POVERTY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES (SSTF17)
CD-DEC90-SSTF-17* 
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P.O. Box 277943, Atlanta, GA 30384-7943 Released February
1995.
Subject content:
Sample data weighted to represent the total population. In addition,
the file contains 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts for total persons and
total housing units. Other data items are listed below.
Population items include: Age, aggregate number
of children ever-born, earnings in 1989, educational attainment, employment status, family size,
family type, group quarters, Hispanic origin, household type and relationship, income in 1989,
language spoken at home and ability to speak English, marital status, means of transportation to
work, mobility and self-care limitation status, nativity and place of birth, occupation, period of
military service, poverty status in 1989, race, school enrollment, sex, tenure, travel
to work, veteran status, work disability and employment status, work status in 1989, year of entry
and citizenship.
Housing items
include: Aggregate rooms, aggregate value, gross rent as a percentage
of household income in 1989, household type and relationship, housing units, mortgage
status, poverty status in 1989, selected monthly owner costs, tenure.
Note: The
file has A and B records: the A records have three population (PA) and three
housing (HA) tables. The A records provide data for all persons for each
summary level and geographic component level within a unit of geography. The B records
provide more detail in 95 population (PB) and 12 housing (HB) tables.
Geography:
Provides data for the United States, regions, divisions, and places.
The file structure is as follows: United States, region, division, state, state -
county, state - central city, state - county (part) for New England Division, metropolitan
statistical area/consolidated metropolitan statistical area, primary metropolitan
statistical area.
File format & Software: ASCII "GO" display-retrieval software on disc.
Census contact:
Customer Services (Orders) 301-763-INFO(4636), Poverty Statistics Branch, Housing
and Household Economic Statistics
Division, 301-457-3242.
SSTF-17 1990: Poverty Areas in the United States