1940

Census questions as they appeared on the schedule or questionairre.

Questions Options Appearing on Schedule or Questionairre Instructions to Marshalls and Assistant Marshalls Column/Question Number
Color or race
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp.57		 White (W), Negro (Neg), Indian (In), Chinese (Chi), Japanese (Jp), Filipino (Fil), Hindu (Hin), Korean (Kor), Other races, sell out in full. (pp. 56-57)

With regard to race, the only change from 1930 was that Mexicans were to be listed as White unless they were definitely Indian or some race other than White. (pp. 61)

 10
Place of Birth
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 57		   If foreign born, give country in which birthplace was situated on January 1, 1937. (pp. 58) 15

Citizenship of the foreign born
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 58

   Naturalized (Na), Having first papers (Pa), Alien (Al), American citizen born abroad (Am Cit) (pp. 58) 16

Place of Birth (Father)
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 56

     36

Place of Birth (Mother)
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp.57

     37

Language spoken in home in earliest childhood
Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions 1790-1980. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. pp. 57

     38

[United States Department of Commerce. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Volume II, Part I . Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1943.]

Reported Numbers

 

 

 

Characteristics of the Population Table 22. - POPULATION BY RACE, WITH INDIVIDUAL MINOR RACES, BY DIVISONS AND STATES: 1940 p.II

REGION, DIVISION, AND STATE All classes White Negro Other Races
OTHER RACES
Indian Chinese Japanese Filipino Hindu Korean All other
United States
131,669,275
118,214,870
12,865,518
588,887
333,969
77,504
126,947
45,563
2,405
1,711
788
REGIONS:
The North
76,120,109
73,206,738
2,790,193
123,178
83,136
25,738
4,971
8,126
597
350
260

The South
41,665,901
31,658,578
9,904,619
102,704
94,139
4,926
1,049
2,351
169
40
30
The West
13,883,265
13,349,554
170,706
363,005
156,694
46,840
120,927
35,086
1,639
1,321
498
THE NORTH:

New England
8,437,290
8,329,146
101,509
6,635
2,483
3,238
340
499
32
15
28
Middle Atlantic
27,539,487
26,237,622
1,268,366
33,499
9,303
16,408
3,060
4,088
342
149
149
East North Central
26,626,342
25,528,451
1,069,326
28,565
19,732
4,799
816
2,782
204
166
66
West North Central
13,516,990
13,111,519
350,992
54,479
51,618
1,293
755
757
19
20
17
THE SOUTH:
South Atlantic
17,823,151
13,095,227
4,698,863
29,061
25,076
2,047
442
1,410
50
17
19
East Sourth Central
10,778,225
7,993,755
2,780,635
3,835
2,756
944
43
70
12
9
1
West South Central
13,064,525
10,569,596
2,425,121
69,808
66,307
1,935
564
871
107
14
10
THE WEST:
Mountain
4,150,003
3,978,913
36,411
134,679
122,031
2,853
8,574
883
119
197
22
Pacific
9,733,262
9,370,641
134,295
228,326
34,663
43,987
112,353
34,203
1,520
1,124
476

 

TABLE 4.- RACE, BY NATIVITY AND SEX, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1850 TO 1940.

[Figures for white population in 1930 have been revised to include Mexicans who were classified with "Other races" in the 1930 reports. Figures for 1850 not reported for "Other races." ]

NATIVITY, SEX, AND CENSUS YEAR All classes White Negro Other Races
Other Races
Percent By Race
Percent By Nativity
Indian Chinese Japanese All Classes All Classes White Negro Other races All classes White Negro Indian

Chin-

ese

 Japa-nese
TOTAL
1940 131,669,275 118,214,870 12,865,518 588,887 333,969
77,504
126,947
50,467
100.0
89.8
9.8
0.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native 120,074,379 106,795,732 12,781,577 497,070 329,478
40,262
79,642
47,688
100.0
88.9
10.6
0.4
91.2
90.3
99.3
98.7
51.9
62.7
-ForeignBorn
11,594,896
11,419,138
83,941
91,817
4,491
37,242
47,305
2,779
100.0
98.5
0.7
0.8
8.8
9.7
0.7
1.3
48.1
37.3

1930
122,775,046
110,286,740
11,891,143
597,163
332,397
74,954
138,834
50,978
100.0
89.8
9.7
0.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
108,570,897
96,303,335
11,792,523
475,039
328,845
30,868
68,357
46,969
100.0
88.7
10.9
0.4
88.4
87.3
99.2
98.9
41.2
49.2
-ForeignBorn
14,204,149
13,983,405
98,620
122,124
3,552
44,086
70,477
4,009
100.0
98.4
0.7
0.9
11.6
12.7
0.8
1.1
58.8
50.8
1920
105,710,620
94,820,915
10,463,131
426,574
244,437
61,639
111,010
9,488
100.0
89.7
9.9
0.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
91,789,928
81,108,161
10,389,328
292,439
238,138
18,532
29,672
6,097
100.0
88.4
11.3
0.3
86.8
85.5
99.3
97.4
30.1
26.7
-ForeignBorn
13,920,692
13,712,754
73,803
134,135
6,299
43,107
81,338
3,391
100.0
98.5
0.5
1.0
13.2
14.5
0.7
2.6
69.9
73.3
1910
91,972,266
81,731,957
9,827,763
412,546
265,683
71,531
72,157
3,175
100.0
88.9
10.7
0.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
78,456,380
68,386,412
9,787,424
282,544
262,930
14,935
4,502
177
100.0
87.2
12.5
0.4
85.3
83.7
99.6
99.0
20.9
6.2
-ForeignBorn
13, 515,886
13,345,545
40,339
130,002
2,753
56,596
67,655
2,998
100.0
98.7
0.3
1.0
14.7
16.3
0.4
1.0
79.1
93.8
1900
75,994,575
66,809,196
8,833,994
351,385
237,196
89,863
24,326
-------
100.0
87.9
11.6
0.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
65,653,299
56,595,379
8,813,658
244,262
234,983
9,010
269
-------
100.0
86.2
13.4
0.4
86.4
84.7
99.8
99.1
10.0
1.1
-ForeignBorn
10,341,276
10,213,817
20,336
107,123
2,213
80,853
24,057
-------
100.0
98.8
0.2
1.0
13.6
15.3
0.2
0.9
90.0

98.9
1890
62, 947,714
55,101,258
7,488,676
357,780
248,253
107,488
2,039
-------
100.0
87.5
11.9
0.6
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1880
50,155,783
43,402,970
6,580,793
172,020
66,407
105,465
148
-------
100.0
86.5
13.1
0.3
-----
-----
-----
-----

-----
-----
1870
38,558,371
33,589,377
4,880,009
88,985
25,731
63,199
55
-------
100.0
87.1
12.7
0.2
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1860
31,443,321
26,922,537
4,441,830
78,954
44,021
34,933
-------
-------
100.0
85.6
14.1
0.3
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1850
23,191,876
19,553,068
3,638,808
-------
-------
-------
-------
-------
100.0
84.3
15.7
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
MALE
1940
66,061,592
59,448,548
6,269,038
344,006
171,427
57,389
71,967
43,223
100.0
90.0
9.5
0.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
59,939,945
53,437,533
6,224,550
277,862
168,964
25,702
42,316
40,880
100.0
89.2
10.4
0.5
90.7
89.9
99.3
98.6
44.8
58.8
-ForeignBorn
6,121,647
6,011,015
44,488
66,144
2,463
31,687
29,651
2,343
100.0
98.2
0.7
1.1
9.3
10.1
0.7
1.4
55.2
41.2

1930
62,137,080
55,922,528
5,855,669
358,883
170,350
59,802
81,771
46,960
100.0
90.0
9.4
0.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
54,489,990
48,420,037
5,801,588
268,365
168,462
20,693
35,874
43,336
100.0
88.9
10.6
0.5
87.7
86.6
99.1
98.9
34.6
43.9
-ForeignBorn
7,467,090
7,502,491
54,081
90,518
1,888
39,109
45,897
3,624
100.0
98.1
0.7
1.2
12.3
13.4
0.9
1.1
65.4
56.1
1920
53,900,431
48,430,655
5,209,436
260,340
125,068
53,891
72,707
8,674
100.0
89.9
9.7
0.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
46,224,996
40,902,333
5,166,795
155,868
121,529
13,318
15,494
5,527
100.0
88.5
11.2
0.3
85.8
84.5
99.2
97.2
24.7
21.3
-ForeignBorn
7,675,435
7,528,322
42,641
104,472
3,539
40,573
57,213
3,147
100.0
98.1
0.6
1.4
14.2
15.5
0.8
2.8
75.3
78.7
1910
47,332,277
42,178,245
4,885,881
268,151
135,133
66,856
63,070
3,092
100.0
89.1
10.3
0.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

-Native
36,664,529
34,654,457
4,861,993
148,079
133,669
11,921
2,340
149
100.0
87.4
12.3
0.4
83.8
82.2
99.5
98.9
17.8
3.7
-ForeignBorn
7,667,748
7,523,788
23,888
120,072
1,464
54,935
60,730
2,943
100.0
98.1
0.3
1.6
16.2
17.8
0.5
1.1
82.2
96.3
1900
38,816,448
34,201,735
4,386,547
228,166
119,484
85,341
23,341
------
100.0
88.1
11.3
0.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
33,186,258
28,686,450
4,374,718
125,090
118,277
6,657
156
------
100.0
86.4
13.2
0.4
85.5
83.9
99.7
99.0
7.8
0.7
-ForeignBorn
5,630,190
5,515,285
11,829
103,076
1,207
78,684
23,185
------
100.0
98.0
0.2
1.8
14.5
16.1
0.3
1.0
92.2
99.3
1890
32,237,101
28,270,379
3,735,603
231,119
125,719
103,620
1,780
------
100.0
87.8
11.6
0.7
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1880
25,518,820
22,130,900
3,253,115
134,805
33,985
100,686
134
------
100.0
86.7
12.7
0.5
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1870
19,493,565
17,029,088
2,393,263
71,214
12,534
58,633
47
------
100.0
87.4
12.3
0.4
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1860
16,085,204
13,811,387
2,216,744
57,073
23,924
33,149
------
------
100.0
85.9
13.8
0.4
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1850
11,837,660
10,026,402
1,811,258
------
------
------
------
------
100.0
84.7
15.3
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
FEMALE
1940
65,607,683
58,776,322
6,596,480
244,881
162,542
20,115
54,980
7,244
100.0
89.6
10.1
0.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
60,134,434
53,358,199
6,557,027
219,208
160,514
14,560
37,326
6,808
100.0
88.7
10.9
0.4
91.7
90.8
99.4
98.8
72.4
67.9
-ForeignBorn
5,473,249
5,408,123
39,453
25,673
2,028
5,555
17,654
436
100.0
98.8
0.7
0.5
8.3
9.2
0.6
1.2
27.6
32.1
1930
60,637,966
54,364,212
6,035,474
238,280
162,047
15,152
57,063
4,018
100.0
89.7
10.0
0.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
54,080,907
47,883,298
5,990,935
206,674
160,383
10,175
32,483
3,633
100.0
88.5
11.1
0.4
89.2
88.1
99.3
99.0
67.2
56.9
-ForeignBorn
6,557,059
6,480,914
44,539
31,606
1,664
4,977
24,508
385
100.0
98.8
0.7
0.5
10.8
11.9
0.7
1.0
32.8
43.1
1920
51,810,189
46,390,260
5,253,695
166,234
119,369
7,748
38,303
814
100.0
89.5
10.1
0.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
45,564,932
40,205,828
5,222,533
136,571
116,609
5,214
14,178
570
100.0
88.2
11.5
0.3
87.9
86.7
99.4
97.7
67.3
37.0
-ForeignBorn
6,245,257
6,184,432
31,162
29,663
2,760
2,534
24,125
244
100.0
99.0
0.5
0.5
12.1
13.3
0.6
2.3
32.7
63.0
1910
44,639,989
39,553,712
4,941,882
144,395
130,550
4,675
9,087
83
100.0
88.6
11.1
0.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
38,791,851
33,731,955
4,925,431
134,465
129,261
3,014
2,162
28
100.0
87.0
12.7
0.3
86.9
85.3
99.7
99.0
64.5
23.8
-ForeignBorn
5,848,138
5,821,757
16,451
9,930
1,289
1,661
6,925
55
100.0
99.5
0.3
0.2
13.1
14.7
0.3
1.0
35.5
76.2
1900
37,178,127

32,607,461
4,447,447
123,219
117,712
4,522
985
------
100.0
87.7
12.0
0.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-Native
32,467,041
27,908,929
4,438,940
119,172
116,706
2,353
113
------
100.0
86.0
13.7
0.4
87.3
85.6
99.8
99.1
52.0
11.5
-ForeignBorn
4,711,086
4,698,532
8,507
4,047
1,006
2,169
872
------
100.0
99.7
0.2
0.1
12.7
14.4
0.2
0.9
48.0
88.5
1890
30,710,613
26,830,879
3,753,073
126,661
122,534
3,868
259
------
100.0
87.4
12.2
0.4
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1880
24,636,963
21,272,070
3,327,678
37,215
32,422
4,779
14
------
100.0
86.3
13.5
0.2
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1870
19,064,806
16,560,289
2,486,746
17,771
13,197
4,566
8
------
100.0
86.9
13.0
0.1
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1860
15,358,117
13,111,150
2,225,086
21,881
20,097
1,784
------
------
100.0
85.4
14.5
0.1
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
1850
11,354,216
 9,526,666
1,827,550
------
------
------
------
------
100.0
83.9
16.1
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----
-----