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1940 Census Records

From the The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

1940 Census Records | Compact Guide to the 1940 U.S. Census

Includes a summary of the information given in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census and other resources.

Ancestry.com - 1940 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 1940 U.S. Federal Census

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1940 U.S. Census

This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Direct Me NYC: 1940

A New York Public Library website designed to help you use old phone books to unlock the 1940 Federal Census in New York City.

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1940 ^FREE

All fifty states included in the 1940 US Census are completely indexed and published for searching.

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 - 1940 Census United States

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1940

Findmypast - 1940 U.S. Federal Population Census $

Getting Ready for the 1940 Census

Getting Ready For The 1940 Census: Searching without a Name Index, by Stephen P. Morse. This article appeared in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (December 2011).

How to Access the 1940 Census in One Step

Tool by Stephen P. Morse & Joel D. Weintraub.

IPUMS USA | 1940 Enumeration Form

IPUMS USA | 1940 Enumerators Instructions

IPUMS USA | Census Questions (1940)

MyHeritage - 1940 United States Federal Census $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. The 1940 Census included all 132,164,569 residents of the United States at that time, and the armed forces serving overseas, born on or before April 1, 1940. It is the largest, most comprehensive, and most recent US census record set available. It includes information on names, ages, locations, households, relations, gender, race, education, places of birth, and other facts unique to the 1940 Census including residence in 1935, detailed income and occupation and supplemental questions for 2 people on each form.

U.S. Census Bureau - 1940 Census

Information about the The Sixteenth Census of the United States.

Unified 1940 Census ED Finder

Obtaining the Enumeration District for a 1940 Location in One Step by Stephen P. Morse, PhD & Joel D. Weintraub, PhD.