County and City Data Book, 1972 (ICPSR 61)

Version Date: Jan 12, 2006

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

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00061.v1

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Summary

This study contains selected economic, demographic, and electoral data for counties, cities, and incorporated areas of 25,000 inhabitants or more, urbanized areas, and Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs), in the entire United States. For each of the seven data files, information is provided on population characteristics, income, occupation, education, household characteristics, age, and nationality. Data are also provided on presidential votes, the leading party, Social Security and public assistance, and rural population and agriculture (Parts 2 and 3), local government general revenue and expenditures, taxes, employment, manufacturing establishments, retail trade, wholesale establishments, and yearly payroll (Parts 2, 3, and 6), and crime, hospitals, and seasonal weather conditions (Part 6).

Citation

United States. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1972. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00061.v1

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Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1972
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Universe

Counties, cities and incorporated areas of 25,000 inhabitants or more, urbanized areas, and Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) in the entire United States.

Data Source

United States 1970 Census of Population and Housing

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Original Release Date

1984-06-20

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1972. ICPSR00061-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-12. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00061.v1

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 7 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

1984-06-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Standardized missing values.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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