1930 Census Form – U.S.Federal Census
(What
do the columns mean?)
Prepared by Shirley D. Webb, Kerr County TXGenWeb
Coordinator
Place
of Abode
Line Number
Col 1 Street, avenue, road, etc.
Col 2 House
Number (in cities or towns)
Col 3 Number of dwelling in order of visitation
Col 4 Number of family in order of visitation
Col 5
Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this
family.
Enter surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any.
Include every person living on April 1,
1930. Omit children born since
Relation Col 6 Relationship of this person to the
head of the family
Home
Data
Col 7 House owned or rented
Col 8 Value of home, if owned, or Monthly
Rental, if rented
Col 9 Radio Set (“R” means there’s a radio set
in the home. “No” means no set)
Col 10 Does this family live on a farm?
Personal
Description
Col 11: Sex Col 12: Color or Race Col
13: Age at last Birthday Col
14: Marital condition
Col 15: Age at first marriage
Education
Col 16:
Attended school or college anytime since Sept 1, 1929
Col 17:
Whether able to read and write
Place
of Birth Place of birth of each person
and parents of each person enumerated.
If born in the
give state or territory. If of
foreign birth, give the country of birth
Col 18 Person Col
19
Father Col 20 Mother
Mother
tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born
Col 21 Language spoken in home before coming to the
(Next 3 columns for office use only)
Citizenship
Col 22 Year of Immigration to the
Col 23 Naturalized or alien
Col 24 Whether able to speak English
Occupation and
Industry
Col 25 Occupation: Trade, Profession or particular kind of
work
Col 26 Industry: Industry or business
(Next column for
office use only)
Col 27 Class of worker
Employment
Col 28 Whether actually at work – yes or no
Col 29 Line number for unemployed
Veterans Whether a veteran of the U.S.military or
naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition.
Col 30 Yes or No
Col 31 What
war or expedition
Col
32 Number of Farm schedule
Return to Kerr County Census
Page