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Census Research Guide: 1960

About the 1960 Census

Census Bureau's "By Decade" website - includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more

Highlights

  • 18th decennial census
  • US population: 179,323,175
  • California population: 15,717,204

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.

Finding Statistics

Social Explorer - remote access limited to UCSD affiliates


Finding Publications

Find all 1960 census publications in the Library catalog.

Selected publications:

Census of Population Vol. I: Characteristics of the Population [C 3.223/9:960 v. 1 pt. 1-57]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1A. Nativity and Parentage [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.1A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1B. Persons of Spanish Surname [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt. 1 B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1C. Nonwhite Population by Race [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.1C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1D. Puerto Ricans in the United States [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.1D]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 1E. Mother Tongue of the Foreign Born [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.1E]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2A. State of Birth [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.2A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2B. Mobility for States and State Economic Areas [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.2B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2C. Mobility for Metropolitan Areas [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.2C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2D. Lifetime and Recent Migration [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.2D]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 2E. Migration Between State Economic Areas [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.2E]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 3A. Women by Number of Children Ever Born [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.3A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 3B. Childspacing [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.3B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 3C. Women by Children under 5 Years Old [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.3C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4A. Families [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.4A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4B. Persons by Family Characteristics [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.4B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4C. Sources and Structure of Family Income [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.4C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4D. Age at First Marriage [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.4 D]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 4E. Marital Status [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.4E]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 5A. School Enrollment [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.5A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 5B. Educational Attainment [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.5B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 5C. Socioeconomic Status [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.5C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 6A. Employment Status and Work Experience [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.6A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 6B. Journey to Work [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.6B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 6C. Labor Reserve [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.6C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7A. Occupational Characteristics [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.7A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7B. Occupation by Earnings and Education [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.7B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7C. Occupation by Industry [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.7C]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7D. Characteristics of Teachers [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.7D]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7E. Characteristics of Professional Workers [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.7E]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 7F. Industrial Characteristics [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.7F]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 8A. Inmates of Institutions [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.8A]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 8B. Income of the Elderly Population [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.8B]

Census of Population Vol. II: Subject Reports 8C. Veterans [C3.223/10: 960 v. 2 pt.8C]

Census of Population Vol. III: Selected Area Reports [C3.223/10: 960 v. 3 pt.1A-1E]

Supplementary Reports PC(S1) [C 3.223/12:960/18,43-45,47-48,50-56]

Census of Population and Housing: Census Tract Reports [C 3.223/11:960/82 (Los Angeles) and 135-136 (San Diego)]

Census of Housing:Vol. I: States and Small Areas [C 3.224/9:960 v. 1 pt. #]

Census of Housing:Vol. II: Metropolitan Housing [C 3.224/9:960  v.2 pt. 1-7]

Census of Housing:Vol. III: City Blocks (421 parts) [C 3.224/5:960 v. 3 pt. #]

Census of Housing:Vol. IV: Components of Inventory Change [C 3.224/6:960/pt.1 A no. 1-18]

Census of Housing:Vol. V: Residential Finance [C 3.224/9:960 v. 5 PT.1-2]

Census of Housing:Vol. VI: Rural Housing [C 3.224/9:960  v. 6]

Census of Housing: Vol. VII: Housing of Senior Citizens [C 3.224/9:960  v. 7]

Our growing population : United States census of population: 1960 [C 3.223/14:60-1/2]