1920 United States Census

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The 1920 United States Census was a nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that documented demographic, social, and economic data for residents of the United States as of January 1, 1920.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
1920 United States Census canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decennial census ⓘ
population census ⓘ
archivedBy National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
authority United States Department of Commerce ⓘ
censusDate 1920-01-01 ⓘ
conductedBy United States Census Bureau ⓘ
confidentialityProtection Title 13 of the United States Code ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataCollected age ⓘ
citizenship ⓘ
employment status ⓘ
farm residence ⓘ
home ownership ⓘ
industry ⓘ
marital status ⓘ
mother tongue ⓘ
nativity ⓘ
occupation ⓘ
population count ⓘ
race ⓘ
sex ⓘ
dataCollectionMode paper schedules ⓘ
digitalAvailability online genealogical databases ⓘ
enumerationMethod door-to-door enumeration ⓘ
followedBy 1930 United States Census ⓘ
follows 1910 United States Census ⓘ
geographicCoverage Alaska Territory ⓘ
linked to: Alaska

Hawaii Territory ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
Philippine Islands ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands

contiguous United States ⓘ
languageOfForms English ⓘ
legalStatus official federal statistics ⓘ
legislativeBasis United States Constitution ⓘ
microfilmAvailability National Archives microfilm publications ⓘ
partOfSeries United States Census ⓘ
primaryPurpose apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
processingTechnology Hollerith punched card tabulating machines ⓘ
recordsAccess public ⓘ
recordsAccessRestrictionPeriod 72 years ⓘ
referenceDateDescription as of January 1, 1920 ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early 20th century United States ⓘ
usedFor demographic research ⓘ
economic research ⓘ
genealogical research ⓘ
historical analysis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1910 United States Census → followedBy → 1920 United States Census ⓘ
Reapportionment Act of 1929 → implementedAfter → 1920 United States Census ⓘ