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Find more Miranda 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 404 less people named Miranda 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 6,822 people named Miranda in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 6% less people named Miranda in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 6,418 people named Miranda were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 17% of adults were unmarried
  • 47% reported their race as other than white
  • 6,303 rented out rooms to boarders
  • 3,001 were children

Learn where they came from and where they went.

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

  • Most fathers originated from California
  • 1,484 were first-generation Americans
  • Most immigrants originated from Mexico
  • They most commonly lived in California