1930 Census Notes from newspapers of the day:

From the Van Wert Daily Bulletin, (Van Wert, OH), December 14, 1931: 

  "Twenty-six Ohio villages which were included in the rural
population in 1920 passed over into the urban classification
during the decade 1920-1930.  This is due to the census method
of classification by which places of 2500 or more are included
under urban; whereas all centers of less than 2500 are called
rural."

From the Thomson Review, (Thomson, IL), July 2, 1931: 

  "The Bureau of the Census announces that according to returns
received, there were 75,951 marriages performed in Illinois in
1930, as compared to 84,092 in 1929, a decrease of 9.7 percent.
During the same period, 1930, 15,432 divorces were granted, as
compared with 15,758 in 1929.   There were 202 marriages an-
nulled in 1930 and 249 in 1929.  The number of marriages was
furnished by the County Clerk of each county, while the divorce
decrees were furnished by the clerk of the circuit court and by
the city clerks having divorce jurisdiction."

From the Wellsboro Gazette, (Wellsboro, PA), November 26, 1931: 

  "Radios were found by the bureau of census to be owned by
57.6 per cent of the families in Massachusetts."

From the Newark Advocate, (Newark, OH), October 19, 1931: 

  "We are told on the authority of the census bureau that the 
population of the United States on the first of July was 
124,069,651.  In other words, the slowing up of the birth and
immigration rates have made it necessary to revise the former
computation of population growth in this country. There is no
occasion for alarm in this; but we are told to accustom our-
selves to the fact that we now add one to the population every
36 seconds, instead of every 23 seconds as heretofore."

From the Lincoln Star, (Lincoln, NE), October 1, 1931: 

  "Q. What did the census of 1930 show as the relative distri-
bution of population in city and country?
   A. Rural population of the U.S. in 1930 was 53,820,223, and
urban population was 68,954,823.  The number actually living on
farms was 30,447,550."

From the Daily Courier, (Connellsville, PA), December 26, 1931: 

  "Unfeminine Occupations - The census bureau lists many occu-
pations in which it is unusual for women to be employed.  Some
of these are: Blacksmith, baggage man, boiler maker, brakeman,
butcher, conductor on the railroad, coppersmith, electrician,
locomotive engineer or fireman, fireman in the fire department,
forester, garbage man, hostler, pilot, plumber, railway mail
clerk, stone mason, street cleaner and tinsmith."

From the Commerce Journal, (Commerce, TX), December 4, 1931: 

  "Texas Boasts More Families; Average Size Is Smaller
  WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. - Though Texas gained 365,867 families
during the decade 1920-1930, the average size of families in
both Texas and Oklahoma fell from 4.6 persons in 1920 to 4.2
persons in each family in 1930 according to figures issued by
the Census Bureau Sunday.  Texas and Oklahoma showed the 
greatest decrease in population per family during the 10-year
period, being exceeded only by the District of Columbia in 
which the number per family fell from 4.5 persons to 3.9 per-
sons per family in 1930.
  "As of the census date, 1930, there were 1,383,280 families
in Texas compared with 1,017,413 families in 1920.  Eighteen
and six-tenths per cent of all families in the State owned
radio sets.  The number of family radio set owners being
257,686.
  "The 1930 census returns for the Nation reveals that there
were nearly 30,000,000 families and nearly 12,000,000 or 40
per cent owned radio sets.
  "Though census figures also disclose a gain of more than
five and one-half million families in the United States dur-
ing the last decade, a gain of 23 per cent, a steady decline
in the size of families is disclosed.  In 1930, there were
4.1 persons per family compared with 4.3 in 1920; 4.5 in
1910; 4.8 in 1900 and 4.9 in 1890.
  "North and South Carolina led all States in the size of 
families in 1930, there being 4.9 persons to each family in
North Carolina and 4.7 persons in South Carolina.  Cali-
fornia and Nevada showed the smallest families, each having
3.5 persons per family."

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