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About the 1920 census
Highlights
- 14th decennial census
- US population: 105,710,620
- California population: 3,426,861
- For the first time, the majority of Americans were living in urban areas.
Questions asked
Address; name; relationship to head of family; sex; race; age; marital status; year of immigration to U.S.; whether naturalized and year of naturalization; school attendance; literacy; place of birth of person and parents; mother tongue of foreign born; ability to speak English; occupation; industry, and class of worker. Supplemental schedules for the blind and for the deaf.
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