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1920 United States Census Questions
Answers to the questions for the 1920 census records were to be based on the status of households on January 1, 1920.
| Column | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | street, avenue, road, etc. |
| 2 | house number or farm, etc. |
| 3 | number of dwelling house in order of visitation |
| 4 | number of family in the order of visitation |
| 5 | name of each person (surname, given name, middle initial) whose place of abode on January 1, 1920, was in this family. Include every person living on January 1, 1920, and omit any children born since January 1, 1920. |
| 6 | relationship of this person to head of the family |
| 7 | home owned or rented |
| 8 | home owned free or mortgaged |
| 9 | sex |
| 10 | color or race |
| 11 | age at last birthday |
| 12 | single, married, widowed, or divorced |
| 13 | year of immigration to the US |
| 14 | naturalized or alien |
| 15 | if naturalized, year of naturalization |
| 16 | attended school any time since September 1, 1919 |
| 17 | able to read |
| 18 | able to write |
| 19 | birthplace of this person; US state or territory, or country for foreign-born |
| 20 | mother tongue of this person if foreign-born |
| 21 | birthplace of father |
| 22 | mother tongue of father |
| 23 | birthplace of mother of this person |
| 24 | mother tongue of mother |
| 25 | able to speak English |
| 26 | trade or profession, or particular kind of work done by this person as spinner, salesman, riveter, etc. |
| 27 | industry, business, or establishment in which at work as cotton mill, dry goods store, shipyard, public school, etc. |
| 28 | employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account |
| 29 | number of farm schedule |
The 1920 census includes all of what are now the 50 US states, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. It also included, for the first time, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone.
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