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The Sixteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.3 percent over the 1930 population of 123,202,624 persons. The census date was April 1, 1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were 5 years before, highest educational grade achieved, and information about wages. This census introduced sampling techniques; one in 20 people were asked additional questions on the census form. Other innovations included a field test of the census in 1939.
On April 1, 2012 the United States Census of 1940 data will be released to the public.
[edit] Census Questions
The 1940 census collected the following information[1]:
- address
- home owned or rented
- if owned, value
- if rented, monthly rent
- whether on a farm
- name
- relationship to head of household
- sex
- race
- age
- marital status
- school attendance
- educational attainment
- birthplace
- if foreign born, citizenship
- location of residence five years ago and whether on a farm
- employment status
- if at work, whether in private or non-emergency government work, or in public emergency work (WPA, CCC, NYA, etc.)
- if in private or non-emergency government work, hours worked in week
- if seeking work or on public emergency work, duration of unemployment
- occupation, industry and class of worker
- weeks worked last year
- income last year
[edit] State Rankings
1940 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank |
State |
Population |
1 |
New York |
13,479,142 |
2 |
Pennsylvania |
9,900,180 |
3 |
Illinois |
7,897,241 |
4 |
Ohio |
6,907,612 |
5 |
California |
6,907,387 |
6 |
Texas |
6,414,824 |
7 |
Michigan |
5,256,106 |
8 |
Massachusetts |
4,316,721 |
9 |
New Jersey |
4,160,165 |
10 |
Missouri |
3,784,664 |
11 |
North Carolina |
3,571,623 |
12 |
Indiana |
3,427,796 |
13 |
Wisconsin |
3,137,587 |
14 |
Georgia |
3,123,723 |
15 |
Tennessee |
2,915,841 |
16 |
Kentucky |
2,845,627 |
17 |
Alabama |
2,832,961 |
18 |
Minnesota |
2,792,300 |
19 |
Virginia |
2,677,773 |
20 |
Iowa |
2,538,268 |
21 |
Louisiana |
2,363,880 |
22 |
Oklahoma |
2,336,434 |
23 |
Mississippi |
2,183,796 |
24 |
West Virginia |
1,961,974 |
25 |
Arkansas |
1,949,387 |
26 |
South Carolina |
1,899,804 |
27 |
Florida |
1,897,414 |
28 |
Maryland |
1,821,244 |
29 |
Kansas |
1,801,028 |
30 |
Washington |
1,736,191 |
31 |
Connecticut |
1,709,242 |
32 |
Nebraska |
1,315,834 |
33 |
Colorado |
1,123,296 |
34 |
Oregon |
1,089,684 |
35 |
Maine |
847,226 |
36 |
Rhode Island |
713,346 |
x |
District of Columbia |
663,091 |
37 |
South Dakota |
642,961 |
38 |
North Dakota |
641,935 |
39 |
Montana |
559,456 |
40 |
Utah |
550,310 |
41 |
New Mexico |
531,818 |
42 |
Idaho |
524,873 |
43 |
Arizona |
499,261 |
44 |
New Hampshire |
491,524 |
45 |
Vermont |
359,231 |
46 |
Wyoming |
250,742 |
47 |
Delaware |
206,505 |
48 |
Nevada |
110,247 |
- ^ "Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925". New York State Library. October 1981. p. 45 (p. 51 of PDF). http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270.
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