1930 Census Form – U.S.Federal Census

(What do the columns mean?)
Prepared by Shirley D. Webb
 

  Place of Abode

            Line Number

            Col 1    Street, avenue, road, etc.

            Col 2    House Number (in cities or towns)

            Col 3   Number of dwelling in order of visitation

            Col 4    Number of family in order of visitation

 

            Col 5    Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family.

                                 Enter surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any.

                        Include every person living on April 1, 1930.  Omit children born since April 1, 1930

             Relation  

Col 6   Relationship of this person to the head of the family

 

 Home Data

            Col 7     House owned or rented

            Col 8     Value of home, if owned, or Monthly Rental, if rented

            Col 9     Radio Set (“R” means there’s a radio set in the home.  “No” means no set)

            Col 10   Does this family live on a farm?

 

 Personal Description

            Col 11:   Sex    Col 12:   Color or Race    Col 13:   Age at last Birthday   
                     Col 14:   Marital condition     Col 15:   Age at first marriage   

 

 Education

            Col  16:   Attended school or college anytime since Sept 1, 1929

            Col  17:   Whether able to read and write

 

  Place of Birth     Place of birth (P.O.B.) of each person and parents of each person enumerated.  
                              If born in the United States give state or territory.  If of foreign birth, give the country of birth
            Col 18   P.O.B. of Person      Col 19  P.O.B. of Father         Col 20   P.O.B. of Mother

 

  Mother tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born

            Col 21   Language spoken in home before coming to the United States

            (Next 3 columns for office use only)

  Citizenship   

            Col 22   Year of Immigration to the United States

            Col 23   Naturalized or alien

            Col 24   Whether able to speak English

  Occupation and Industry

            Col 25   Occupation:    Trade, Profession or particular kind of work

            Col 26   Industry:         Industry or business

            (Next column  for office use only)

            Col 27    Class of worker

  Employment

            Col 28    Whether actually at work – yes or no

            Col 29     Line number for unemployed

 

  Veterans     Whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition.

            Col 30     Yes or No

            Col 31     What war or expedition

 

            Col 32         Number of Farm schedule

           

 

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