The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.
Census questions[]
The 1930 Census collected the following information[1]:
- address
- name
- relationship to head of family
- home owned or rented
- if owned, value of home
- if rented, monthly rent
- whether owned a radio set
- whether on a farm
- sex
- race
- age
- marital status and, if married, age at first marriage
- school attendance
- literacy
- birthplace of person, and their parents
- if foreign born:
- language spoken at home before coming to the U. S.
- year of immigration
- whether naturalized
- ability to speak English
- occupation, industry and class of worker
- whether at work previous day (or last regular work day)
- veteran status
- if Indian:
- whether of full or mixed blood
- tribal affiliation
Full documentation for the 1930 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Data availability[]
Microdata from the 1930 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.
State rankings[]
| Rank | State | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 12,588,066 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 9,631,350 |
| 3 | Illinois | 7,630,654 |
| 4 | Ohio | 6,646,697 |
| 5 | Texas | 5,824,715 |
| 6 | California | 5,677,251 |
| 7 | Michigan | 4,842,325 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 4,249,614 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 4,041,334 |
| 10 | Missouri | 3,629,367 |
| 11 | Indiana | 3,238,503 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 3,170,276 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 2,939,006 |
| 14 | Georgia | 2,908,506 |
| 15 | Alabama | 2,646,248 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 2,616,556 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 2,614,589 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 2,563,953 |
| 19 | Iowa | 2,470,939 |
| 20 | Virginia | 2,421,851 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 2,396,040 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 2,101,593 |
| 23 | Mississippi | 2,009,821 |
| 24 | Kansas | 1,880,999 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 1,854,482 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 1,738,765 |
| 27 | West Virginia | 1,729,205 |
| 28 | Maryland | 1,631,526 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 1,606,903 |
| 30 | Washington | 1,563,396 |
| 31 | Florida | 1,468,211 |
| 32 | Nebraska | 1,377,963 |
| 33 | Colorado | 1,035,791 |
| 34 | Oregon | 953,786 |
| 35 | Maine | 797,423 |
| 36 | South Dakota | 692,849 |
| 37 | Rhode Island | 687,497 |
| 38 | North Dakota | 680,845 |
| 39 | Montana | 537,606 |
| 40 | Utah | 507,847 |
| x | District of Columbia | 486,869 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 465,293 |
| 42 | Idaho | 445,032 |
| 43 | Arizona | 435,573 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 423,317 |
| 45 | Vermont | 359,611 |
| 46 | Delaware | 238,380 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 225,565 |
| 48 | Nevada | 91,058 |
| -- | Total | 122,775,046 |
Notes[]
- ^ "Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790-1925". New York State Library. October 1981. pp. 45 (p. 51 of PDF). http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/9643270.
External links[]
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