US 1910 Census Records

Answers to the 1910 census records questions were to be based on the status of households on April 15, 1910.

Column Question
none street, avenue, road, etc
none house number in cities and towns
1 dwelling number in order of visitation
2 number of family in the order of visitation
3 name of each person (surname, given name, middle initial) whose place of abode on April 15, 1910, was in this family. Include every person living on April 15, 1910, and omit any children born since April 15, 1910.
4 relationship of this person to head of the family
5 sex
6 color or race
7 age at last birthday
8 single, married, widowed, or divorced
9 number of years in present marriage
10 number of children born to this mother
11 number of children born to this mother who are now living
12 birthplace of this person; US state or territory or country if foreign-born
13 birthplace of father of this person; US state or territory or country if foreign-born
14 birthplace of mother of this person; US state or territory or country if foreign-born
15 year of immigration to the US
16 naturalized or alien
17 speaks English - if not, language spoken
18 trade or profession of, or particular kind of work done by this person as spinner, salesman, laborer, etc.
19 general nature of industry, business, or establishment in which this person works as cotton mill, dry goods store, farm, etc.
20 person is an employer, an employee, or working on own account
21 if an employee, whether out of work on April 15, 1910
22 if an employee, number of weeks out of work during 1909
23 able to read
24 able to write
25 attended school any time since September 1, 1909
26 home owned or rented
27 home owned free or mortgaged
28 farm or house
29 number of farm schedule
30 is person a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy?
31 blind (both eyes)
32 deaf and dumb

The 1910 US census includes all current 50 US states (some were still territories), as well as Washington DC, Military and Naval Forces, and Puerto Rico. There were also separate Indian population schedules in which the tribe and or band was also recorded.

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