Hello everyone! I am looking to analyze some data from a town that spans three partial enumeration districts in the 1940 census and would like to pull all of the individual-level information (name, age, wages, rent, that kind of thing) into a single excel document for analysis. I have seen some aggregated data available through American Fact Finder, but the only solution I've come up with for this kind of individual level search is to copy/paste the indexed information from Family Search (which includes only the basics: name, age, etc.) into excel and then manually input the rest of the info on parent origin, rent, etc. As this is rather time consuming, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about how best to approach this? In case it helps, the Enumeration Districts I want to pull are from Washington: 17-204, 17-205, ad 17-182. Thank you!
Dear Ms. Callanan,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We searched the Hathitrust Catalog and located the publication 16th census of the United States, 1940. Population and housing. Statistics for census tracts Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Leon E. Truesdell, chief statistician for population Seattle, Wash that may contain the information that you seek. We also suggest that you consult Explore Census Data or IPUMS USA to extract and analyze your selected 1940 Census data.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!