U.S. Department of Commerce

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING
1950 Census

1950 Census of Population

VOL. IV. SPECIAL REPORTS

Part 1. Economic Characteristics * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 120.6 MB]
No. 1A. Employment and Personal Characteristics.
No. 1B. Occupational Characteristics.
No. 1C. Occupation by Industry.
No. 1D. Industrial Characteristics.

Part 2. Family Characteristics. * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 109.0 MB]
No. 2A. General Characteristics of Families.
No. 2C. Institutional Population
No. 2D. Marital Status.
No. 2E. Duration of Current Marital Status.

Part 3. National Origin and Race * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 104.8 MB]
No. 3A. Nativity and Parentage. No. 3B. Nonwhite Population by Race.
No. 3C. Persons of Spanish Surname.
No. 3D. Puerto Ricans in Continental United States.

Part 4. Mobility of the Population. * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 273.9 MB]
No. 4A. State of Birth.
No. 4B. Population Mobility -- States and State Economic Areas.
No. 4C. Population Mobility -- Farm-Nonfarm Movers.
No. 4D. Population Mobility -- Characteristics of Migrants.

Part 5. Other Subjects. * - Title Page [PDF], Full Document [ZIP, 91.0 MB]
No. 5A. Characteristics by Size of Place.
No. 5B. Education
No. 5C. Fertility.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau