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Al in the citizenship column of the 1900 to 1920 census means alien: the immigrant had taken no steps toward citizenship.
In the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses, Al (for alien) marks a foreign-born person who had taken no step toward becoming a citizen.
Do not read it as a name or as Alabama, which is Ala. Compare censuses: a man marked Al in 1900 and Na in 1920 naturalized in between, which narrows where to look.
As seen in a recordCitizenship columns of the 1910 census
Born Hungary, immig. 1902, Al
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Daily Ancestor. "Al." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/abbreviations/census-al. Last checked 2026-10-01.