1920 Census of Population and Housing
"The Fourteenth Census Act of July 2, 1909, provided for the
1920 and subsequent censuses; however, numerous minor changes were sought prior to the census, so a new law was
enacted on March 3, 1919. This act designated a 3-year
decennial census period, beginning July 1, 1919. During
this 3-year period, the act provided for an increased work
force at the Census Bureau’s headquarters in Washington,
DC, and for the creation of a special field force to collect
census data.
Section 20, of the Fourteenth Census Act, provided that the enumeration of the population should be made as of January
1, 1920. Under the direction of the Director of the Census, Samuel L. Rogers, the work of actual enumeration
began on January 2, 1920. The census covered the United States, the outlying possessions (excluding the Philippines
and the Virgin Islands, the military, Red Cross, consular services abroad, and the naval service abroad or in American
waters, but not on a fixed station.)
For the country as a whole and for states and political subdivisions
within the country, the population enumerated
was the resident population. The enumerators (according to the census law), were instructed to enumerate persons at
their ‘‘usual place of abode’’—i.e., their permanent home or
regular lodging place. Persons were not always counted in
the places where they happened to be found by the enumerators
or where they transacted their daily business. Persons
temporarily absent from their usual places of abode
(i.e., on business, traveling, attending school, or in hospitals)
were enumerated at the places where they habitually
resided and the information for these people was obtained
from relatives or acquaintances. Persons having no fixed
place of abode were required by the census law to be enumerated
where they slept on the night of January 1, 1920."
--Description from Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 (April 2002), p. 134.
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Publications for 1920 Census
Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 1: Population, Number and Distribution of Inhabitants
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 2: General Report and Analytical Tables
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 3: Population, Composition and Characteristics of Population by State
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 4: Population, Occupations
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 5: Agriculture, General Report and Analysis
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 6: Agriculture, Reports for the States, Part 1: The Northern States
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 6: Agriculture, Reports for the States, Part 2: The Southern States
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920: Volume 6: Agriculture, Reports for the States, Part 3: The Western States and Outlying Possessions
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 7: Irrigation and Drainage, General Report and Analytical Tables and Reports for States, with Statistics for Counties
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 8: Manufactures, General Report and Analytical Tables
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 9: Manufactures, Reports for States, with Statistics for Principal Cities
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 10: Manufactures, Reports for Selected Industries
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 11: Mines and Quarries, General Report and Analytical Tables and Reports for States and Selected Industries
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Abstract of the Fourteenth Census of the United States
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Abstract of the Census of Manufactures
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Statistical Atlas of the United States
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Farm Census of the United States, 1919 and 1920: United States Totals, with comparative figures from Census of 1910
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Farm Population of Selected Counties. Composition, Characteristics, and Occupations in Detail for Eight Counties. . .
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Center of population and median lines, and centers of area, agriculture, manufactures, and cotton
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Supervisors' Districts, Fourteenth Census, 1920
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Fourteenth Census of the United States. Names and addresses of supervisors of census, by States and Supervisors' districts
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The Woman Home-maker in the City: A Study of Statistics Relating to Married Women in the City of Rochester, NY, at the Census of 1920
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Fourteenth Census of the United States--Population. Index to Place of Birth and Parent Nativity
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Population of Cities, Towns, Villages, and Boroughs having from 10,000 to 25,000 Inhabitants: 1920, 1910, 1900
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Fourteenth Census of the United States. Forest Products: 1919. Forest products consumed in the Manufacture of Veneers, Dye stuff and Extracts and in tanning and wood distillation
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Censo décimocuatro de los Estados Unidos: 1920 Boletín. Agricultura: Puerto Rico
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Fourteenth Census of the United States. Population of Places 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants: 1920
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Fourteenth Census of the United States. Population of Places 25,000 inhabitants or more: 1920, 1910, and 1900
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Fourteenth Census: Agriculture Bulletin. Farm Animals: Cattle, Swine, and Chickens
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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920: Agriculture. Number of Farms, by States and Counties: 1920, 1910, and 1900
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Increase of Population in the United States, 1910-1920: Study of changes in population of divisions, States, counties, and rural and urban areas, and in sex, color and nativity, at the Fourteenth Census
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Mortgages on homes: Report on results of inquiry as to mortgage debt on homes other than farm houses at Fourteenth Census, 1920
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Integration of industrial operation: Statistical and descriptive analysis of development and growth of industrial establishments and of size, scope and structure of combinations of industrial establishments operated from central offices
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Farm tenancy in the United States: Analysis of results of 1920 Census relative to farms classified by tenure, supplemented by pertinent data from other sources
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School attendance in 1920: Analysis of school attendance in the United States and in the several States, with discussion of factors involved
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Farm population of the United States: Analysis of 1920 farm population figures, especially in comparison with urban data, together with study of main economic factors affecting farm population
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Immigrants and their children, 1920: Study based on census statistics relative to foreign born and native white of foreign or mixed parentage
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Growth of manufactures, 1899 to 1923: Study of indexes of increase in volume of manufactured products
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Women in gainful occupations, 1870-1920: Study of trend of recent changes in numbers, occupational distribution, and family relationship of women reported in census as following gainful occupation
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Earnings of factory workers, 1899 to 1927: Analysis of pay-roll statistics
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Ratio of children to women, 1920: Study in differential rate of natural increase in the United States
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