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Release Date
The 1930 census microfilms and all existing soundex indexes will become available on April 1, 2002 at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20408-0001, and at NARA's RegionalFacilities in 13 major cities. Includes 2,667 rolls of census schedule microfilm for the entire U.S. and its territories
The census day was April 1, 1930. (For example - people born after that date will not be listed).
For more info, go to: http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html#date

What information is on the 1930 census - 32 questions were asked about each person:

Place of Abode
1. Street, avenue, road, etc.
2. House number (in cities or towns)
3. Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
[this number supplied by census taker].
4. Number of family in order of visitation
[this number supplied by census taker]. Mother Tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born
21. Language spoken in home before coming to the United States.
Here follows 3 columns of "CODE (For office use only These codes were entered to assist in statistical tabulation and do not provide any information beyond that found in columns 18-21.

Name &Relation
5. Name of each person whose place of abode
on April 1, 1930, was in this family.
6. Relationship of this person to the head of the family. Citizenship, etc.
22. Year of immigration to the United States.
23. Naturalization.
24. Whether able to speak English.
Home Data
7. Home owned or rented.
8. Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented.
9. Radio set.
10. Does this family live on a farm? Occupation & Industry
25. Trade, profession, or particular kind
of work done, as spinner, salesman,
riveter, teacher, etc.
26. Industry or business, as cotton mill,
dry-goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
27. Class of worker.
Personal Description
11. Sex.
12. Color or race
[White (W), Negro (Neg), Mexican (Mex),
Indian (In), Chinese (Ch), Japanese (Jp),
Filipino (Fil), Hindu (Hin), Korean (Kor),
other races spelled out in full.]
13. Age at last birthday.
14. Marital condition.
[Single (S), married (M), widowed (Wd), divorced (D).]
15. Age at first marriage. Employment
28. Whether actually at work yesterday
(or the last regular working day)--Yes or No
29. If not, line number on Unemployment Schedule. [Unemployment schedules no longer exist.]
Education
16. Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929.
17. Whether able to read and write. Veterans
30. Whether a veteran of U.S. military
or naval force--Yes or No.
31. What war or expedition? [World War (WW), Spanish-American War (Sp), Civil War (Civ), Philippine Insurrection (Phil), Boxer Rebellion (Box), Mexican Expedition (Mex)].
Place of birth
18. Place of birth--PERSON.
19. Place of birth--FATHER.
20. Place of birth--MOTHER. Farm Schedule
32. Number of farm schedule.
[Farm schedules no longer exist].

Indexes - Those that are available to find your Ancestors in the 1930 Census

Microfilmed Soundex Indexes - 1930 census (Exist for only ten states and part of two others)

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (part), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia (part)

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