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In 1940, the United States conducted a detailed census that sought to capture an elaborate snapshot of the nation's demographic, housing, and economic conditions amid the backdrop of pre-World War II America. This comprehensive form collected information not only on the basic aspects such as state, county, and household data but delved deeper into the personal and educational details of each individual. Every enumerated person's name, relationship to the head of the household, age, sex, race, marital status, place of birth, and even the highest grade of school completed were meticulously recorded. Moreover, the form included questions about citizenship for the foreign-born, which distinguished between various national and racial origins, and it also inquired about residence on April 1, 1935, to track internal movements. Employment status, occupation, industry, class of worker, and income in 1939 were scrutinized to provide insight into the economic landscape. Particular attention was paid to veterans and women, with specific questions for these groups. Additionally, supplementary questions targeted at those on lines 14 and 29 of the form gathered further personal details such as the place of birth of one's parents and the mother tongue, aiming to capture the cultural diversity of the American populace. This census form represents a historical endeavor to understand the intricate fabric of American society on the eve of its entry into a global conflict, providing researchers, historians, and genealogists with a wealth of data about life in 1940 America.

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STATE

COUNTY

TOWNSHIP OR OTHER DIVISION OF COUNTY

INCORPORATED PLACE

WARD OF CITY

	LOCAT-			HOUSEHOLD DATA
		ION		HOUSEHOLD DATA
		ION
Line No.	Street, Avenue, road, etc.		House Number	No. of Household in order of visitation	Home owned (O) or rented (R)	Value of home or Monthly rental if rented.	Farm? (Yes or No)
Line No.	Street, Avenue, road, etc.		House Number	No. of Household in order of visitation	Home owned (O) or rented (R)	Value of home or Monthly rental if rented.	Farm? (Yes or No)
	1		2	3	4	5	6
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7.

		BLOCK NO.
	NAME	RELATION
	Name of each person whose usual	Relationship of
	place of residence on April 1,	Relationship of
	place of residence on April 1,	this person to the
	1940, was in this household.	head of the
		household, as
	BE SURE TO INCLUDE:	wife, daughter,
	BE SURE TO INCLUDE:	father, mother-in-
	1. Persons temporarily absent from household.	father, mother-in-
	Write ―Ab‖ after names of such persons.	law, grandson,
	2. Children under 1 year of age. Write ―Infant‖ if	lodger, lodger’s
	child has not been given a first name.	wife, servant,
	Enter x after name of person furnishing	hired hand, etc.
	information.	hired hand, etc.
	information.
	7	8

1940 Federal Census

UNINCORPORATED PLACE

		PERSONAL				EDUCATION
		DESCRIPTION				EDUCATION
		DESCRIPTION
						Attended school or college at any time since March 1, 1940?
CODE (Leave Blank)	Sex		Color or Race	Age at Last Birthday	Marital Status	Attended school or college at any time since March 1, 1940?	Highest grade of school completed	CODE (Leave Blank)
A	9		10	11	12	13	14	B

	ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO.							SHEET NO.
								SHEET NO.

	SUPERVISOR’S DISTRICT NO.

	ENUMERATED BY ME ON								, 1940

							, ENUMERATOR
	INSTITUTION
			CITI-
			CITI-
PLACE OF BIRTH			ZEN-	RESIDENCE, APRIL 1, 1935
			SHIP
If born in U.S. give state,				In what place did this person live on April 1, 1935?
territory or possession.				For a person who lived in a different place, enter city or
				town, county, and State.
If foreign born, give country			the	City, town,
in which birthplace was		Blank)(LeaveCODE	the	or village					Blank)(LeaveCODE
in which birthplace was			Citizenshipof bornforeign	or village				Farm?aOn N)or(Y
situated on Jan. 1, 1937.			Citizenshipof bornforeign	having		State (or		Farm?aOn N)or(Y
situated on Jan. 1, 1937.				having		State (or
				2,600 or	County	Territory
Distinguish: Canada-French				more	County	or foreign
Distinguish: Canada-French				more		or foreign
from Canada-English and				inhabitants		country)
Irish Free State from				If less, enter
Northern Ireland.				―R.‖
15		C	16	17	18	19		20	D


Line No.	Was this person AT WORK for pay or profit in private or nonemergency Govt. work during week of March 24- 30? (Y or N)	If not, was he at work on, or assigned to, public EMERGENCY WORK (WPA, NYA, CCC, etc.) during week of March 24-30? (Y or N)
	21	22
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2.
3.
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6.
7.

PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER – EMPLOYMENT STATUS

If seeking

OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER

work or

For a person at work, assigned to public emergency work, or with a job (―Yes‖

If neither at work nor

If at private or

assigned to

For persons answering

in col. 21, 22, or 24), enter present occupation, industry, and class of worker.

assigned to public

nonemergency

public

―No‖ to questions

For a person seeking work (―Yes‖ in col. 23): (a) if he has previous work

emergency work.

Govt. work.

emergency

21-24.

experience, enter last occupation, industry, and class of worker; or (b) if he does

(―No‖ in cols. 21 &22)

―Yes‖ in col. 21

work.

not have previous work experience, enter ―New worker‖ in Col. 28, and leave

―Yes‖ in col.

Cols. 29-30 blank.

22 or 23

personthisWas SEEKING WORK? N)or(Y

seekingnotIf hedidwork, JOB,AHAVE business,etc.? N)or(Y

whetherIndicate engagedhomein housework(H),in unable(S),school or(U),workto .(Ot)other

CODE

Numberhoursof workedduring Marchofweek24- 1940.30,

Durationunof- employmentupto 194030,March–

weeks.in

OCCUPATION

INDUSTRY

WorkerofClass

blank)(leaveCODE

Trade, profession, or

Industry or business, as—

particular kind of work, as –

Cotton mill

Frame spinner

Retail g rocery

Salesman

Farm

Laborer

Shipyard

Rivet heater

Public school

Music tea cher

	INCOME IN 1939
	INCOME IN 1939
	(12 months ending
Number of weeks worked in 1939 (Equivalent full-time weeks)	Dec. 31, 1939.)
Number of weeks worked in 1939 (Equivalent full-time weeks)	Amount of money, wages or salary received (including commissions)	Did this person receive income of $50 or more from sources other than money wages or salary (Y or N)	Number of Farm Schedule
31	32	33	34

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SUPPLEMENTARY

QUESTIONS

FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES

FOR PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER

FOR ALL WOMEN

WHO ARE OR

HAVE BEEN

MARRIED

For Persons Enumerated

on Lines 14 and 29.

PLACE OF BIRTH OF FATHER AND MOTHER

If born in U.S. give state, territory or possession. If foreign born, give country in which birthplace was situated on Jan. 1, 1937.

MOTHER

TONGUE

Language spoken in

VETERANS

Is this person a veteran of the

United States military forces: or the wife, widow, or under 18-year-old child of a veteran?

SOCIAL SECURITY

USUAL OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER Enter that occupation which the person regards as his usual occupation and at which he is physically able to work. If the person is unable to determine this, enter that occupation at which he has worked longest during the past 10 years and at which he is physically able to work. Enter also usual industry and usual class of worker.

Name

Line No.

Distinguish: Canada- French from Canada- English and Irish Free State from Northern Ireland.

Father

Mother

CODE (leave blank)

home in

earliest childhood.

CODE (leave blank)

If so enter ―Yes‖

If child, is veteran- father dead? (Y or N)

War or Military Service

CODE (leave blank)

Usual

Occupation

Usual

Industry

Usual class of worker

CODE

(leave blank)

Col. 5 VALUE OF HOME, IF OWNED:		Col. 10 COLOR OR RACE:		Col. 11 AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY:		Col. 14 HIGHEST GRADE OF SCHOOL COMPLETED:		Col. 16 CITIZENSHIP OF THE FOREIGN BORN:
						Col. 14 HIGHEST GRADE OF SCHOOL COMPLETED:		Col. 16 CITIZENSHIP OF THE FOREIGN BORN:
Where owner’s household occupies		White	W	Enter age of children born on or after April 1,		None	0	Naturalized	Na
only a part of a structure, estimate value		Negro	Neg	1939, as follows. Born in:		None	0
						Elementary school, 1st – 8th	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
								Having first papers	Pa
of portion occupied by owner’s		Indian	In	April 1939	11/12			Having first papers	Pa
of portion occupied by owner’s		Indian	In	April 1939	11/12	High school, 1st – 4th year	H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4	Alien	Al
household. Thus the value of the unit		Chinese	Chi	May 1939	10/12	High school, 1st – 4th year	H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4	Alien	Al
household. Thus the value of the unit		Chinese	Chi	May 1939	10/12	College, 1st – 4th year	C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4	American citizen born abroad	Am Cit
occupied by the owner of a two-family		Japanese	Jp	June 1939	9/12	College, 1st – 4th year	C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4	American citizen born abroad	Am Cit
occupied by the owner of a two-family		Japanese	Jp	June 1939	9/12	College, 5th or subsequent year	C-5
house might be approximately one-half		Filipino	Fil	July 1939	8/12	College, 5th or subsequent year	C-5
house might be approximately one-half		Filipino	Fil	July 1939	8/12
the total value of the structure.		Hindu	Hin	August 1939	7/12
SYMBOLS		Korean	Kor	September 1939	6/12
SYMBOLS				October 1939	5/12
				October 1939	5/12
AND		Other races, spell out in full.		November 1939	4/12
EXPLANATORY				December 1939	3/12
EXPLANATORY		Other races, spell out in full		January 1940	2/12
		Other races, spell out in full		January 1940	2/12
NOTES				February 1940	1/12
				March 1940	0/12
Col. 21 WAS THIS PERSON AT WORK ?	Col. 24 DID THIS PERSON HAVE A JOB ?			(Do not include children born on or after April 1, 1940.		Cols. 30 and 47 CLASS OF WORKER:		Col. 41 WAR OR MILITARY SERVICE:
Enter ―Yes‖ for persons at work for pay or profit in	Enter ―Yes‖ for a person (not seeking work)					Wage or salary worker in private work	PW	World War	W
private or nonemergency Government work.	who had a job, business, or professional					Wage or salary worker in Gov’t work	GW	Spanish -American War; Philippine
Include unpaid family workers – that is, related	enterprise, but did not work during week of					Employer	E	Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion	S
members of the family working without money	March 24–30 for any of the following					Working on own account	OA	Spanish-American War & World War	SW
wages or salary on work (other then housework or	reasons: Vacation; temporary illness;					Unpaid family worker	NP	Regular establishment (Army, Navy or
incidental chores) which contributed to the family	industrial dispute; layoff not exceeding 4							Marine Corps) Peace-Time Service only	R
income.	weeks with instructions to return to work at a							Other war or expedition	Ot
	specific date; layoff due to temporarily bad
	weather conditions.
National Archives and Records Administration				NARA’s web site is http://www.archives.gov				NA 14129 (6-09)
				NARA’s web site is http://www.archives.gov

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