1990 SUMMARY TAPE FILE 2 - STF 2 AND RELATED PRODUCTS (Description)

Contents: STF 2 contains both A and B records. A records, which contain all tables with a table number beginning with PA or HA, are provided for each summary level in a geographic area, then repeated for each geographic component. B records, which have a table number beginning with PB or HB, are repeated for each geographic component as well as each characteristic iteration.

Population items in the A record include counts of persons by race (37 categories, American Indian tribes (29 categories), Hispanic origin (5 categories along with a separate table with two categories cross-tabulated by race), and group quarters (45 categories along with a separate table with 13 categories cross-tabulated by age). Record A housing counts include race of householder (37 categories with a separate table of all 37 categories tabulated by Hispanic origin); tenure by persons in unit, household type, and age of householder (49 categories); tenure by number of nonrelatives and by number of persons in unit; vacancy status by boarded-up status and duration of vacancy; and price or rent asked for vacant-for-sale-only or vacant-for-rent units.

Population counts in the B record include persons; families; households; sex; sex by age (103 categories); sex by marital status by age; sex by group quarters (32 categories); household size and relationship; household size and household type; and household type and relationship tabulated for all persons, persons under 6 years, under 18 years, and 60 years and over as well as tabulated by sex and age. Housing unit counts in the B record include counts of occupied housing units by tenure and tenure tabulated by persons in unit, rooms, persons per room, units in structure, and age of householder. Value is provided for specified owner-occupied housing units and owner-occupied mobile homes. Contract rent is shown for specified renter-occupied housing units.

The A record in STF 2 provides a single record for each summary level/geographic component combination within a unit of geography. The B record in STF 2 repeats tables for each summary level/geographic component combination for 34 categories of race and Hispanic origin; each of the categories listed above as well as more detailed categories for American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut; Asian and Pacific Islander; Hispanic origin; and not of Hispanic origin. For a description of all tables available, see the Table Outlines chapter of the technical documentation.

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