Data Dictionary - Census 1920 - Social Explorer Dataset

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Census 1920

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Survey: Census 1920

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Digitally transcribed by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Edited, verified by Michael Haines. Compiled, edited and verified by Social Explorer.

Data set: Social Explorer Dataset (SE)

Dataset Description

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Documentation

Full survey documentation is available here.

Notes

Billings-Sioux, ND, Armstrong, SD, Clark-Fremont, ID, Lea-Roosevelt, NM, Converse-Natrona, WY, and Mariposa-Mono, CA were recognized as counties but do not contain any demographic information. Armstrong, SD has iterations on Farm status and output. Billings-Sioux, ND, Clark-Fremont, ID, Lea-Roosevelt, NM, Converse-Natrona, WY, and Mariposa-Mono, CA have enumerations on all manufacturing iterations.
In tables concerning race, users are advised that Alaska and its counties did not enumerate Black Population, while Hawaii iterated only Black Population.
Hopewell, VA and Yellowstone National Park, WY do not have any enumerations relating to Farms and Manufacturing.

Tables

Social Explorer Dataset (110 tables)

Table	Title
T1	Total Population
A1	Population Density
A2	Area (square miles)
T2	Urban Population (Places of 2,500 and over)
T3	Urban Population (Cities of 25,000 and over)
T4	Rural Population
T5	Sex
T6	Sex (White Population)
T7	Sex (Native Born White Population)
T8	Sex (Foreign Born White Population)
T9	Sex (Black Population)
T10	Sex By Race (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T11	Sex By Race By Nativity/Citizenship Status (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T12	Age
T12A	Age - Cumulative (Less)
T12B	Age - Cumulative (More)
T13	Age By Sex (Population Age 18 to 44 Years)
T14	Race
T15	Race By Sex
T16	Race, By Nativity For White Population (Population Age 10 And Over)
T17	Race (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T18	Race By Sex (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T19	Nativity (White Population)
T20	Nativity By Sex (White Population)
T21	Nativity (White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T22	Parentage (White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T23	Parentage (Native Born White Population)
T24	Parentage (Native White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T25	Parentage By Sex (Native White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T26	Parentage By Sex (White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T27	Citizenship Status (Foreign Born White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T28	Citizenship Status (White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T29	Sex By Citizenship Status (Foreign Born White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T30	Place of Birth (White Population)
T31	Place of Birth (White Foreign Born Population)
T32	School Attendance
T33	School Attendance By Age (Attending School Age 7 TO 20)
T34	Literacy (Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T35	Literacy (White Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T36	Literacy (White Native Born Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T37	Literacy (White Foreign Born Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T38	Literacy (Black Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T39	Literacy By Race (Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T40	Literacy By Race (Illiterate Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T41	Literacy By Nativity (White Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T42	Literacy By Nativity (Illiterate White Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T43	Literacy By Race, By Nativity for White (Population Age 10 Years And Over)
T44	Literacy (Population Age 16 to 20 Years)
T45	Literacy (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T46	Literacy By Sex (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T47	Literacy (Male Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T48	Literacy (Female Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T49	Literacy By Race (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T50	Literacy (White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T51	Literacy (Black Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T52	Literacy By Sex By Race (Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T53	Literacy (Native Born White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T54	Literacy (Native Born White Male Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T55	Literacy (Native Born White Female Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T56	Literacy (Foreign Born White Population Age 21 Years Old And Over)
T57	Literacy (Foreign Born White Male Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T58	Literacy (Foreign Born White Female Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T59	Literacy By Nativity (Illiterate White Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T60	Literacy By Sex (Illiterate White Native Born Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T61	Literacy By Sex (Illiterate White Foreign Born Population Age 21 Years And Over)
T62	Dwelling Units
T63	Families
T64	Tenure
T65	Tenure By Mortgage Status
T66	Mortgage Status (Owned Homes)
T67	Farms By Sex of Farm Operator
T68	Farms By Race (And Nativity For White Farmers)
T69	Farms By Nativity (White Farmers)
T70	Farms By Acreage
T71	Farms By Tenure
T72	Farms By Tenure By Land Lease and Payment Method
T73	Farms By Land Lease (Owner Operated Farm)
T74	Farms By Payment Method (Farms Operated By Tenants)
T75	Farms By Race of Farmer (For Owned or Rented Farms)
T76	Farms By Race of Farmer (Owner Operated Farms)
T77	Farms By Race of Farmer (Tenant Operated Farms)
T78	Farms By Nativity of Farmer (Owner Operated Farms)
T79	Farms By Nativity of Farmer (White Operated Tenant Farms)
T80	Farms Tenure By Race of Farmer, By Nativity For White
T81	Improved/Unimproved Farm Land Acreage
T82	Farm Land Acreage By Tenure
T83	Farm Land Acreage By Farm Tenure By Improved/Unimproved Farmland
T84	Farm Land Acreage By Improved/Unimproved Farmland (Owner Operated Farms)
T85	Farm Land Acreage By Improved/Unimproved Farmland (Tenant Operated Farms)
T86	Farm Land Acreage By Improved/Unimproved Farmland (Manager Operated Farms)
T87	Approximate Land Area in Acres
T88	Value of Farms
T89	Land and Building Value of Farms By Tenure
T90	Value of Crops
T91	Average Value of All Farm Property
T92	Average Value of All Farm Property (Owner Operated Farms)
T93	Average Value of All Farm Property (Tenant Operated Farms)
T94	Average Value of All Farm Property (Manager Operated Farms)
T95	Average Value of Crops Per Farm
T96	Manufacturing Establishments
T97	Average Number of Manufacturing Workers
T98	Manufacturing Cost
T99	Value of Manufactured Output
T100	Manufacturing Value Added
T101	Capacity of Primary Engines in Manufacturing Establishment
T102	Area
T103	Population Per Square Mile
T104	Urban Population 1920 (1930 Census)
T105	Rural Population 1920 (1930 Census)

Notes:

Billings-Sioux, ND, Armstrong, SD, Clark-Fremont, ID, Lea-Roosevelt, NM, Converse-Natrona, WY, and Mariposa-Mono, CA were recognized as counties but do not contain any demographic information. Armstrong, SD has iterations on Farm status and output. Billings-Sioux, ND, Clark-Fremont, ID, Lea-Roosevelt, NM, Converse-Natrona, WY, and Mariposa-Mono, CA have enumerations on all manufacturing iterations.
In tables concerning race, users are advised that Alaska and its counties did not enumerate Black Population, while Hawaii iterated only Black Population.
Hopewell, VA and Yellowstone National Park, WY do not have any enumerations relating to Farms and Manufacturing.

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