# 1940 Census for Richmond County, VA **URL:** \ **Category:** CPS\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/1940-census-for-richmond-county-va/1821 "2017-07-14T17:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![geoff.clarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@geoff.clarke](https://forum.ipums.org/u/geoff.clarke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/1940-census-for-richmond-county-va/1821/1 "2017-07-14T17:26:00Z")
The extract I downloaded for Richmond County, Virginia (county code 1590, not Richmond City) has no observations in the 1940 census in either the 1% or 100% sample. It is present (for the same variables extracted) in the 1920 and 1930 1% and 100% samples. There are images of enumeration forms on the National Archives 1940 Census site: > **[1940 Census FAQs](https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/faqs)** > > The 1940 population census schedules have been available for research since April 2, 2012. Below are answers to frequently asked questions about this census. If you have a question that hasn't been answered here, please email us at inquire@nara.gov.... What’s the next step I should take regarding this issue? ---
**Author:** ![MPC\_vanriper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MPC\_vanriper](https://forum.ipums.org/u/MPC_vanriper)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/1940-census-for-richmond-county-va/1821/2 "2017-09-13T15:35:00Z")
For the 1940 data, it appears that the data for Richmond County, VA has been lumped in with the data for Richmond City, VA. I did a quick tab on the 1940 100% count data for the VA counties, and the result for Richmond City appears to be the sum of the Richmond County + Richmond City pop counts (based on data from IPUMS NHGIS). Roanoke County and Roanoke City are also lumped together in 1940.