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Find more Higdon relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 167 more people named Higdon in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.

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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 3,976 people named Higdon in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 4% more people named Higdon in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 4,143 people named Higdon were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • On average men worked 43 hours a week
  • 1,481 were children
  • 20% of adults were unmarried
  • 5% reported their race as other than white

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As Higdon families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • 903 migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • They most commonly lived in Tennessee
  • Most mothers originated from Kentucky
  • 182 were first-generation Americans