Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II
This database contains information collected by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) on over 100,000 Japanese-Americans who were relocated during World War
II. Evacuees were taken from Washington, Oregon, and California and placed in the following relocation centers:
- Tule Lake Center, California
- Manzanar Center, California
- Minidoka Center, Idaho
- Central Utah Center, Utah
- Granada Center, Colorado
- Colorado River Center, Arizona
- Gila River Center, Arizona
- Heart Mountain Center, Wyoming
- Rohwer Center, Arkansas
- Jerome Center, Arkansas
The following information was collected about the relocated citizens and recorded on WRA Form 26 (all of this information is available in this database):
- Name of evacuee
- Relocation project and assembly center assigned to
- Sex
- Marital status
- Race of evacuee and spouse
- Birth year
- Age
- Birthplace
- Previous address
- Birthplace of parents
- Father's occupation
- Evacuee's occupation
- Religion
- Education
- Whether attended Japanese language school
- Highest grade completed
- Language proficiency
- Foreign residence
- Indication of military service
- Public assistance
- Pensions
- Physical defects
- Indication of an alien registration number and/or Social Security Number
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