In 1920, Norway’s capital city was called Kristiania, not Oslo, and the country was in economic crisis after the end of the First World War. The country had a population of 2,649,775, according to the ...

One hundred years ago, the 1920 census showed Tennessee had more males than females, had a decreasing Black population and relatively few people born south of the country's border, and was a ...

A view of tabulators working at their desks in the Census Bureau. A view of tabulators working at their desks in the Census Bureau.Thomas D. McAvoy—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images After ...

“We all await the results of the 2020 census,” Price writes, “but it’s also interesting to look back 100 years ago to see what the 1920 census told us about Texas.” In the same message, she forwarded ...

Censuses date back to the mid-18th century when the majority of western countries started keeping detailed records of their populations to assist with planning for the future. The first U.S. census ...

In March 1920, Harry Taylor, longtime editor of the Portsmouth Times, was furious at Chillicothe City Council. The newspaper man’s rage, on the surface at least, had been triggered by a ...

At about 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 1921, James Foster, night watchman at the Commerce Department building in Washington D.C., was making his rounds on the upper floors of the 11-story building when ...