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This Is Who We Were: A Companion to the 1940 Census

Table of Contents

Introduction




Preface




Media Response




1940 and 2010 Census Data: State by State Comparisons & Rankings




Total Population




White Population




Black Population




American Indian/Alaska Native Population




Asian Population




Hispanic or Latino Population




Foreign-Born Population




Males per 100 Females




Median Age




High School Graduation Rate




College Graduation Rate




One-Person Households




Homeownership Rate




Median Home Value




Median Gross Rent




Households Lacking Complete Plumbing




Section One: Profiles




Family of Four Depend on Ford Motor Company Job




Family Life in a Planned Community




Farmer Finds Second Career Creating Insurance Just for Farmers




Family Wiped Out by Stock Market Crash




America Repatriates its Own Citizens to Mexico




African American Couple Emigrate from Rural South to Urban North




Tennessee Farmer Finds Success as Welder for TVA




The Fight for Equality and Civil Rights is Vibrant




Civil Unrest Sweeps Across America




Speedboat Champion Strives to Create the Ultimate Machine




Boxer Claims the Role of Villain to Achieve Success




Family Endures Death, Debts and Selling the Farm




Microphone Innovations Usher in Popular Crooners




Judge Takes the Road Less Travelled




Government Work Program Strengthens American Music Scene




Methodist Minister Tames Troubled Churches




The Fight to Make America Liquor-Free Continues




The Man Who Made the Electric Light Bulb Affordable




Newspaper Sportswriter is Best Job in the World




Discovering the Power of Technicolor




New York Bond Trader Sees a Rebounding Economy




Keeping up With the “Swingingest Female Alive”




RCA-Victor Researcher Works in Secret on Inventing Television




How Wheaties Became “Breakfast of Champions”




Tobacco Heiress Continues to Live the Good Life




Frozen Food Innovator Focuses on Portable Food for Soldiers




Section Two: Historical Snapshots




Early 1930s




Mid 1930s




Late 1930s




1940




Section Three: Economy of the Times




1930




1931




1932




1933




1934




1935




1936




1937




1938




1939




1940




Value of a Dollar Index 1860–2010




Section Four: All Around Us—What We Saw, Wrote, Read & Listened To




All Around Us—1930 through 1940




Section Five: 1940 Census Summary & Comparison Data




United States Summary from the 1940 Census




1940 Census Comparison of Principal Cities