Subject Summary Tape Files (SSTF)
Available on CD-ROM, the Subject Summary Tape Files (SSTF), provide a variety of data on subjects such as the foreign-born population, the Black population, persons of Hispanic origin, education in the United States, and more. Data are provided for a variety of geographic areas. Depending on the file, they may include data for the U.S. as a whole, regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, and large counties and places.
The Foreign-Born Population of the United States (SSTF01) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States. Data are cross-classified by place (region, country) of birth of foreign-born population.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, marital status, citizenship status, year of entry into the United States, language spoken at home and the ability to speak English, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, kitchen and plumbing facilities, tenure (owner/renter occupied), and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS01-09-US1
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States
Ancestry of the Population in the Unites States (SSTF02) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States. Data are cross-classified by 71 ancestry categories of persons in the United States.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, marital status, citizenship status, year of entry into the United States, language spoken at home and the ability to speak English, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, kitchen and plumbing facilities, tenure (owner/renter occupied), and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS02-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States
Persons of Hispanic Origin in the United States (SSTF03) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of persons of Hispanic origin in the United States. Data are cross-classified by 25 Hispanic origin categories of persons in the United States.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, marital status, citizenship status, year of entry into the United States, language spoken at home and the ability to speak English, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, kitchen and plumbing facilities, tenure (owner/renter occupied), and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS03-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States
Characteristics of Adults with Work Disabilities, Mobility Limitations, or Self-Care Limitations | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of noninstitutionalized persons 16 years of age and over with disabilities. Data are cross-classified by work disability, mobility, and self-care limitation status, which in turn are cross-classified by whether the disability entirely prevents working.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, persons in group quarters, educational attainment, school enrollment, veteran status, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, kitchen and plumbing facilities, tenure (owner/renter occupied), and more.
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: ASCII Flat
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, States, Counties with 50,000 or more persons, MSAs/CMSAs with 250,000 or more persons
Individual Discs:
Characteristics of Adults with Work Disabilities, Mobility Limitations, or Self-Care Limit. Disc A | C1-D90-SS04-09-001 | This disc is for United States, Alabama-New Hampshire.
Characteristics of Adults with Work Disabilities, Mobility Limitations, or Self-Care Limit Disc B | C1-D90-SS04-09-002 | This disc is for New Jersey-Wyoming.
Characteristics of Adults with Work Disabilities, Mobility Limitations, or Self-Care Limit. Disc C | C1-D90-SS04-09-003 | This disc is for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA-Youngstown-Warren, OH MSAs.
The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States (SSTF05) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of persons of Asian and Pacific Islander origin in the United States. Data are cross-classified by 24 Asian and Pacific Islander categories of persons in the United States.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, marital status, citizenship status, year of entry into the United States, language spoken at home and the ability to speak English, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, kitchen and plumbing facilities, tenure (owner/renter occupied), and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS05-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States
Education in the United States and Employment Status, Work Experience, and Veteran Status | CD-ROM containing sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on education in the United States. File contains data on educational attainment (15 categories), school enrollment, and type of school, which are cross-classified by age and sex.
File also contains data on work status and earnings in 1989, both cross-classified by sex and educational attainment. Also includes data on the employment status, work experience, and veteran status of persons 16 years of age and older in the United States. Data are cross-classified by age and sex.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS06-09-US1
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States, MSAs, CMSAs
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics (SSTF-07) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of metropolian housing in the United States. Data are cross-classified by total number of persons, four categories of race (White; Black; American Indian; Eskimo, or Aleut; Asian or Pacific Islander), Hispanic origin (of any race), and White, not of Hispanic origin.
Population subjects include age, educational attainment, employment status, marital status, presence and age of chidren, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, rooms and bedrooms in unit, units in structure, kitchen and plumbing facilities, and more.
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: ASCII Flat
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, regions, divisions, states, MSAs, CMSAs
Individual Discs:
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: U.S, regions, divisions, AL-NH | C1-D90-SS07-09-07A
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: NJ-WY; Abilene, TX MSA to Binghamton, NY MSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07B
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: Birmingham, AL MSA to Danville, VA MSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07C
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, IA-IL to Houma-Thibadoux, LA MSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07D
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA to Merced, CA MSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07E
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, CMSA to Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07F
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics: Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester, NH-ME MSA to Syracuse, NY MSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07G
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics:Tallahassee, FL MSA to Yuma, AZ MSA | C1-D90-SS07-09-07H
Housing of the Elderly (SSTF08) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of housing units with householders 50 years of age and over. Data are cross-classified by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin of the household, household size, married couple family householder, and married couple family householder with husband or wife absent.
Data includes number of persons and housing units, year structure built, rooms and bedrooms in unit, house heating fuel, kitchen and plumbing facilities, source of water, sewage disposal, tenure, real estate taxes, rent, telephone and vehicle availability and more. Data are also included for the number of person 60 years of age and older living in group quarters.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS08-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, States, District of Columbia, MSAs
Housing Characteristics of New Units (SSTF09) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of new housing in the United States. The new units were built between January 1985 and March 1990.
Population subjects included age, race, HIspanic origin, occupation of householder, presence and age of children, marital status, income, and more. Housing subjects include number of new housing units, rooms and bedrooms in unit, units in structure, vacancy status, tenure, and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS09-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States, MSAs, CMSAs
Mobile Homes (SSTF10) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of housing units in the United States. Subjects are cross-classified by the characteristics of mobile homes and the persons living in such housing.
Population subjects included age, race, HIspanic origin, occupation of householder, presence and age of children, marital status, income, and more. Housing subjects include number of new housing units, rooms and bedrooms in unit, units in structure, vacancy status, tenure, and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS10-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States, MSAs, CMSAs
Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language (SSTF13) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the American Indian population in the United States. With the exception of data by American Indian language spoken at home, data are cross-classified by American Indian persons and American Indian tribes.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, persons in group quarters, marital status, educational attainment, veteran status, and more. Housing subjects include the number of housing units, units in structure, persons per room, kitchen and plumbing facilities, sewage disposal, source of water, heating fuel, and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS13-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States, MSAs, CMSAs
Occupation by Industry (SSTF14) | CD-ROM containing 1990 census data on 501 occupations by detailed industry (236 categories) and class of worker (8 categories). Major groups are also cross-tabulated by individual or occupations. Also contains the November 1994 edition of the Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS14-09-US1
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, States, the District of Columbia
Geographic Mobility in the United States (SSTF15) | CD-ROM containing sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on geographic mobility in the United States. Ssummary statistics are provided on the mobility of the population for all persons 5 years and over in the United States. Subjects can be cross-tabulated to present data for non-movers, movers with state, county, and metropolitan/non-metropolitan areas; and flows between states or metropolitan/non-metropolitan areas.
Data are presented on age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, household type and relationship, persons in group quarters, tenure, school enrollment, educational attainment, industry, occupation, employment status, income, and poverty.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS15-09-US1
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, States, MSAs, CMSAs, Primary MSAs
Fertility (SSTF16) | CD-ROM containing sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on fertility in the United States. Most subjects are cross-classified by marital status of women and by married-couple families.
Data are presented on the number of persons, age, race and Hispanic origin of husband and wife, children ever born, country or region of birth, year of entry into the United States, citizenship, shcool enrollment, educational attainment, occupation, and more. These data are also classified by the following race and Hispanic origin categories: White, Black, American Indian, Eskimo, orAleut; Asian or Pacific Islander; other race; Hispanic origin (of any race); White, not of Hispanic origin; and other race, not of Hispanic origin.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS16-09-US1
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, States
Poverty Areas in the United States (SSTF17) | CD-ROM containing sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on poverty areas in the United States. Data are cross-classified by poverty status and by the number of census tracts or block numbering areas that have poverty rates of 0 to 19, 20 to 39, or 40 percent and over.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, unrelated persons in group quarters, family type and size, marital status, children ever born; educational attainment; school enrollment; verteran status and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, persons in unit, tenure, value, mortgage status, and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS17-09-US1
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, Counties, Places, MSAs, CMSAs, PMSAs
Condominium Housing (SSTF18) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of housing units in the United States. Data are cross-classified by the characteristics of condominium housing and the persons living in such housing.
Population subjects included age, race, HIspanic origin, occupation of householder, presence and age of children, marital status, income, and more. Housing subjects include number of new housing units, rooms and bedrooms in unit, units in structure, vacancy status, tenure, and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS18-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States, MSAs, CMSAs
The Older Population in the United States (SSTF19) | CD-ROM containing sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the characteristics of the elderly population in the United States. Contains statistics on persons 60 years of age or older and on families with a household 60 years of age or older.
Data file includes data on age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, persons in group quarters, household type and relationship, poverty status, language spoken at home, abiltiy to speak English, ancestry, and more.
Data are also available for the following subjects, each of whic is tabulated for total persons, two race categories (White and Black) and for persons of Hispanic origin. These subjects include age, sex, household type and relationship, family type, marital status, children, grandchildren, veterans, nativity, place of birth, school enrollment, eduztional attainment, income, poverty, and more.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS19-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, Divisions, States
Journey to Work (SSTF20) | CD-ROM containing sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the journey to work of workers 16 years of age and over and selected characteristics of those workers. File provides information on the means of transportation to work, time leaving home to go to work, travel time to work, private vehicle occupancy, and more.
Also contains data on the number of persons, age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, household type and relationship, educational attainment, number of housing units, tenure, vehicle availability, industry, occupation, class of worker, and earnings in 1989.
Product Id: C1-D90-SS20-09-US1
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: Dbase III+
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, MSAs, CMSAs, PMSAs
Characteristics of the Black Population (SSTF21) | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the Black population in the United States. File contains data on Black persons and on persons living in housing units with a Black householder. Many of the subjects are cross-classified by sex and detailed age groups.
Population subjects include number of persons, age, sex, household type and relationship, family type and size, marital status, school enrollment, educational attainment, persons in group quarters, income, poverty status, and more. Housing subjects include number of housing units, rooms and bedrooms in unit, units in structure, kitchen and plumbing facilities, tenure, value, rent, and more.
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: ASCII Flat
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, Regions, States, MSAs with 500,000 or more persons
Individual Discs:
Characteristics of the Black Population, SSTF21A | C1-D90-SS21-09-001
Characteristics of the Black Population, SSTF21B | C1-D90-SS21-09-002
Characteristics of the Black Population, SSTF21C | C1-D90-SS21-09-003
Earnings by Occupation and Education, SSTF22: U.S. | Contains sample data for both 100-percent and sample subjects in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing on the occupations, earnings, and education of persons 18 years of age and over in the experience civilian labor force who worked and had earnings in 1989.
Data file contains information on the number of persons in detailed occupation categories which are cross-classified by age, sex,a nd five categories of race (White, Black, American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut, Asian or Pacific Islanders, other race) as well as by Hispanic origin (of any race). These subjects, in turn, are cross-classified by educational attainment, usual hours worked, hourly earnings, and arrnual earnings in 1989.
Media Type: CD-ROM
Data Format: ASCII Flat
System Requirements: None
Software Provided: Go Retrieval Software
Geography: US, States, MSAs, CMSAs of 500,000 or more persons
Individual Discs:
Earnings by Occupation and Education, SSTF22-A | C1-D90-SS22-09-001
Earnings by Occupation and Education, SSTF22-B | C1-D90-SS22-09-002
Earnings by Occupation and Education, SSTF22-C | C1-D90-SS22-09-003
