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Description & Citation--Study No. 2372

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:2372
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02372
 
Title:Estimates of the Population of Counties by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin [United States]: 1990-1996
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ESTMATES OF THE POPULATION OF COUNTIES BY AGE, SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN [UNITED STATES]: 1990-1996 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1998. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02372
 

Scope of Study

Summary:These data are estimates of the resident population of the counties in the United States. Part 1 provides county population estimates by five-year age category (ages 0-4, 5-9, etc.), sex, and modified race/Hispanic origin. Data in Part 2 are presented by single-year age (under 1 year, 1 year, ..., 84 years, 85 years and over) and sex. Part 3 contains estimates of the state total and the counties of each state by modified race and Hispanic origin. The estimates are for July 1st of each year during 1990-1996.
 
Subject Term(s):counties, population characteristics, population estimates
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1990 - 1996
 
Date(s) of Collection:1990 - 1996
 
Universe:All counties in the United States as identified in the 1990 Decennial Census.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Data Source:(1) The April 1, 1990, modified census counts for counties, (2) extracts of detailed individual-record data on births and deaths from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), (3) annual extract of tax returns provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), (4) a 20-percent sample of information on the Social Security Administration Application File for internal migration, and (5) immigration data from the Immigration and Naturalization Service
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1998-04-28
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-18.
 
  2006-01-18 - File CB2372.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Estimates of the Population of Counties by Age, Sex, and Race/Hispanic Origin
  • DS2: Estimates of the Population of Counties by Age and Sex
  • DS3: Estimates of the Population of Counties by Race and Hispanic Origin
 

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