Who was the so-called new middle-class? what was the role of expertise and organization in this new professionalism?

People, who were classified as a new middle-class were people that started to make their own careers (starting business of getting a well-paid job), they have observed a great growth in their salaries at that time and had a lot of leisure time.
Expertise had a very important role - people believed that it is a solution to the weakness of society.

1920 census

the census was scheduled for january the 1st, as the government believed that more farmers would be in their homes by that time instead of april. the census did not ask about unemployment, the number of children, and how long was a couple married were not taken into consideration. individuals were considered as residents of the places they normally slept, not the places were they worked at or visited.

2010 census

the census was scheduled for april 1st, 2010. it was the shortest census in history: it only contained 10 questions related to name, age, gender, ethnicity, relationship, and whether the citizen owned a home or rented one. the government launched a website in order to provide the citizens with information regarding the census. there were also "teach census weeks" in schools nationwide.