1930 Federal Population Census

Indexes and Other Finding Aids

• Stephen P. Morse's 1930 Search Engines:
  • Finding Transcribed Enumeration District (ED) Descriptions for 1880-1950 Censuses in One Step
  • Unified 1870-1950 Censuses Enumeration District (ED) Finder
  • Obtaining Streets within EDs for the 1870-1950 Census in One Step (Large Cities Street Finder)
  • Deciphering Codes Appended to 1930 Census in One Step
  • Converting between 1920 and 1930 Census EDs in One Step
  • Converting between 1930 and 1940 Census EDs in One Step
• Microfilmed Soundex Indexes
• Geographic Descriptions of Census Enumeration Districts
• Enumeration District Maps
• Index to Selected City Streets and Enumeration Districts
• 1930 City Directories Available at NARA

How to Start Your 1930 Census Research

Informative Articles and Online Data

Online Availability

The 1930 census is partially available in the National Archives Catalog here and fully available online at Ancestry.com (free at most public libraries and at NARA facilities) and FamilySearch.org (free after creating a free account).