Some years they ask unusual questions, such as: how many children you've given birth to, and how many are alive? Or do you own a radio? What is the value of the property? Or, if you look at agricultural schedules, how much of each crop they're growing.
If you search the census, sometimes you find surprising occupations. For example, here is my ancestor Beers Radford:
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's got to do it.
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