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1990 Census of Population and Housing: Summary Tape File 4A

Availability: Available on DVD. Note: Data for all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Product ID: V6-D90-S4AS-06-US1

Subject content: Provides 466 tables with population and housing data estimated from the sample. Most data are repeated for a maximum of nine specified race and/or Spanish-origin 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 1985, labor force status in 1989, 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: States, standard consolidated statistical areas, standard metropolitan statistical areas, urbanized areas, counties, minor civil division or census county divisions, places of 1,000 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 such as that found at www.pkware.com (etc.).

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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