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U.S. Decennial Census: 1910

Decade by decade information about how to access and use U.S. Census reports.

Census By Decade

1790  1800  1810  1820  1830  1840  1850  1860  1870  1880  1890  1900

1910  1920  1930  1940  1950  1960  1970  1980  1990  2000  2010  2020

About the 1920 census

Highlights

  • 13th decennial census
  • US population: 91,972,266
  • Washington population: 1,141,990

Questions asked

  • Address
  • Name
  • Relationship to head of family
  • Sex
  • Race
  • Age
  • Marital status
  • Number of years of present marriage
  • For women, number of children born and number now living
  • Place of birth and mother tongue of persons and parents
  • If foreign born, year of immigration, whether naturalized or alien, and whether able to speak English, or if not, language spoken
  • Occupation
  • Industry and class of worker
  • If an employee, whether out of work on census day, and number of weeks out of work during preceding year
  • Literacy
  • School attendance
  • Home owned or rented
  • If owned, whether mortgaged
  • Whether farm or house
  • Whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy
  • Whether blind, deaf, or dumb
  • Supplemental schedules for the Indian population, blind, deaf, feeble-minded in institutions, insane in hospitals, paupers in almshouses, prisoners, and juvenile delinquents in institutions

Coverage

For more information, see Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790 - 1920 available in print via UW Libraries.

Population Schedules

Census population schedules (or "name schedules" or "manuscript census") are copies of the original questionnaires collected during each decennial census. They list the individual names and family information of the people enumerated. Unlike the statistics published soon after the census, the population schedules remain confidential for 72 years. 1950 is the most recent population schedule available.

Statistics

More Information from the US Census Bureau

Census Compilations

Data Sources

Contact

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