STATE ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO. SHEET NO.

COUNTY SUPERVISOR’S DISTRICT NO.

1940 Federal Census
TOWNSHIP OR OTHER DIVISION OF COUNTY ENUMERATED BY ME ON , 1940
INCORPORATED PLACE , ENUMERATOR
WARD OF CITY BLOCK NO. UNINCORPORATED PLACE INSTITUTION

LOCAT- PERSONAL CITI-

HOUSEHOLD DATA NAME RELATION EDUCATION PLACE OF BIRTH ZEN- RESIDENCE, APRIL 1, 1935
ION DESCRIPTION SHIP
Home owned (O) or rented
Name of each person whose usual Relationship of
If born in U.S. give state, In what place did this person live on April 1, 1935?

Attended school or college

Value of home or Monthly
For a person who lived in a different place, enter city or

at any time since March 1,

territory or possession.

Age at Last Birthday

place of residence on April 1,
Street, Avenue, road, etc.

No. of Household in order of

this person to the town, county, and State.

Highest grade of school

1940, was in this household. head of the
If foreign born, give country City, town,

Citizenship of the
household, as

Farm? (Yes or No)

in which birthplace was or village

Marital Status
Color or Race
wife, daughter,

CODE (Leave Blank)

CODE (Leave Blank)

CODE (Leave Blank)

CODE (Leave Blank)

BE SURE TO INCLUDE:
rental if rented.
House Number

situated on Jan. 1, 1937. having State (or

foreign born
1. Persons temporarily absent from household. father, mother-in-
2,600 or Territory

On a Farm?
Write ―Ab‖ after names of such persons. law, grandson, County

completed
Distinguish: Canada-French more or foreign
Line No.

(Y or N)
2. Children under 1 year of age. Write ―Infant‖ if lodger, lodger’s
visitation

from Canada-English and inhabitants country)

1940?
child has not been given a first name. wife, servant,

Sex
Irish Free State from If less, enter
(R)

Enter x after name of person furnishing hired hand, etc.

information. Northern Ireland. ―R.‖
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A 9 10 11 12 13 14 B 15 C 16 17 18 19 20 D
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.

7.

PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER – EMPLOYMENT STATUS

If seeking INCOME IN 1939
OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER
Was this person AT WORK for pay or

work or
Govt. work during week of March 24-

(12 months ending

NYA, CCC, etc.) during week of March

For a person at work, assigned to public emergency work, or with a job (―Yes‖
to, public EMERGENCY WORK (WPA,
If not, was he at work on, or assigned

If neither at work nor If at private or assigned to Dec. 31, 1939.)

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

Number of weeks worked in 1939

profit in private or nonemergency

assigned to public ―No‖ to questions

nonemergency public
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

income of $50 or more from

(Equivalent full-time weeks)

Amount of money, wages or

―Yes‖ in col. 21 work.

sources other than money

wages or salary (Y or N)
(―No‖ in cols. 21 &22) not have previous work experience, enter ―New worker‖ in Col. 28, and leave

Did this person receive

―Yes‖ in col.

Number of Farm Schedule

salary received (including
Cols. 29-30 blank.
22 or 23
OCCUPATION INDUSTRY

week of March 24-

CODE (leave blank)

housework (H), in

employment up to
school (S), unable

March 30, 1940 –

engaged in home

Number of hours
Indicate whether

Class of Worker
Was this person

Duration of un-
Trade, profession, or Industry or business, as—
HAVE A JOB,

to work (U), or

worked during
business, etc.?

commissions)
If not seeking

particular kind of work, as – Cotton mill

work, did he
SEEKING

other (Ot).

Frame spinner Retail grocery

in weeks.
30, 1940.
Line No.

WORK?
(Y or N)

(Y or N)

(Y or N)
(Y or N)

Salesman Farm
24-30?

Laborer Shipyard
CODE
30?

Rivet heater Public school

Music teacher
21 22 23 24 25 E 26 27 28 29 30 F. 31 32 33 34
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.

7.

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 FOR ALL WOMEN
SUPPLEMENTARY FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES FOR PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER WHO ARE OR
QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN
MARRIED
PLACE OF BIRTH OF MOTHER USUAL OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER
For Persons Enumerated VETERANS SOCIAL SECURITY

Has this woman been married more

FATHER AND MOTHER TONGUE Enter that occupation which the person regards as his usual occupation
on Lines 14 and 29. If born in U.S. give state, Is this person a veteran of the and at which he is physically able to work. If the person is unable to

Retirement made from this persons

Number of children ever born.

territory or possession. If United States military forces: or the determine this, enter that occupation at which he has worked longest

Were deductions for Federal Old-

If so, were deductions made from

wages or salary in 1939? (Yes or

all, ½ or more, part but less than

Does this person have a Federal
during the past 10 years and at which he is physically able to work.

(Do not include stillbirths.)

foreign born, give country wife, widow, or under 18-year-old
in which birthplace was child of a veteran? Enter also usual industry and usual class of worker.
Language

than once? (Yes or No)

Age Insurance or Railroad
situated on Jan. 1, 1937.

Social Security Number?

Age at first marriage.

spoken in

½, of wages or salary?
Distinguish: Canada-

Usual class of worker

War or Military
French from Canada-

If so enter ―Yes‖
CODE (leave blank)

CODE (leave blank)

CODE (leave blank)

If child, is veteran-
home in
Name English and Irish Free

Service
State from Northern earliest Usual Usual CODE
Line No.

father dead?

(Yes or No)
Ireland. childhood. Occupation Industry (leave blank)

(Y or N)
Father Mother

No)
35 36 37 G 38 H 39 40 41 I 42 43 44 45 46 47 J 48 49 50

14
29

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:
Where owner’s household occupies White W Enter age of children born on or after April 1, None 0
only a part of a structure, estimate value Negro Neg 1939, as follows. Born in: Naturalized Na
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 High school, 1st – 4th year H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4
household. Thus the value of the unit Chinese Chi May 1939 10/12 Alien Al
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
the total value of the structure. Hindu Hin August 1939 7/12
Korean Kor September 1939 6/12
SYMBOLS October 1939 5/12
AND Other races, spell out in full. November 1939 4/12
December 1939 3/12
EXPLANATORY 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.

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