How do I find the enumeration district of the 1940 Census?
To find a person in the census, you first need to determine the appropriate enumeration district number. This can be found by searching census district maps and descriptions. Browse census images to locate a person in the 1940 census. Census images are organized by enumeration district number.
How do you know the enumeration district?
Enumeration Districts or E.D.s In each state, an enumeration district is given a unique number including two different numbers separated by a dash (i.e. 15-1). The first number is the assigned number for the county and the second number is for each E.D. within the county.
What are census enumeration districts?
An enumeration district, as used by the Bureau of the Census, was an area that could be covered by a single enumerator (census taker) in one census period. Enumeration districts varied in size from several city blocks in densely populated urban areas to an entire county in sparsely populated rural areas.
How do I find my 1950 enumeration district?
Census officials then drew the enumeration district boundaries and numbers on these base maps. The 1950 Census enumeration district maps may be viewed using the National Archives Catalog at https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.ancestorNaIds=821491&sort=naIdSort asc.
What is an enumeration number?
An enumeration is a data type that consists of a set of named values that represent integral constants, known as enumeration constants. An enumeration is also referred to as an enumerated type because you must list (enumerate) each of the values in creating a name for each of them.
Is the 1950 Census available online?
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has digitized and is providing free online access to the 1950 Census population schedules for U.S. states and territories, enumeration district maps, and enumeration district descriptions.
Is the 1950 Census searchable?
How can I find my family? You can search the 1950 Census population schedules by name and address. The Indian Reservation Schedules will also be searchable by reservation name.
How do I find someone in the 1940 census by name?
It is available for online searching free of charge at http://1940census.archives.gov or Population Schedules for the 1940 Census. In order to locate someone, it may be helpful to know his or her address and the Census enumeration district in which that address was located.
