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1940 Census Bureau Headquarters
The 1940 Census came at a momentous time in our nation's history — the country was emerging from...
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A census taker at work
Every 10 years, the Census Bureau takes a snapshot of life in our nation. We count our population...
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1940 census workers transferring data to punch cards
While aggregate results are released immediately, the details we work so diligently to document —...
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2010 Population Count Release Event
Our nation grew considerably in the 70 years after 1940. The 2010 Census found 308.7...
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Sorting Punch Cards (1940)
Newspapers and radio shared the news of the final 1940 Census results. The Census Bureau reported...
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Optical Scanner (2010)
By 2010, the Census Bureau employed computer technology. Optical scanners and computer software...
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Census worker at a key punch machine
The evolution of technology greatly reduced the time it took to complete the count. By 1940, the...
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Transferring responses from the form to the punch cards
The 1940 Census utilized electronic tabulation equipment — similar to that first used in 1890 — to...
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Workers entering data on punch cards for the 1940 Census
State–of–the–art technology in 1940 was a complicated process of transferring data from enumerators' census forms onto punch cards.
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1940 Data Processing
While many similarities exist between 1940 and 2010 in the door–to–door process, census workers...
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Census worker (2010)
The remaining households (plus the households that didn't mail back forms) were counted by 635,000...
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2010 census forms were delivered via U.S. mail
In 2010, most households were given the opportunity to respond first by mail. Census forms were mailed to more than 120 million households.
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A 1940 census worker counts a family
The 1940 Census used 175,000 maps as guides for enumerators so they could personally visit every...
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A 1940 census worker outside a home
Enumerators — more than 120,000 of them — interviewed residents and recorded their information in a portfolio–sized book.
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A 1940 census form
The 1940 Census form was longer than previous national counts and introduced a broad range of new...
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Road Tour Promotional Bus (2010)
Promotional efforts for both the 1940 and 2010 Censuses reflected the times. The 2010...
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Promotional Poster (2010)
With the nation much larger, the 2010 Census significantly built upon promotional efforts set...
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Promotional Poster (1940)
As preparations for Census Day ramped up in 1940, the Census Bureau partnered with newspapers and...
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1940 Census Records Release
2010 Census Results
Historical Photos
Income, Poverty and Health...
American Housing Survey, 2009
Door-to-Door Follow Up
March to the Mailbox
Extreme Measures
Take 10
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