Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Summary Tape File 1A (ICPSR 9575)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary: This collection provides 100-percent data for states and their subareas in hierarchical sequence down to the block group level. Also included are complete summaries for places, census tract/block numbering areas, block groups, congressional districts, and consolidated cities. Population items include age, race, sex, marital status, Hispanic origin, household type, and household relationship. Population items are crosstabulated by age, race, Hispanic origin, or sex. Housing items include o... (more info)

Series: Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States] Series

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1990 [UNITED STATES]: SUMMARY TAPE FILE 1A. ICPSR09575-v1. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09575.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09575.v1

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Summary:   This collection provides 100-percent data for states and their subareas in hierarchical sequence down to the block group level. Also included are complete summaries for places, census tract/block numbering areas, block groups, congressional districts, and consolidated cities. Population items include age, race, sex, marital status, Hispanic origin, household type, and household relationship. Population items are crosstabulated by age, race, Hispanic origin, or sex. Housing items include occupancy/vacancy status, tenure, units in structure, contract rent, meals included in rent, value, and number of rooms in housing unit. Housing data are crosstabulated by race or Hispanic origin of householder or by tenure. Selected aggregates and medians are also provided. Data are presented in 37 population tables and 63 housing tables. The file for Puerto Rico (Part 72) also contains 100-percent data in hierarchical sequence down to the block group level. Also included are complete summaries for sub-barrio, census track/block numbering areas, block group, municipio, and place. The population items include age, sex, marital status, group quarters, household type, and household relationship. Population items are crosstabulated by age and sex. Housing items include occupancy/vacancy status, tenure, units in structure, contract rent, plumbing facilities, condominium status, value, and number of rooms in housing unit. Housing data are crosstabulated by tenure. Selected aggregates and medians are also provided. Data are presented in 26 population tables and 48 housing tables.

Subject Terms:   age, census data, census regions, demographic characteristics, ethnicity, Hispanic origins, household composition, housing, housing conditions, population, population characteristics, race, states (USA)

Geographic Coverage:   Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington

Time Period:  

• 1990

Date of Collection:  

• 1990

Universe:   All persons and housing units in the United States.

Data Types:   census data

Data Collection Notes:

The codebook and database dictionary for all parts except Puerto Rico (Parts 80 and 81) and the database dictionary for the Puerto Rico data, are ASCII text files, and the codebook for Puerto Rico is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

Original ICPSR Release:  1991-10-24

Version History:

• 1999-07-16 Data for Puerto Rico (Part 72) and corresponding database dictionary, PDF codebook, and SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been added to the collection.

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