Search the 1930 U.S. Census

Key facts

• The count for the 1930 census began on April 1, 1930 and lasted one month.
• 122,775,046 people were counted.
• The census included the 48 contiguous states and the territories of Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
• The 1930 census was conducted just five months after the stock market crash of 1929.
• The census included a question about whether or not the family owned a radio.

Information listed on the census

• Place of residence
• Name of each person at residence
• Relationship of each person to head of household
• Home: Owned or rented
• Value of home or monthly rental
• Whether the family lived on a farm
• Sex
• Color or race
• Age at last birthday
• Marital condition (single, married, widowed, divorced)
• Age at first marriage
• Whether they'd attended school or college since Sept 1, 1929
• 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
• Class of worker
• Employed (yes or no)
• Veterans
• War or expedition