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Census 2000 1990 Census

The Decennial Census occurs every 10 years, in years ending in zero, to count the population and housing units for the entire United States. Its primary purpose is to provide the population counts that determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned.  more...

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1990
Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1) contains 100% data on age, race, sex, marital status, Hispanic origin, household type and relationship, occupancy/vacancy status, tenure, units in structure, contract rent, meals included in rent, value, and number of rooms.
Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) contains sample data weighted to represent total population for 34 population items and 27 housing items and 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and total housing units.










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