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1980 Census of Population and Housing: Summary Tape File 4C

Availability: CD-ROM. For experienced users only.

Product ID: C1-D80-S4CS-06-US1

Subject content: U.S. summary file providing detailed sample population and housing characteristics data repeated for a maximum of 38 race, Spanish-origin, and/or ancestry categories.

Population items tabulated include household relationship, sex, race, age, marital status, Spanish origin, school enrollment, years of school completed, nativity, citizenship and year of immigration, language spoke at home and ability to speak English, ancestry, residence in 1975, labor force status in 1979, veteran status and period of service, and more.

Household items tabulated include number of units at address, complete plumbing facilities, number of rooms, tenure (owner/renter occupied), vacancy status, value, contract rent, units in structure, stories in structure, year structure built, source of water, sewage disposal, heating equipment, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, telephones in housing unit, and more.

Geography: United States, regions, divisions, states, standard consolidated statistical areas, standard metropolitan statistical areas, urbanized areas, counties, minor civil divisions of 10,000 or more population in 11 states, places of 10,000 or more population, American Indian reservations and their county components, and Alaska Native villages and their county components.

File format & Software: Flat ASCII, no software; files are compressed and can be unzipped using standard unzipping software. This disc contains technical documentation.

Census contact: Customer Services, 301-763-INFO (4636); Demographic Call Center (content), 301-763-2422, or toll-free at 1-866-758-1060

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