U.S. Decennial Census: 1970

Highlights

• 19th decennial census
• US population: 203,302,031
• Washington population: 3,409,169
• The Summary Tape Files which were released were the first time tabulations were disseminated in electronic format

Questions asked

• Information obtained from all persons:
  • Address
  • Name
  • Relationship to head of household
  • Sex
  • Race
  • Age
  • Month and year of birth
  • Marital status
  • If American Indian, name of tribe
• Information obtained from 20-percent sample:
  • Whether residence is on a farm
  • Place of birth
  • Educational attainment
  • For women, number of children ever born
  • Employment status
  • Hours worked in week preceding enumeration
  • Year last worked
  • Industry, occupation, and class of worker
  • State or country of residence 5 years ago
  • Activity 5 years ago
  • Weeks worked last year
  • Earnings last year from wages and salary from self employment
  • Other income last year
• Information obtained from 15-percent sample:
  • Country of birth of parents
  • County and city or town of residence 5 years ago (and whether in city limits or outside)
  • Length of residence at present address
  • Language spoken in childhood home
  • School or college attendance, and whether public, parochial, or other private school
  • Veteran status 
  • Place of work - street address, which city or town (and whether in city limits or outside), county, state, ZIP code
  • Means of transportation to work
• Information obtained from 5-percent sample:
  • Whether of Spanish descent
  • Citizenship
  • Year of immigration
  • Whether married more than once and date of first marriage
  • Whether first marriage ended because of death of spouse
  • Vocational training
  • Presence and duration of disability (for persons of working age)
  • Industry, occupation, and class of worker 5 years ago
• Supplemental schedule for Americans overseas

• CensusCD 1970.
  CD-ROM via UW Libraries
• Census of population: 1970.
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  Vol. I: Characteristics of the Population A. Number of Inhabitants
  Vol. I: Characteristics of the Population B. General Population Characteristics
  Vol I: Characteristics of the Population C. General Social and Economic Characteristics
  Vol I: Characteristics of the Population D. Detailed Characteristics
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1A National Origin and Language
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1B Negro Population
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1C Persons of Spanish Origin
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1D Persons of Spanish Surname
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1E Puerto Ricans in the United States
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1F American Indians
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 1G Japanese, Chinese, and Filipinos in the United States
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 2A State of Birth
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 2B Mobility for States and the Nation
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 2C Mobility for Metropolitan Areas
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 2D Lifetime and Recent Migration
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 2E Migration Between State Economic Areas
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 3A Women by Number of Children Ever Born
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 3B Childspacing and Current Fertility
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 4A Family Composition
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 4B Persons by Family Characteristics
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 4C Marital Status
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 4D Age at First Marriage
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 4E Persons in Institutions and Other Group Quarters
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 5A School Enrollment
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 5B Educational Attainment
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 5C Vocational Training
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 6A Employment Status and Work Experience
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 6B Persons Not Employed
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 6C Persons With Work Disability
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 6D Journey to Work
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 6E Veterans
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 7A Occupational Characterisics
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 7B Industrial Characteristics
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 7C Occupation by Industry
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 7D Government Workers
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 7E Occupation and Residence in 1965
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 7F Occupations of Persons with High Earnings
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 8A Sources and Structure of Family Income
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 8B Earnings by Occupation and Education
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 8C Income of the Farm-Related Population
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 9A Low-Income Population
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 9B Low-Income Areas in Large Cities
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 10A Americans Living Abroad
  Vol II: Subject Reports: 10B State Economic Area
• 1970 census of population : supplementary report
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  Online via HathiTrust
• 1970 census of population and housing. Census tracts.
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  Online via HathiTrust
• Census tracts in the Seattle-Everett, Wash. SMSA
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• 1970 census of population and housing. General demographic trends for metropolitan areas, 1960 to 1970. Washington.
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• 1970 census of population and housing. Employment profiles of selected low-income areas.
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  Online via HathiTrust
• 1970 census of housing.
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  Vol. I: Housing Characteristics for States, Cities, and Counties. A. General Housing Characteristics
  Vol. I: Housing Characteristics for States, Cities, and Counties B. Detailed Housing Characteristics
  Vol. II: Metropolitan Housing Characteristics
  Vol. III: Block Statistics, Seattle https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435066934118?urlappend=%3Bseq=251
  Vol. IV: Components of Inventory of Change
  Vol. V: Residential Finance
  Vol. VI: Plumbing Facilities and Estimates of Dilapidated Housing
  Vol. VI: Plumbing Facilities and Estimates of Dilapidated Housing Addendum: Accuracy of Estimates
  Vol. VII: Subject Reports
  Microform via UW Libraries
  Online via HathiTrust
• Reports online from the US Census Bureau
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