U.S. Decennial Census: 1980

• 20th decennial census
• US population: 226,545,805
• Washington population: 4,132,156

Questions asked

• Information obtained from all persons:
  • Age,
  • Sex,
  • Color or Race,
  • If American Indian, name of Tribe,
  • Relationship to head of family or household,
  • Marital Status
• Information obtained from a sample of the population:
  • Ancestry/ Ethnic Origin,
  • Age at or Date of First Marriage,
  • Married more than once,
  • If remarried, Was first marriage terminated by death?,
  • Ill or Disabled,
  • School Attendance,
  • Educational Attainment,
  • Place of Birth,
  • Citizenship,
  • If Foreign Born, Year of immigration,
  • language,
  • Spanish origin or descent,
  • Number of children ever born to mother,
  • Veteran status,
  • In service date,
  • Place of residence in a previous year,
  • Year moved to present residence,
  • Industry,
  • Occupation,
  • Class of Worker,
  • Employment Status,
  • Duration of Unemployment,
  • Year last worked,
  • Weeks worked in preceding year,
  • Hours worked in preceding week,
  • Value of Real Estate,
  • Income,
  • Place of work,
  • Means of transportation to work