Deciphering Occupation Codes Appended to the 1920 Census in One Step
Stephen P. Morse, PhD
&
Joel D. Weintraub, PhD
The following codes have been summarized from the
IPUMS website.
These codes appear at the right end of the 1920 census page where space permits. In some cases they
were put in column 29 which is meant for the Farm Schedule Number. In other cases they were
put in the right margin. In any event, they were put there well after the
enumeration was done and therefore provide no additional information. However, sometimes
knowing the code can help you determine the occupation in cases where the quality of the
microfilm is poor or the handwriting of the enumerator is difficult to read.
Data presented here comes from
IPUMS.
© Stephen P. Morse & Joel D. Weintraub, 2013
