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Families and Households Publications
Families and Households Publications
Official publications released by the U.S. Census Bureau have a report number and often list the lead author(s).
View the list of publications by topics or publications by series.
Browse more publications, including historical publications from the Census of Population and Housing, 2000 Census and 2010 Census.
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1940 Census of Population and Housing: Families
Families classified by size, number of children 21 years old, number of persons in the labor force, etc. Heads of families shown by sex, marital status, etc.
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1940 Census of Population: Characteristics of the Nonwhite Population
Negroes, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Hindus and others by sex, nativity, age, marital status, relationship, schooling, employment and occupation.
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1940 Census of Population: Differential Fertility, 1940 and 1910
Statistics on social, economic, and other characteristics of whites and Negroes for the U.S., including country of birth, by regions, urban and rural.
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1940 Census of Population: Families
These reports cover types of families, size of family and age of head, employment status, and family wage or salary income in 1939.
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1940 Census of Population: Persons Not in the Labor Force
Characteristics of persons who were not in the labor force at the time of the 1940 Census.
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1940 Census of Population: The Labor Force (Sample Statistics)
A series based on tabulations of samples of the 1940 census returns and covers general, occupational and industrial characteristics of the labor force.
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1940 Census of Population: Volume 4. Characteristics by Age
The fourth series of population bulletins. Subjects include relationship to head of household, school attendance, highest grade completed and employment status.
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