This report presents detailed statistics for the United States on the characteristics of the population under care or custody in institutions and on the characteristics of the noninstitutional population residing in group quarters. The statistics are based on the 1970 Census of Population.

The text consists of an introduction and Appendices A through E, which appear after the tables.

Content of the Tables

• Inmates of institutions
  
  • Tables  1-31 – United States 
  • Tables 32-40 – States
    
  • Tables 41-50 – SMSA's of 500,000 or more
    
  • Table 51 – selected counties and places
    

• Tables 52-54 – Noninstitutional population in group quarters
• Tables A-1 and A-2 – allocation rates for selected characteristics of inmates of institutions and noninmates in group quarters

Appendices

• Appendix A. General Information Concerning the Data
  
• Appendix B. Area Classifications
  
• Appendix C. Definitions and Explanations of Subject Characteristics
  
• Appendix D. Accuracy of the Data
  
• Appendix E. Publication and Computer Summary Tape Program

Sample size. The statistics in this report are based on samples adjusted to represent the total population.