U.S. Decennial Census: 1980

Highlights

• 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

• CensusCD 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Volume 1, Characteristics of the population.
  Ch. A - Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-13)
  Ch. B - General Population Characteristics (tables 14-55)
  Ch. C - General Social and Economic Characteristics (tables 56-193)
  Ch. D - Detailed Population Characteristics (tables 194-251)
  Characteristics of American Indians by Tribes and Selected Areas
  American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts on Identified Reservations and in the Historic Area of Oklahoma (Excluding Urbanized Areas)
  Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States
  Geographic Mobility for States and the Nation
  Geographic Mobility for Metropolitan Areas
  Living Arrangements of Children and Adults
  Marital Characteristics
  Persons in Institutions and Other Group Quarters
  Journey to Work: Metropolitan Commuting Flows
  Journey to Work: Characteristics of Workers in Metropolitan Areas
  Place of Work
  Occupation by Industry
  Earnings by Occupation and Education
  Poverty Areas in Large Cities
  Characteristics of the Rural and Farm-Related Population
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• 1980 census of population : age, sex, race, and Spanish origin of the population by regions, divisions, and states, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population : population and households by states and counties, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population : race of the population by States, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population : population and households for census designated places, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population : standard metropolitan statistical areas and standard consolidated statistical areas, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population : nonpermanent residents by states and selected counties and incorporated places, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Persons of Spanish origin by State, 1980 : supplementary report.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Detailed occupation and years of school completed by age, for the civilian labor force by sex, race, and Spanish origin, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. State of Residence in 1975 by State of Residence in 1980
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• 1980 census of population. Ancestry of the population by state: 1980. supplementary report.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report : Congressional district profiles, 98th Congress.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Summary characteristics of the black population for states and selected counties and places, 1980
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Asian and Pacific Islander population by state, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. American Indian areas and Alaska native villages, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Population and land area of urbanized areas for the United States and Puerto Rico, 1980 and 1970.
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• 1980 census of population. Detailed occupation of the experienced civilian labor force by sex for the United States and regions, 1980 and 1970: Supplementary report..
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Residence in 1975 for states by age, sex, race, and Spanish origin.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Gross migration for counties, 1975 to 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1983). Supplementary report
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Rural and farm population by current (1980) and previous (1970) farm definitions, for states and counties, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population. Supplementary report. Selected characteristics of persons with a work disability by state, 1980.
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• 1980 census of population and housing, block statistics maps : [by state], selected areas.
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• 1980 census of population and housing, block statistics maps : [by SMSA], standard metropolitan statistical area.
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• Block statistics (PH80-1).
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• 1980 census of population and housing. Block statistics.
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• 1980 census of population and housing. Census tracts.
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• 1980 census of population and housing. Summary characteristics for governmental units and standard metropolitan statistical areas : Washington.
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• Congressional districts of the 98th Congress (PHC80-4).
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• Congressional districts of the 100th Congress : rankings by 1980 population, land area, and population density
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• Census of population and housing, 1980. Summary tape file 1 : technical documentation.
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• Census of population and housing, 1980. Summary tape file 2 : technical documentation.
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• Census of population and housing, 1980. Summary tape file 3 : technical documentation.
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• Census of population and housing, 1980. Summary tape file 4 : technical documentation.
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• Census of population and housing, 1980. Summary tape file 5 : technical documentation.
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• 1980 census of housing. Volume 1, Characteristics of housing units.
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• Reports online from the Census Bureau
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