1940 Census

1940 Census Number:   132,164,569

1940 Census Data

• Place of residence
• Name of each person at residence
• Relationship of each person to head of household
• Home data
  - Owned or rented
  - Value of home or monthly rental
  - Does family own a farm
• Personal Description
  - Sex
  - Color or race
  - Age at last birth
  - Marital condition (Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced)
  - Age at first marriage
• Education
  - Attended school within the year
  - Language or dialect spoken  (before coming to US)
  - Highest grade of school completed
• Place of Birth
  - Each person and his or her parents birthplace
  - If United States give State or Territory
  - If foreign birth give country in which birthplace is now situated
• Citizenship
  - Year of immigration into the United States
  - Naturalization
  - Ability to speak English
• Occupation & Industry
  - Trade or profession,  type of work done
  - Industry or business
  - Class of worker
• Employed (Yes/No)
• Veterans
  - What war or expedition
• Income
  - Wages/Salary
  - Income not from wages/salary

1940 Census Day:  April 1, 1940

1940 Census duration:  1 month

1940 Census Geography

• 48 States
• Territories – Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

1940 Facts

• Find out about the release of the 1940 Census records on findmypast.com
• President during the census:  Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Franklyn D. Roosevelt wins his third Presidential election on November 5, 1940
• The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is dedicated September 2, 1940
• US occupies Iceland, attempting to thwart a potential invasion by Nazi Germany on July 7, 1941
• Japanese warplanes attack Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941