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Where is the Cooks family from?
You can see how Cooks families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cooks family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Cooks families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1840 there was 1 Cooks family living in Indiana. This was about 17% of all the recorded Cooks's in USA. Indiana and 5 other states had the highest population of Cooks families in 1840.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Cooks surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
In 1940, Laborer and Maid were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Cooks. 31% of Cooks men worked as a Laborer and 13% of Cooks women worked as a Maid. Some less common occupations for Americans named Cooks were Salesman and Farm Laborer. .
Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Cooks life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1953, and highest in 1962. The average life expectancy for Cooks in 1944 was 29, and 61 in 2004.