Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: County Population by Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin

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

Summary: This data collection contains summary statistics from the 1980 Census recorded for all counties and all independent cities in the United States. The file includes counts of persons by single years of age (up to 75+ years) by sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Twenty-one Hispanic/racial groups are reported for each geographic area. These groups are total population, Hispanic (plus subgroups of white, Black, American Indian, Asian Indian, other specified, and other nonspecified Hispanic), non-... (more info)

Series: Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States] Series

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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: County Population by Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin. ICPSR08108-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1983. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08108.v1

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Summary: This data collection contains summary statistics from the 1980 Census recorded for all counties and all independent cities in the United States. The file includes counts of persons by single years of age (up to 75+ years) by sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Twenty-one Hispanic/racial groups are reported for each geographic area. These groups are total population, Hispanic (plus subgroups of white, Black, American Indian, Asian Indian, other specified, and other nonspecified Hispanic), non-Hispanic (including subgroups of white, Black, American Indian, Asian Indian, other specified, and other nonspecified non-Hispanic), white, Black, American Indian, Asian Indian, other specified, and other nonspecified. The file is sorted by county within each state.

Subject Terms: African Americans, age, Asian Americans, census data, cities, counties, demographic characteristics, ethnicity, gender, Hispanic origins, household composition, housing, housing conditions, Native Americans, population, population census, population characteristics, race

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period:

1980

Universe: Counties and independent cities in the United States.

Data Types: census/enumeration data

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-06-28

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