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Gathering Data for 1930 Census (Image Credit: Corbis)
What Was Life Like in 1930?
The 1930 census offers greater insight and detail into American life in the early 20th century than virtually any other resource. And the census has just been released to the public after being sealed for 72 years (by law, individual records cannot be released to the public until 72 years after the census in which they were collected). The census records contain information on births, deaths, relationships, origins, residences, occupations, citizenship, and more. Test your knowledge of what life was like for your ancestors!
1
Today, life expectancy for those living in the United States is about 77.3 years. In 1930 life expectancy was _______.
2
What percentage of the U.S. population lived in cities in 1930?
3
In 1930, what was the average asking price for a home in Washington, D.C.?
4
Today, virtually all U.S. households have telephones. How many households had a telephone in 1930?
5
If you made a 3-minute phone call from New York to San Francisco in 1930, how much would you pay?
6
There was just one radio station in the United States in 1921. How many radio stations were there by 1930?
7
In 1910, 8% of people age 10 and over could not read or write. By 1930, what percentage of people over 10 years of age were illiterate?
8
Phoenix, Arizona is today one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, with a population of 1,321,045 people, according to the 2000 census. Seventy years earlier, the 1930 census recorded how many people living in Phoenix?
9
The 2000 census showed that 33,871,648 people lived in California, making it the most populous state in the country. How many people lived in California in 1930?
10
Of the foreign-born residents of the U.S. in 1930, more came from which of the following countries than any other?
11
The 2000 census revealed that approximately 61% of all women over age 16 were in the general workforce. In 1930 what proportion of women were employed in jobs outside the home?
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