1940 SCOTT COUNTY ARKANSAS CENSUS
QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE ENUMERATOR
The questions highlighted
below are those we included in our transcriptions of this census. To read the
complete census, you will need to locate your family either on the census
posted at
https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html by National Archives (free to the public) or at https://www.familysearch.org/
by FamilySearch.org (free to the public) or at http://www.ancestry.com/
(requires a subscription.)
Location
Household
Data
3. Number of household in order of visitation
4. Home owned (O) or rented (R)
5. Value of home or monthly rental if rented
6. Farm? (Yes or No)
Name
7. Name of each person whose usual place of residence
on April 1, 1940, was in this household.
Relation
8. Relationship of this person to the head of the
household
Personal
Description
9. Sex
10. Color or Race
11. Age at Last Birthday
12. Marital Status
13. Attended
school or college at any time since March 1, 1940?
14. Highest grade of school completed
Place of
Birth
15. Place of Birth [Note: supposed to list the state or foreign country]
Citizenship
16.
Citizenship of the foreign born
Residence, April 1, 1935
17. City, town or village having 2,600 or more
inhabitants. If less, enter "R"
18. County
19. State (or Territory or foreign country)
20. On a
farm? (Y or N)
For Persons
14 Years Old and Over – Employment Status:
For Persons
Answering "No" to questions 21-24:
If
"Yes" in Column 21:
If
"Yes" in Column 22 or 23:
Occupation,
Industry, and Class of Worker:
Income in
1939 (12 months ending Dec. 31, 1939):
Supplemental
Questions (asked of 5% of the population):
Codes
Column 10
(Color or Race)
Code |
Name |
W |
White |
Neg |
Negro |
In |
Indian |
Chi |
Chinese |
Jp |
Japanese |
Fil |
Filipino |
Hin |
Hindu |
Kor |
Korean |
Column 14
(Highest Grade of School Completed)
Code |
Name |
0 |
None |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Elementary
school, 1st – 8th |
H-1, H-2,
H-3, H-4 |
High
school, 1st – 4th year |
C-1, C-2,
C-3, C-4 |
College,
1st – 4th year |
C-5 |
College,
5th or subsequent year |
Column 16
(Citizenship of Foreign Born):
Code |
Name |
Na |
Naturalized |
Pa |
Having
first papers |
Al |
Alien |
Am Cit |
American
citizen born abroad |
Columns 30
and 47 (Class of worker):
Code |
Name |
PW |
Wage or
salary worker in private work |
GW |
Wage or
salary working in government work |
E |
Employer |
OA |
Working on
own account |
NP |
Unpaid
family worker |
Column 41
(War or Military Service):
Code |
Name |
W |
World War |
S |
Spanish-American
War, Philippine Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion |
SW |
Spanish-American
War & World War |
R |
Regular
establishment (Army, Navy or Marine Corps) Peace-time service only |
Ot |
Other war
or expedition |
Use the Left Arrow in
the upper lefthand side of your browser window to
return to the Scott County Census page.