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General Information
The official census day was April 1, 1930, except for Alaska. Due to anticipated severe weather in April, the Alaskan census day was October 1, 1929. The 1930 census counted 123,202,624 people, a mere 5,165 of whom resided in a small town named Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the last census to ask people if they could read or write and also the last census in which every household got the same questions. In later years some households received a "long" form with an additional set of questions.
Content
The 1930 census asked questions about each person in the following areas:
- Place of Abode
- Street, avenue, road, etc.
- House number (in cities or towns)
- Number of dwelling house in order of visitation [this number supplied by census taker]
- Number of family in order of visitation [this number supplied by census taker]
- Name
- Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family
- Relation
- Relationship of this person to the head of the family
- Home Data
- Home owned or rented
- Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented
- Radio set
- Does this family live on a farm?
- Personal Description
- Sex
- Color or race
- Age at last birthday
- Marital condition
- Age at first marriage
- Education
- Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929
- Whether able to read and write
- Place of birth
- Place of birth – PERSON
- Place of birth – FATHER
- Place of birth – MOTHER
- Mother Tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born
- Citizenship, etc.
- Year of immigration to the United States
- Naturalization
- Whether able to speak English
- Occupation & Industry
- Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done, as spinner, salesman, riveter, teacher, etc.
- Industry or business, as cotton mill, dry-goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
- Class of worker
- Employment
- Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day) – Yes or No
- Veterans
- Whether a veteran of U.S. military or naval force – Yes or No
- What war or expedition
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