1940 Income field on the death screen

In 1940, census enumerators were instructed to enter an individual's income on the census. If that income was over $5,000, the enumerator was to enter: $5,000+. Previously, we could not enter the "+" in the field. That has been corrected on the death screen (not on the regular 1940 inputting screen).

When inputting income on the death screen for the 1940 census, if the enumerator wrote 5,000+, please type, "5000+" in the field. There is no need to make additional notes in the remarks field.

Income in 1940

In 1940, census enumerators were instructed to enter an individual's income on the census. If that income was over $5,000, the enumerator was to enter: $5,000+. Since we cannot include the "+" in the Income field, please do the following, beginning immediately.

Type 5000 in the Income field
Type Income: $5,000+ in the individual's Remarks field

Here are the instructions for the enumerators:

https://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1940.shtml