Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1970

Detailed county and state-level ecological or descriptive data for the United States for the years 1790 to 1970 are contained in this collection. These data files contain extensive information about the social and political character of the United States, including a breakdown of population by state...

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Corporate Author: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1984
In:Year: 1984
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
census data
counties
demographic characteristics
Economic conditions
Eighteenth Century
Families
historical data
Marriage
National Identity
Nineteenth Century
Occupations
Political change
Population
population size
Religion
states (USA)
Twentieth Century
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Summary:Detailed county and state-level ecological or descriptive data for the United States for the years 1790 to 1970 are contained in this collection. These data files contain extensive information about the social and political character of the United States, including a breakdown of population by state, race, nationality, number of families, size of the family, births, deaths, marriages, occupation, religion, and general economic conditions. Though not complete over the full time span of this study, statistics are available on such diverse subjects as total numbers of newspapers and periodicals, total capital invested in manufacturing, total numbers of educational institutions, total number of churches, taxation by state, and land surface area in square miles.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR00003.v1