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1920 Federal Population Census - Catalog of NARA Microfilm

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

1920 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

Ancestry.com - 1920 United States Federal Census $

Includes research tips and information about the questions asked in each census. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Support - The 1920 U.S. Census

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1920 U.S. Census

This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

Converting between 1920 and 1930 Census EDs in One Step

Online conversion of 1920 Enumeration Districts to their corresponding 1930 Census Enumeration Districts and vice versa.

FamilySearch - Census descriptions of geographic subdivisions and enumeration districts, 1920 : NA T1224

Microfilm of original records at the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. This record is the 1920 portion of "census descriptions of geographic subdivisions and enumeration districts for 1830-1950" (T1224).

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1920

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1920 ^FREE

Name index of population schedules listing inhabitants of the United States in 1920. This was the fourteenth census conducted since 1790. There were 107.5 million individuals enumerated this census year. The index was created by FamilySearch and Ancestry.com.

FamilySearch - United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940

Digital images of National Archives microfilm publication A3378, reproductions of enumeration district maps for the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 censuses.

FamilySearch - United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940 ^FREE

Digital images of National Archives microfilm publication A3378, reproductions of enumeration district maps for the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 censuses. Each census year, the nation was divided into enumeration districts. An enumeration district was an area that could be covered by a single census taker in one census period. Enumeration districts varied in size from one city block in urban areas to an entire county in rural areas.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1920

Findmypast - 1920 U.S. Federal Population Census $

Fold3 - The Interactive Census Project $

1860, 1900, 1910, 1920 and the 1930 US Census. Leave notations, use maps & timelines, add stories and photos.

IPUMS USA | 1920 Enumeration Form

Sample picture of the form.

IPUMS USA | 1920 Enumerators Instructions

IPUMS USA | Census Questions (1920)

MyHeritage - 1920 United States Federal Census $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. The United States 1920 Census, conducted one month from January 5, 1920, determined the resident population of the United States to be 106,021,537 - an increase of 15.0 percent over the 1910 Census. The 1920 census covers 95 to 97 percent of the population.

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1920