Census of Population, 1880 [United States]: Public Use Sample (1 in 1000 Preliminary Subsample) Ruggles, Steven Menard, Russell R. census data demographic characteristics household composition household characteristics households ICPSR.I.A.1.a This data collection provides a preliminary subsample of the 1880 Public Use Sample drawn from census enumeration forms. The file contains two types of records: family and person. Each household record is followed by a record for each person in the family. This collection contains information about size of family, number of persons and families in dwelling, and geographic location of each household. Information on individuals includes demographic characteristics, civil condition, occupation, health, education, and nativity. 1995-03-01 census/enumeration data 9474 10.3886/ICPSR09474.v1 United States Bureau of the Census 1880 enumeration forms United States 1880 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).