Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 1B [First Count] (ICPSR 8122)

Published: Jan 12, 2006

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

Series:

Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States] Series

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08122.v1

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Project Description

Summary

These data from the "100 percent" items in the 1970 Census comprise population and housing characteristics such as age, race, sex, marital status, occupancy/vacancy status of housing units, housing tenure, number of housing units in structure, number of rooms in housing units, value of housing, contract rent, and the presence of telephones, plumbing, and complete kitchen facilities. These characteristics are reported for states, counties, Minor Civil Divisions or Census County Divisions, places, and Congressional Districts. The data are in DUALabs, Inc. compressed format and require the use of special software.

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 1B [First Count]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08122.v1

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Subject Terms

census data citizenship counties demographic characteristics education employment ethnicity household composition housing housing conditions housing units income metropolitan statistical areas occupational status occupations population population characteristics

Geographic Coverage

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

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1970

Date of Collection

1970

Data Collection Notes

The codebook (Part 52) comprises Parts 1 and 2 of the 1970 Census Users' Guide, published by the Bureau of the Census.

In the 1970 Census Users' Guide, this data collection is named "First Count Summary Tape, File B."

2010-11-19 DS8: New Jersey was removed from the collection because the data file was incomplete.

The number of cases varies by state.

Methodology

Universe

All persons and housing units in the United States.

Data Source

self-enumerated questionnaires

Data Type(s)

census/enumeration data

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1984-06-28

Version Date

2006-01-12

Version History

1997-02-13 An electronic codebook in PDF format has been added as Part 52

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 52 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

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