1920 Census Possible Sharecropping Code

Question

I am currently adding some profiles from a 1920 United States Census; however, under the Owned or Rented column, there is an code that I have not seen before.  It is not an O or an R.  Here is a link to an example,

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVM-QQ1?view=index&action=view

Lines 38 and 48 show it.  It looks like "Un".

Would someone from the US Black Heritage Project please take a look and let me know if this was commonly shown for Sharecroppers on the census?

Appreciate everyone's help.

Answer 1

I think it's "Un", perhaps it means "Unknown" or "Unsure". The next page has a whole swath of the same.

Comments

Thank you, Mark.

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You're very welcome.

Interestingly on sheet 4, a few pages further on, there is an entry at line 93 for a Jim Bickley who owns his home but is recorded as "Un" rather than "Free" or "Mortgaged".

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Thanks you for the star 'T' 

Answer 2

my best guess is "un" or unknown?  The census taker only seemed to note whether it was R (rental) but not Owned for anyone, so that's what I'm basing it on. *edit to give credit to Mark whos answer I didnt see before responding.

Comments

Always good to get a second opinion Alie. The "Un" looks like a different hand, or at least it seems to have been added later. I guess it could also mean "unreported" or "unrecorded"

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Thank you, Alie.  Yes, that is what it looked like to me too.  "Un"

Answer 3

I'd say "unrecorded" or "unanswered," and was added later by the Census Bureau when they were tabulating the statistics.