1910 US Census 13th United States Census

Information requested for the 1910 Census

General Population

• Relationship to head of the family
• Sex, color, race, age
• Is the person single, married, widowed, or divorced?
• If married, for how many years?
• How many children did this person mother and how many survived?
• State or country of birth
• Mother and father’s place of birth
• Year of immigration to the United States
• Naturalized or an alien?
• Can speak English? If not, what language?
• Trade, profession, or occupation
• General nature of the industry, business, or establishment of occupation
• Is the person an employer, employee, or working on his own account?
• If the person is an employee, was he out of work on April 15, 1910?
• If the person is an employee, what is the number of weeks he was out of work in 1909?
• Can read or write?
• Has the person attended school at any time since September, 1909?
• Is the person's home owned or rented?
• Is the person's home owned free or mortgaged?
• Does the person reside in a home or on a farm?
• If on a farm, what is the farm's identification number on the census farm schedule?
• Is the person a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy?
• Is the person blind in both eyes?
• Is the person deaf and dumb?

Indian Population

• Tribe
• Tribe of person's father
• Tribe of person's mother
• Proportion of lineage that is American Indian
• Proportion of lineage that is white
• Proportion of lineage that is black
• Number of times married
• Is this person living in polygamy?
• If this person is living in polygamy, are his wives sisters?
• If this person graduated from an educational institution, which one?
• Is this person taxed?
• If this person had received an allotment of land from the government, what was the year of that allotment?
• Is this person residing on his or her own land?
• Is this person living in a "civilized" or "aboriginal" dwelling?

What was lost from the 1910 Census?

No major loss of records for the 1910 US census

1910 Census Quick Facts

• It took $15,968,000, approximately 70,286 enumerators and 11,456 published reports to complete the 1910 census
• The US population increased by 21 percent from the 1900 census to the 1910 census.
• The 1910 US census page orientation switched from portrait to landscape.

Historical Events Surrounding 1910 US Census

• April 14, 1912: The Titanic strikes an iceberg and sinks on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
• May 30, 1911: The Indianapolis 500 auto rave is held for the first time
• March 12, 1912: The Girl Scouts, formerly known as The American Girl Guides, is formed
• January 25, 1915: Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson hold the first telephone conversation
• January 15, 1915: The United States Coast Guard is established replacing the U.S. Life-Saving Services