1940 Census
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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