Thursday, March 31, 2022

TOMORROW: Census Bureau Director to Participate in Virtual 1950 Census Records Event

Population records from the 1950 Census will be released Friday by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Friday: Census Bureau Director to Participate in Virtual 1950 Census Records Event

1950 Census Media Advisory - Santos

MARCH 31, 2022 – Tomorrow, Friday, April 1, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos will join the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for a virtual event celebrating the release of population records from the 1950 Census.

The event will be hosted on NARA's website and begin at 10 a.m. Join the event by visiting NARA's 1950 Census records webpage at archives.gov/1950census.

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A Stroke of Genealogy: Searching Census Bureau Records

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1950 Census Records: A Window to History

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is set to release individual records of everyone counted in the 1950 Census April 1, following a mandatory 72-year waiting period. 

The 1950 Census opens a window into one of the most transformative periods in modern American history, revealing a country of roughly 151 million people who had just recently emerged from the hardships and uncertainties of World War II and the Great Depression.

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Then and Now: A Look Back at the 1950 Census

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Have you ever wondered what the U.S. population was in 1950? What about the number of women in the workplace, or the average family income? Step back in time and expand your knowledge on what life was like in the 1950s with a "then and now" game of comparisons. Play our Kahoot! Game.

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