The 1915 Iowa State Census Project

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Principal Investigator(s): Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence

Summary: The 1915 Iowa State Census is a unique document. It was the first census in the United States to include information on education and income prior to the United States Federal Census of 1940. It contains considerable detail on other aspects of individuals and households, e.g., religion, wealth and years in the United States and Iowa. The Iowa State Census of 1915 was a complete sample of the residents of the state and the returns were written by census takers (assessors) on index cards. These ca... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28501.v1

Access Notes

  • This study was originally processed, archived, and disseminated by DSDR, a project funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

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