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Current Population Reports

Population Characteristics: P20 Series

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P20-544 - Women and Men in the United States: March 2002
P20-522 - Computer Use in the United States: October 1997

America's Families and Living Arrangements
(also Household and Family Characteristics and Marital Status and Living Arrangements)

This report discusses basic trends about households, families, and living arrangements and highlights characteristics of single-parent families, differences in the living arrangements of younger and older adults, and new data on unmarried-couple households.

P20-561 - America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2007
P20-553 - America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2003
P20-547 - Children's Living Arrangements and Characteristics: March 2002
P20-537 - America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2000
P20-515 - Household and Family Characteristics: March 1998 (Detailed Tables)
P20-514 - Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1998 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-509 - Household and Family Characteristics: March 1997(Change Sheet, Detailed Tables)
P20-506 - Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1997 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-496 - Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1996 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-495 - Household and Family Characteristics: March 1996 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-491 - Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1995
P20-488 - Household and Family Characteristics: March 1995
P20-484 - Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1994
P20-483 - Household and Family Characteristics: March 1994
P20-365 - Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1980 [Scanned document, 7 MB]
P20-212 - Marital Status and Family Status: March 1970 [Scanned document, 6 MB]

The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States

This report provides demographic characteristics on the social and economic status of the civilian noninstitutional Asian and Pacific Islander population in the United States, based on the March Current Population Survey.

P20-540 The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 2002
P20-529 The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 1999
P20-512 The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 1997 (Update)
P20-503 The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 1996 (Update)

The Black Population in the United States

Detailed tabulations are now available which provide statistics on the civilian noninstitutional Black population of the United States, based on the March Current Population Survey.

Educational Attainment in the United States

This report provides information on basic educational trends and attainment levels across many segments of the U.S. population. The findings are based on data collected in the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Bureau of the Census and refer to the population 25 years and over unless otherwise specified.

P20-566 - Educational Attainment in the United States: 2009
P20-560 - Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007
P20-550 - Educational Attainment in the United States: 2003
P20-536 - Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2000 (Update)
P20-528 - Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1999
P20-513 - Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1998 (Detailed Tables)
P20-505 - Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1997 (Detailed Tables)
P20-493 - Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1996 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-489 - Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1995 (Detailed Tables)

Fertility of American Women

The annual reports in this series contain data on geographic residence and mobility, fertility, school enrollment, educational attainment, marital status, households and families, persons of Spanish origin, and various other topics. Biennial reports present information on voter registration and participation.

P20-563 - Fertility of American Women: 2008
P20-558 - Fertility of American Women: 2006
P20-555 - Fertility of American Women: June 2004
P20-548 - Fertility of American Women: June 2002
P20-543 - Fertility of American Women: June 2000 (Revised)
P20-526 - Fertility of American Women: June 1998
P20-499 - Fertility of American Women: June 1995
P20-482 - Fertility of American Women: June 1994

Foreign-Born Population

Describes briefly the foreign born population in the United States, contrasting them by U.S. citizenship status and by year of entry into the United States, in four time spans. The report also describes, for comparison, the population born in the United States.

For each of the groupings above, the report provides demographic and economic data. Demographic data include age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, fertility, and educational attainment, labor force, employment, income, poverty, and tenure (that is, home owners versus renters.)

P20-551 - The Foreign Born Population in the United States: 2003
P20-539 - The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: March 2002
P20-534 - The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: March 2000
P20-519 - The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: March 1999
P20-507 - The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: March 1997 (Update)
P20-494 - The Foreign-Born Population: 1996
P20-486 - The Foreign-Born Population: 1994

Geographical Mobility

Presents information on the mobility of the U.S. population one year earlier. Data are provided for nonmovers; movers within and between counties, States, and regions; movers from abroad; movers within and between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; and movers with and between central cities and suburbs of metropolitan statistical areas.

P20-567 - Geographical Mobility: 2005 to 2010
P20-565 - Geographical Mobility: 2008 to 2009
P20-549 - Geographical Mobility: 2002 to 2003
P20-538 - Geographical Mobility: March 1999 to March 2000 (Update)
P20-531 - Geographical Mobility: March 1998 to March 1999 (Update)
P20-520 - Geographical Mobility: March 1997 to March 1998 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-510 - Geographical Mobility: March 1996 to March 1997 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-497 - Geographical Mobility: March 1995 to March 1996
P20-497 - Geographical Mobility: March 1995 to March 1996 (Detailed Tables) (Tables revised 01-29-98)
P20-485 - Geographic Mobility: March 1993 to March 1994

Hispanic Population in the United States

Detailed tabulations are now available which provide statistics on the civilian noninstitutional Hispanic population of the United States, the population of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is not included in the data, but Puerto Ricans residing in the United States are included, based on the March Current Population Survey.

P20-545 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2002
P20-535 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2000
P20-527 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1999
P20-525 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1998
P20-511 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1997 (Update)
P20-502 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1996
P20-501 - The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1995

The Older Population in the United States

This report presents a statistical portrait of selected social and economic characteristics of the civilian noninstitutionalized population aged 55 years and over in the United States, based on the results of the Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey (CPS). These characteristics, which are shown by age and sex, include race and Hispanic origin, marital status, educational attainment, labor force status, income, and poverty status.

P20-546 - The Older Population in the United States: March 2002
P20-530 - The Older Population in the United States: March 1999

School Enrollment

This report presents detailed tabulations of data on school enrollment of the civilian noninstitutional population in October 1994. It also presents summary time series data collected since the beginning of the survey. The data cover enrollment in "regular school", which includes nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, high school, and college and professional school.

Data are shown by the following characteristics: age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, family status, family income, education of the householder, labor force status, metropolitan residence, region, and mother's labor force status and education (for preprimary enrollment). The following enrollment characteristics are shown: level and grade of school, public/private school, full-time and part-time attendance, and two- year/four year college. Vocational school enrollment is shown separately.

P20-564 - School Enrollment in the United States: 2008
P20-559 - School Enrollment in the United States: 2006
P20-554 - School Enrollment in the United States - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2003
P20-533 - School Enrollment in the United States - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1999
P20-521 - School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1998 (Update)
P20-516 - School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1997 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-500 - School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1996 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-492 - School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1995 (Update) (Detailed Tables)
P20-487 - School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1994 [1.8 MB]

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, and 1996

The information on voting and registration contained in this report is based on survey data. In the November supplement to the Current Population Survey, respondents were asked questions about whether they registered and voted in the election held on Tuesday, November 5th, 1996. The figures presented in this report may differ from figures based on administrative data or data from exit polls.

P20-562 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 (Income portion of Table 2 revised June 2012)
P20-557 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2006
P20-556 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004
P20-552 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2002
P20-542 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2000
P20-523 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1998 (Revised)
P20-504 - Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1996 (Detailed Tables)