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

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Investigator(s): U.S. Bureau of the Census

About this Collection

In addition to the historic Census files, 1790-1950, ICPSR archives and distributes Census data acquired from the United States Census Bureau as well as files prepared by ICPSR and other principal investigators for the decennial years 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000. These include major sets such as the Summary Tape/Count Files, Master Enumeration District List (MEDList) Files, and Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), as well as various subsets. ICPSR's holdings of 1990 Census data are separated into three basic types: Summary Tape Files, Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 data, and Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS). Within these collections, various data subsets are available, depending on the user's needs. In addition, several special tabulations based on the 1990 Census are available, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Special File; Extract Data; Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 Data; Special Tabulation Program (STP) 14A, Special Tabulation on Aging; TIGER/Census Tract File; and Modified Age/Race, Sex, and Hispanic Origin (MARS) State and County File. Summary Tape Files include files in the Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1), Summary Tape File 2 (STF 2), Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3), and Summary Tape File 4 (STF 4) series. The Summary Tape Files contain 100-percent data on population and housing. The record layout is identical for all the four series but the geographic coverage differs. Data are provided for states and their subareas in hierarchical sequence down to the block group level. Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 data provide data for voting districts (e.g., election precincts, city wards) in addition to standard census geographic areas such as counties, cities, census tracts, and blocks in accordance with the requirement of the 1975 Public Law 94-171 which mandates the Census Bureau to provide redistricting data in a format requested by state governments. Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) were creatd by the Census Bureau since 1960 as part of each decennial enumeration. PUMS make it possible for researchers to create tabulations tailored to their particular questions and to make time-series comparisons. Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) for the 1990 Census contain records representing 5 percent and 1 percent samples of the housing units in the U.S., with information on the characteristics of each unit and the people in them. Both the 5 percent and 1 percent samples have the same subject content and vary only in geographic composition of the Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA).

For more information, visit the IPUMS USA Web site. In addition, TIGER/Line files are available on the Census Bureau website.

Studies

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Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 1/1,000 Sample

This dataset, prepared by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, comprises 2 percent of the cases in the second release of CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1990 [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SAMPLE: 5-PERCENT SAMPLE (ICPSR 9952). As 2 percent of the 5-percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), it constitutes a 1-in-1,000 sample, and contains all housing and population variables in the original 5-percent PUMS. Housing variables include area type, state and area of residence, farm/nonfarm status, type of structure, year structure was built, vacancy and boarded-up status, number of rooms and bedrooms, presence or absence of a telephone, presence or absence of complete kitchen and plumbing facilities, type of sewage, water source, and heating fuel used, property value, tenure, year moved into housing unit, type of household/family, type of group quarters, household language, number of persons, related children, own/adopted children, and stepchildren in the household, number of persons and workers in the family, status of mortgage, second mortgage, and home equity loan, number of vehicles available, household income, sales of agricultural products, payments for rent, mortgage, and property tax, condominium fees, mobile home costs, and cost of electricity, water, heating fuel, and flood/fire/hazard insurance. Person variables cover age, sex, relationship to householder, educational attainment, school enrollment, race, Hispanic origin, ancestry, language spoken at home, citizenship, place of birth, year of immigration, place of residence in 1985, marital status, number of children ever born, presence and age of own children, military service, mobility and personal care limitation, work limitation status, employment status, employment status of parents, occupation, industry, class of worker, hours worked last week, weeks worked in 1989, usual hours worked per week, temporary absence from work, place of work, time of departure for work, travel time to work, means of transportation to work, number of occupants in vehicle during ride to work, total earnings, total income, wages and salary income, farm and nonfarm self-employment income, Social Security income, public assistance income, retirement income, and rent, dividends, and net rental income.

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

This extraction of data from the 1990 decennial Census files (CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1990 [UNITED STATES]: SUMMARY TAPE FILES 3A AND 3B [ICPSR 9694, 9693]) was designed to provide a set of contextual variables to be matched to any survey dataset that has been coded for the geographic location of respondents. Over 120 variables were selected from original Census sources, and more than 100 variables were derived from those component variables. The variables characterize geographic areas in terms of ethnicity, family structures, income, education, labor force activity, and housing. The geographic areas chosen range from neighborhoods (tracts, Block Numbering Areas [BNAs], and Enumeration Districts [EDs]), through intermediate levels of geography (Minor Civil Divisions and Census County Divisions [MCDs/CCDs], census places, and ZIP codes), through large economic areas (counties, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, State Economic Areas [SEAs], and specially created Labor Market Areas [LMAs]), and beyond to large regions (Economic Sub-Regions [ESRs] and states). To the maximum extent possible, the investigator selected Census variables that seemed relevant to problems associated with poverty and income determination and that were present in comparable form in the 1970 and 1980 Census datasets.

Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 3-Percent Elderly Sample

These data from the 1990 Census comprise a sample of households with at least one person 60 years and older, plus a sample of persons 60 years and older in group quarters. The data are grouped into housing variables and person variables. Housing variables include area type, state and area of residence, farm/nonfarm status, type of structure, year structure was built, vacancy and boarded-up status, number of rooms and bedrooms, presence or absence of a telephone, presence or absence of complete kitchen and plumbing facilities, type of sewage facilities, type of water source, type of heating fuel used, property value, tenure, year moved into house/apartment, type of household/family, type of group quarters, household language, number of persons in the household, number of persons and workers in the family, status of mortgage, second mortgage, and home equity loan, number of vehicles available, household income, sales of agricultural products, payments for rent, mortgage and property tax, condominium fees, mobile home costs, and cost of electricity, water, heating fuel, and flood/fire/hazard insurance. Person variables cover age, sex, relationship to householder, educational attainment, school enrollment, race, Hispanic origin, ancestry, language spoken at home, citizenship, place of birth, year of immigration, place of residence in 1985, marital status, number of children ever born, military service, mobility and personal care limitation, work limitation status, employment status, occupation, industry, class of worker, hours worked last week, weeks worked in 1989, usual hours worked per week, temporary absence from work, place of work, time of departure for work, travel time to work, means of transportation to work, total earnings, total income, wages and salary income, farm and nonfarm self-employment income, Social Security income, public assistance income, retirement income, and rent, dividends, and net rental income.

Variables

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