Census Bureau's "By Decade" website
Includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more
Highlights
Questions asked (see questionnaire)
Address; name; relationship to head of family; sex; race; age; marital status; year of immigration to U.S.; whether naturalized and year of naturalization; school attendance; literacy; place of birth of person and parents; mother tongue of foreign born; ability to speak English; occupation; industry, and class of worker. Supplemental schedules for the blind and for the deaf.
Find all 1920 census publications in the Library.
Key publications:
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Vol I: Population. Number and Distribution of Inhabitants |
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Vol II: Population. General Report |
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Vol III: Population. Composition and Characteristics |
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Vol IV: Population. Occupations |
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Vol V: Agriculture. General Report |
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Vol VI: Agriculture. Reports for States (3 pts) |
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Vol VII: Irrigation and Drainage. General Report and Analytical Tables |
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Vol VIII: Manufactures. General Report |
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Vol IX: Manufactures. Reports for States |
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Vol X: Manufactures. Reports for Selected Industries |
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Vol XI: Mines and Quarries. General Report |
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Statistical atlas of the United States. |
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State Compendium |
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Increase of population n the United States 1910-1920. |
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Mortgages on Homes |
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The integration of industrial operation |
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Farm tenancy in the United States |
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School attendance in 1920 |
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Farm population of the United States |
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Immigrants and their children, 1920. |
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The growth of manufactures, 1899 to 1923. |
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Women in gainful occupations, 1870 to 1920. |
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Earnings of Factory workers, 1899 to 1927. |
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Ratio of children to women, 1920. |
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