1920 Connecticut Census Material

Location of Connecticut Information included in the 1920 Census:

	Title  [online versions are underlined]	Location in State Library Collections
1	Fourteenth Census of the United States. State Compendium Connecticut, statistics of population, agriculture,...for the state, counties and cities.	C 3.28/19:C 76
2	Fourteenth Census of the United States taken in the year 1920, volume 3, Population, 1920.  Composition and characteristics of the population by states. CT begins on pg. 151.	C 3.28/5:v.3
3	Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.  Bulletin.  Population of Connecticut by number of inhabitants by counties and minor civil divisions. (Click on thumbnail #76)	C 3.28/8:C 76
4	Historical Census Browser, 1790-1960 posted  by the University of Virginia Library

Questions asked on the 1920 Census:

Title [online versions are underlined]	Location in the State Library Collections
Measuring America the Decennial Censuses for 1790-2000	GIRS Reference C 3.2:M46/2
200 Years of U.S. Census Taking: population and housing questions 1790-1990	GIRS Reference C 3.2:T 93

 1920 Census data for Connecticut is available for these geographic areas:

• State
• County
• Cities
• Minor Civil Divisions

Boundaries of geographic areas may be determined using a combination of Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts, (a microfilm set kept in the Newspaper Room at the State Library, call number F93 .U5 1978, reel 43) and town maps. (Note that not all data is available for all geographic areas)

Related Links:

• Census of 1920, link to the State Library Catalog for other related material
• United States Census Bureau link to other online publications related to the 1920 Census including population data for other states, and special census returns such as manufactures, agriculture, and mines

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Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 3/2008.