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: age; sex; color or race; if American Indian, name of tribe; relationship to head of family or household; marital status
Information obtained from a sample of the population: ancestry/ethnic origin; age at or date of first marriage; married more than once; if remarried, was first marriage terminated by death?; ill or disabled; school attendance; educational attainment; place of birth; citizenship; if foreign born, year of immigration; language; Spanish origin or descent; number of children ever born to mother; veteran status; in service date; place of residence in previous year; year moved to present residence; industry; occupation; class of worker; employment status; duration of unemployment; year last worked; weeks worked in preceding year; hours worked in preceding week; value of real estate; income; place of work; means of transportation to work
Find all 1980 census publications in the Library.
Key publications:
Print available in the Library |
Online access |
Census of Population |
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Vol. I: Characteristics of the Population: |
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Ch. A - Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-13) |
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Ch. B - General Population Characteristics (tables 14-55) |
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Ch. C - General Social and Economic Characteristics (tables 56-193) |
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Ch. D - Detailed Population Characteristics (tables 194-251) |
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Vol. II: Subject Reports: |
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Supplementary Reports: |
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Census of Population and Housing: |
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Block Statistics |
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Block Statistics Maps |
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Census Tracts |
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Summary Characteristics for Governmental Units and SMSAs |
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Congressional Districts of the 98th Congress |
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Census of Housing: |
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Vol. I: Characteristics of Housing Units |
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Vol II: Metropolitan Housing Characteristics |
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Vol. III: Subject Reports |
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Vol. IV: Components of Inventory Change |
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Vol. V: Residential Finance |
Note: Much of the information from the original reports is available via Geolytics (a CD available on the Geisel LIbrary Superstation). Please ask at the Research Assistance Desk for access.
Original electronic files released:
Online Versions |
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Summary Tape File 1 |
**Download from the Census Bureau |
Summary Tape File 2 |
**Download from ICPSR [UCSD only] |
Summary Tape File 3 |
From Counting California |
Summary Tape File 4 |
**Download from ICPSR [UCSD only] |
Public Law 94-171 |
**Download from ICPSR [UCSD only] |
Equal Employment Opportunity Special File |
**Download from ICPSR [UCSD only] |
County-to-County Migration Flow Data File |
**Download from ICPSR [UCSD only] |
** Files are available for download only.