1920 Cowlitz County, WA Census -
Key to Column Headings

Column # Information
1 Line number
2 Address
3 Dwelling number
4 Family number
5 Name (Last name, first name)
6 Relationship to head of household
7 Whether head of household owns home or rents home, and whether home is owned freely or mortgaged.
O/M=owned, mortgaged; O/F=owned freely; R=rented
8 Sex (M=male, F=female)
9 Race (W=white, B=black, I=Indian)
10 Age (on their last birthday prior to Jan. 1, 1920)
11 Marital status (M=married, S=single, D=divorced, Wd=widowed)
12 Year of immigration, if foreign-born
13 Whether naturalized (Na.), in the process of becoming naturalized (Pa.), or alien (Al.) If naturalized, the year of naturalization is given in parentheses.
14 Whether they attended school within the last year
15 Whether they can read and write
16 Birthplace of individual. If foreign-born, native language is given in parentheses.
17 Father's birthplace. If foreign-born, native language is given in parentheses.
18 Mother's birthplace. If foreign-born, native language is given in parentheses.
19 Whether able to speak English
20 Occupation
21 Comments and Annotations - this column is available to anyone who has additional information or corrections to make to the census information. Also, comments made by census-taker are also recorded here.


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