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Find more Joyner 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 1,106 less people named Joyner 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 10,414 people named Joyner in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 11% less people named Joyner in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 9,308 people named Joyner were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 878 women had paying jobs
  • 34% reported their race as other than white
  • 295 were disabled
  • 23% of adults were unmarried

Learn where they came from and where they went.

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

  • 22% migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • 300 were first-generation Americans
  • The most common mother tongue was Mother Tongue
  • Most fathers originated from Virginia