1930 Census Fact Sheet
WHO HAS THE RECORDS NOW?
- The Census Bureau does not maintain records from previous censuses.
- Microfilm of the 1930 census records is available at National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in:
Washington, DC Anchorage, AK
Laguna Niguel, CA San Bruno, CA
Denver, CO East Point, GA
Chicago, IL Pittsfield, MA
Waltham, MA Kansas City, MO
New York, NY Philadelphia, PA
Ft. Worth, TX Seattle, WA
- Some on-line services are offering paid subscriptions to access copies of the census schedules.
- Many libraries, Family History Centers, and other history/genealogy societies will acquire all or part of the 1930 census.
- The Census Bureau can not help you.
- The National Archives provides a limited finding tool, called the soundex, for only 12 southern states.
- For the remaining states, researchers will need to locate their ancestor’s address using city directories and then use a microfilm that locates street addresses by enumeration district. Once the enumeration district is determined, the researcher will have to scan the entries for that enumeration district to find his/her ancestor’s street and then the individual entry for the ancestor.
- Several on-line services are assembling indexes for and/or posting images of the 1930 census.
- The 1930 data were released 72 years from the official census day in 1930; the rule to hold records for 72 years was implemented in 1952.
- 123 million people
- 2,668 reels of microfilm
- 1,591 reels of soundex
32 questions including 4 that were new (marked with an asterisk) for the 1930 census:
- Street, avenue, road, etc.
- House number
- Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
- Number of family in order of visitation
- Name
- Relationship of this person to the head of the family
- Home owned or rented
- Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented*
- Radio set*
- Does this family own a farm?
- Sex
- Color or race
- Age at last birthday
- Marital condition
- Age at first marriage*
- Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929
- Whether able to read or write
- Place of birth__person
- Place of birth__father
- Place of birth__mother
- Language spoken in home before coming to the United States
- Year of immigration into the United States
- Naturalization
- Whether able to speak English
- Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done
- Occupation industry or business
- Class of worker
- Employment
- Veteran*
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