- Fourteenth U.S. decennial population census.
- U.S. population: 106.0 million
- Census conducted by the Director of the Census (Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor).
- Census day: 1 January 1920.
- Mandated copies: One set, to the Director of the Census. Local jurisdictions could buy a copy of their schedules at cost.
- The original census schedules were destroyed in the 1940s after being microfilmed.
Information Provided on 1920 Census:
- Address
- name
- relationship to family head
- sex
- race
- age
- marital status
- if foreign born, year of immigration to the U.S., whether naturalized, and year of naturalization
- school attendance
- literacy
- birthplace of person and parents mother tongue of foreign born
- ability to speak English; occupation, industry, and class of worker
- home owned or rented
- if owned, whether free or mortgaged.
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