Census Bureau's "By Decade" website
Includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more
Highlights
Questions asked (see questionnaire)
Information obtained from all persons: Address; name; relationship to head of household; sex; race; month and year of birth; marital status.
Information obtained from 25-percent sample: Whether residence is on farm; place of birth; if foreign born, language spoken in home before coming to U.S.; country of birth of parents; length of residence at present address; state, county and city or town of residence 5 years ago; educational attainment; school or college attendance, and whether public or private school; whether married more than once and date of first marriage; for women ever married, number of children ever born; employment status; hours worked in week preceding enumeration; year last worked; occupation, industry, and class of worker; place of work-which city or town (and whether in city limits or outside), county, state; means of transportation to work; weeks worked last year; earnings last year from wages and salary, from self-employment; other income last year; veteran status.
Supplemental schedule for Americans overseas.
Find all 1960 census publications in the Library.
Census of Population Vol. I: Characteristics of the Population |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1A. Nativity and Parentage. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1B. Persons of Spanish Surname. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1C. Nonwhite Population by Race |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1D. Puerto Ricans in the United States. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1E. Mother Tongue of the Foreign Born. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2A. State of Birth. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2B. Mobility for States and State Economic Areas. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2C. Mobility for Metropolitan Areas. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2D. Lifetime and Recent Migration. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2E. Migration Between State Economic Areas. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 3A. Women by Number of Children Ever Born. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 3B. Childspacing. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 3C. Women by Children under 5 Years Old |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4A. Families. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4B. Persons by Family Characteristics. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4C. Sources and Structure of Family Income. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4D. Age at First Marriage. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4E. Marital Status |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 5A. School Enrollment. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 5B. Educational Attainment. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 5C. Socioeconomic Status. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 6A. Employment Status and Work Experience. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 6B. Journey to Work. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 6C. Labor Reserve. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7A. Occupational Characteristics. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7B. Occupation by Earnings and Education. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7C. Occupation by Industry. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7D. Characteristics of Teachers. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7E. Characteristics of Professional Workers. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7F. Industrial Characteristics. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 8A. Inmates of Institutions. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 8B. Income of the Elderly Population. |
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Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 8C. Veterans. |
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Census of Population Vol. III: Selected Area Reports |
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Supplementary Reports PC(S1) |
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Census of Population and Housing: Census Tract Reports |
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Census of Housing:Vol. I: States and Small Areas (9pts) |
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Census of Housing:Vol. II: Metropolitan Housing (7 pts) |
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Census of Housing:Vol. III: City Blocks (421 pts) |
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Census of Housing:Vol. IV: Components of Inventory Change |
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Census of Housing:Vol. V: Residential Finance (2 pts) |
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Census of Housing:Vol. VI: Rural Housing |
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Census of Housing: Vol. VII: Housing of Senior Citizens |
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