Seventeenth Census of the United States
1950 U.S. Federal Census Decatur County, Iowa

Enumerated District Number following the name of area enumerated

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Bloomington Township, 27-1 Fayette Township, 27-9 New Buda Township, 27-27
Burrell Township, 27-4 Franklin Township, 27-11 Richland Township, 27-29
Center Township, 27-5 Grand River, Richard Twp, 27-28 Van Wert, Long Creek Twp, 27-24
Davis City, 27-2 Lamoni, Fayette Township, 27-19 Weldon, Franklin Twp, 27-21
Davis City, 27-3 Lamoni, Fayette Township, 27-20 Woodland Township, 27-30
Decatur Township, 27-7 Leon, Center Township, 27-21  
Eden Township, 27-8 Hamilton Township, 27-17  

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KEY to Column Headings:
LN#
SH No. [Sheet No.]
(1) ST - Street - Co=county; Cem=cemetery; Rd=road; Sch=school; Ch=church, etc.
(2) House Number - H=house; NSEW=north, south, east, west
(3) Serial # - given to each house
(7) Last name
(7) First name
(8) Relation - to the Head of household
(9) Race - White (W), Negro (Neg), American Indian (Ind), Japanese (Jap), Chinese (Chi), Filipino (Fil), Other - spell out
(10) M/F
(11) Age - last birthday; under one year of age, month of birth
(12) S, M, Wd, D - marital status
(13) Birthplace
(14) Citizenship - If foreign born - Is he naturalized?
(20a) Occupation
(20b) Industry

The Questions below are for persons listed on sample lines
(23) Same County - Was he living in this same county a year ago?
(24a) Residence County - If no, What County and State was he living in a year ago [1949]?
(24b) State
(25) Father's Birthplace - Country father and mother born in
(25) Mother's Birthplace
(26) Highest grade- Codes:
None-0; Kindergarten-K; Elementary-S1 to S8, High S9-S12; Elementary-S1-S6, Jr-S7,S8,S9, Sr High- S10, S11, S12; College or Univ - C1-C5
US Armed Forces
(33a) WWII
(33b) WWI
(33c) Other
(38) # of Children
Transcriber's Remarks/Enumerator's Notes

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