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1980 Census: Population & Housing, Procedural History

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1980 Census: Population & Housing, Procedural History

Introduction

The 1980 Census of Population and Housing - the 20th in a chain of censuses that have been taken every 10th year (in years ending in "0") since 1970 - was conducted as of April 1, 1980, by the Bureau of the Census, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The enumeration covered the population and housing characteristics of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the outlying areas under U.S. jurisdiction or sovereignty. The 1980 census (the decennial census) counted and obtained characteristcs of 226,545,805 persons and 88,411,263 housing units in the United States and an additional 3,565,376 persons and 1,082,288 housing units in Puerto Rico and the outlying areas.

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pdf Interactive Table of Contents [<1.0 MB]
pdf Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview [7.1 MB]
pdf Chapter 2: Planning the Census [5.5 MB]
pdf Chapter 3: Geography, Addresses, and Questionnaire Printing and Labeling [5.7 MB]
pdf Chapter 4: Census Promotion Program [2.2 MB]
pdf Chapter 5: Field Enumeration [13 MB]
pdf Chapter 6: Data Processing [5.0 MB]
pdf Chapter 7: Sampling and Estimation [1.1 MB]
pdf Chapter 8: Data Products and Dissemination [9.3 MB]
pdf Chapter 9: Research, Evaluation, Experimentation [5.4 MB]
pdf Chapter 10: Legislation and Litigation [1.6 MB]
pdf Chapter 11: Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas [3.0 MB]
pdf Chapter 12: Population and Housing Content Items [9.4 MB]
pdf Chapter 13: Appendix A-C [14 MB]
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