Search the 1910 U.S. Census on Ancestry.

 

Key facts

  • The count for the 1910 census began on April 15, 1910 and lasted over a month.
  • 92,228,496 people were counted. 
  • The census included 46 states and the territories of Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
  • Oklahoma was a new state in the 1910 census.
  • The census included a question about whether people were survivors of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy.

 

Information in the census

  • Place of residence
  • Name of each person in the household
  • Relationship to head of household
  • Home: owned or rented
  • Whether they lived on a farm
  • Sex
  • Color or race
  • Age at last birthday
  • Marital condition (single, married, widowed, or divorced)
  • Number of years married
  • Whether they'd attended school or college
  • Whether they were able to read or write
  • Place of birth
  • Parents' places of birth
  • Native language (if foreign-born)
  • Citizenship
  • Year of immigration to the U.S.
  • Naturalization
  • Ability to speak English
  • Occupation & industry
  • Trade or profession, type of work done
  • Industry or business
  • Employed (yes or no)
  • Veterans
  • Whether the person was a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy

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