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929
- Whether able to read and write
- Place of birth
- Place of birth – PERSON Place of birth – FATHER
- Place of birth – MOTHER
- Mother Tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born
- Citizenship, etc.
- Year of immigration to the United States Naturalization
- Whether able to speak English
- Occupation & Industry
- Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done, as spinner, salesman, riveter, teacher, etc. Industry or business, as cotton mill, dry-goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
- Class of worker
- Employment
- Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day) – Yes or No
- Veterans
- Whether a veteran of U.S. military or naval force – Yes or No
- What war or expedition
Census Losses
There is no roll 1602. Roll number 1602 (New York) was skipped during the original filming. The EDs for Queens, however, are complete. See rolls 1582 to 1601 and 1603 to 1612.
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