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Behind the Scenes: the 1940 U.S. Census Release

by Julie Hill

Posted on April 4, 2012

The 1940 U.S. census launch has been enormous. Whether it's the scale of the census data or the huge amount of traffic to the census site (http://1940census.archives.gov/), everything about the past few days has been big! Archives.com thinks a closer look into this enormous undertaking is in order. Check it out!

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