1920's Census Records

The 1920 U.S. Federal Census:

• Census Day was 1 January 1920.
• The fourteenth census included the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; the District of Columbia; and the territories of Alaska, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
• The questionnaire provided space to tally the following information:
  • Place of abode
    - Street, avenue, road, etc
    - House number or farm
    - Dwelling number
    - Number of family in order of visitation
  • Name of each person whose place of abode on January 1, 1920, was in this family
  • Relationship of this person to the head of the family
  • Tenure
    - home owned or rented
    - if owned, free or mortgaged
  • Personal description
    - sex
    - color or race
    - age at last birthday
    - single, married, widowed, or divorced
    
  • Citizenship
    - year of immigration to the United States
    - naturalized or alien
    - if naturalized, year of naturalization
  • Education
    - attended school any time since Sept 1. 1919
    - able to read
    - able to write
  • Nativity and mother tongue; Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in United States, give state or territory. If foreign birth, give the place of birth, and, in addition, the mother tongue
    - place of birth of this person
    - mother tongue of this person
    - place of birth of father of this person
    - mother tongue of father of this person
    - place of birth of mother of this person
    - mother tongue of mother of this person
  • Occupation
    - able to speak English
    - trade, profession, or particular kind of work
    - industry, business, or establishment of work done
    - employer, salary, or wage worker, or working on own account
    - Number of farm schedule
• There are no substantial losses.

Other 1920's Census Records:

Other census records for the 1920 decade will be added as they are discovered.