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Questions from the 1930 U. S. Census
The 1930 United States Census was released in 2002, and has become widely used by genealogists. The census asked 32 questions about each person:
Place of Abode
1. Street, avenue, road, etc.
2. House number (in cities or towns)
3. Number of dwelling house in order of visitation [this number supplied by census taker].
4. Number of family in order of visitation [this number supplied by census taker].
Name
5. Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family.
Relation
6. Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
Home Data
7. Home owned or rented.
8. Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented.
9. Radio set.
10. Does this family live on a farm?
Personal Description
11. Sex.
12. Color or race
[White (W), Negro (Neg), Mexican (Mex),
Indian (In), Chinese (Ch), Japanese (Jp),
Filipino (Fil), Hindu (Hin), Korean (Kor),
other races spelled out in full.]
13. Age at last birthday.
14. Marital condition.
[Single (S), married (M), widowed (Wd), divorced (D).]
15. Age at first marriage.
Education
16. Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929.
17. Whether able to read and write.
Place of birth
18. Place of birth--PERSON.
19. Place of birth--FATHER.
20. Place of birth--MOTHER.
Mother Tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born
21. Language spoken in home before coming to the United States.
Citizenship, etc.
22. Year of immigration to the United States.
23. Naturalization.
24. Whether able to speak English.
Occupation & Industry
25. Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done, as spinner, salesman, riveter, teacher, etc.
26. Industry or business, as cotton mill, dry-goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
27. Class of worker.
Employment
28. Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day)--Yes or No
29. If not, line number on Unemployment Schedule. [These Unemployment schedules no longer exist.]
Veterans
30. Whether a veteran of U.S. military or naval force--Yes or No.
31. What war or expedition?
[World War (WW), Spanish-American War (Sp), Civil War (Civ), Philippine Insurrection (Phil), Boxer Rebellion (Box), Mexican Expedition (Mex)].
Farm Schedule
32. Number of farm schedule.
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