1930 United States Census


The United States Census of 1930, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.

Census questions

The 1930 Census collected the following information:
Full documentation for the 1930 census, including census forms and enumerator instructions, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.

Data availability

The original census enumeration sheets were microfilmed by the Census Bureau in 1949, after which the original sheets were destroyed. The microfilmed census is located on 2,667 rolls of microfilm, and available from the National Archives and Records Administration. Several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices.
Microdata from the 1930 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.

State rankings

RankStatePopulation as of
1930 Census		Population as of
1920 Census		ChangePercent
change
112,588,06610,385,2272,202,839 21.2%
29,631,3508,720,017911,333 10.5%
37,630,6546,485,2801,145,374 17.7%
46,646,6975,759,394887,303 15.4%
55,824,7154,663,2281,161,487 24.9%
65,677,2513,426,8612,250,390 65.7%
74,842,3253,668,4121,173,913 32.0%
84,249,6143,852,356397,258 10.3%
94,041,3343,155,900885,434 28.1%
103,629,3673,404,055225,312 6.6%
113,238,5032,930,390308,113 10.5%
123,170,2762,559,123611,153 23.9%
132,939,0062,632,067306,939 11.7%
142,908,5062,895,83212,674 0.4%
152,646,2482,348,174298,074 12.7%
162,616,5562,337,885278,671 11.9%
172,614,5892,416,630197,959 8.2%
182,563,9532,387,125176,828 7.4%
192,470,9392,404,02166,918 2.8%
202,421,8512,309,187112,664 4.9%
212,396,0402,028,283367,757 18.1%
222,101,5931,798,509303,084 16.9%
232,009,8211,790,618219,203 12.2%
241,880,9991,769,257111,742 6.3%
251,854,4821,752,204102,278 5.8%
261,738,7651,683,72455,041 3.3%
271,729,2051,463,701265,504 18.1%
281,631,5261,449,661181,865 12.5%
291,606,9031,380,631226,272 16.4%
301,563,3961,356,621206,775 15.2%
311,468,211968,470499,741 51.6%
321,377,9631,296,37281,591 6.3%
331,035,791939,62996,162 10.2%
34953,786783,389170,397 21.8%
35797,423768,01429,409 3.8%
36692,849636,54756,302 8.8%
37687,497604,39783,100 13.7%
38680,845646,87233,973 5.3%
39537,606548,889-11,283 -2.1%
40507,847449,39658,451 13.0%
-486,869437,57149,298 11.3%
41465,293443,08322,210 5.0%
42445,032431,86613,166 3.0%
43435,573334,162101,411 30.3%
44423,317360,35062,967 17.5%
-368,300255,881112,419 43.9%
45359,611352,4287,183 2.0%
46238,380223,00315,377 6.9%
47225,565194,40231,163 16.0%
4891,05877,40713,651 17.6%
-59,27855,0364,242 7.7%

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