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    The 1940 census records were released Apr. 2, with more than 21 million people alive in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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    1. In this March 30, 2012, photo, Verla Morris, who will turn 100 later this year, goes through some of her family census data from the 19th and 20th centuries at her local residential senior center in C
    2. In this March 30, 2012, photo, Verla Morris, who will turn 100 later this year, poses for a photograph as she goes through some of her family census data from the 19th and 20th centuries at her local
    3. In this March 30, 2012, photo, Verla Morris, who will turn 100 later this year, goes through some of her family census data from the 19th and 20th centuries at her local residential senior center in C
    4. This undated image provided by the National Archives and Records Administration shows a form used in the 1940 Census. The 1940 Census will be released to the public on Monday, April 2, 2012. While a n
    5. In this photo provided by the National Archives at College Park, an enumerator interviews a woman for the 1940 Census. Veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy protections, the 1940 U.S. Cens
    6. FILE - In this April 2, 1940 file photo, William L. Austin, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, right, helps President Franklin D. Roosevelt fill out the large form at the White House in Washington. V
    7. In this photo provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, tabulators in Washington record the information from the more than 120,000 enumerators who gathered data for the 1940 U.S. Census. Veiled in secrecy f
    8. In this undated photo provided by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, a Census Bureau staffer operates an electric tabulator at the U.S. Census Bureau. Data for the 1940 Census
    9. In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, a poster for the 1940 Census is shown. Veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy protections, the 1940 U.S. Ce
    10. In this photo provided by the National Archives at College Park, an enumerator interviews actor Cesar Romero, right, to get data for the 1940 Census. Veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy
    11. In this photo provided by the National Archives at College Park, an enumerator, left, interviews a family outside a rail car for the 1940 Census. Veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy prot
    12. In this undated photo provided by the National Archives at College Park, William F. Arends, center, one of the more than 120,000 enumerators, returns to his dog sled after completing an enumeration ne
    13. In this undated photo provided by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, staffers at the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington mark up a map for use in the 1940 census. The map shows ap

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