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Description & Citation--Study No. 8384

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8384
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08384
 
Title:Intercensal Estimates of the Population of Counties by Age, Sex, and Race [United States]: 1970-1980
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. INTERCENSAL ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION OF COUNTIES BY AGE, SEX, AND RACE [UNITED STATES]: 1970-1980 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1984. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08384
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection contains intercensal estimates of the resident population of all counties in the United States by age, sex, and race. Figures were gathered annually on July 1 from 1971 to 1979 and are included here along with Census counts for 1970 and 1980. These estimates are for five-year age groups to age 85 and over for the total white and Black population, by sex. The records are arranged by county within each state.
 
Subject Term(s):age, census data, counties, demographic characteristics, ethnicity, gender, population characteristics, population estimates, race
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1970 - 1980
 
Date(s) of Collection:1970 - 1980
 
Universe:All persons recorded in the 1970 and 1980 Censuses of Population and Housing.
 
Data Type:census/enumeration data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided by ICPSR 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 on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Data Source:1970 and 1980 Censuses of Population and Housing
 

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:1985-12-20
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Intercensal Estimates of the Population of Counties by Age, Sex, and Race [United States]: 1970-1980
 

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