DOI: 10.3886/icpsr00018.v1
title: Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Samples
title: Version 1

description: This data collection contains 132 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) files from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing. Information is provided in these files on the housing unit, such as occupancy and vacancy status of house, tenure, value of property, commercial use, year structure was built, number of rooms, availability of plumbing facilities, sewage disposal, bathtub or shower, complete kitchen facilities, flush toilet, water, telephone, and air conditioning. Data are also provided on household characteristics such as the number of persons aged 18 years and younger in the household, the presence of roomers, boarders, or lodgers, the presence of other nonrelative and of relative other than wife or child of head of household, the number of persons per room, the rent paid for unit, and the number of persons with Spanish surnames. Other demographic variables provide information on age, race, marital status, place of birth, state of birth, Puerto Rican heritage, citizenship, education, occupation, employment status, size of family, farm earnings, and family income. This hierarchical data collection contains approximately 214 variables for the 15-percent sample, 227 variables for the 5-percent sample, and 117 variables for the neighborhood characteristics sample.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: New England PUS70001 
 DS2: Middle Atlantic PUS70002 
 DS3: East North Central PUS70003 
 DS4: West North Central PUS70004 
 DS5: South Atlantic PUS70005 
 DS6: East South Central PUS70006 
 DS7: West South Central PUS70007 
 DS8: Mountain PUS70008 
 DS9: Pacific PUS70009 
 DS10: New England PUS70301 
 DS11: Middle Atlantic PUS70302 
 DS12: East North Central PUS70303 
 DS13: West North Central PUS70304 
 DS14: South Atlantic PUS70305 
 DS15: East South Central PUS70306 
 DS16: West South Central PUS70307 
 DS17: Mountain PUS70308 
 DS18: Pacific PUS70309 
 DS19: Entire United States PUS70340 
 DS20: Entire United States PUS70350 
 DS21: Entire United States PUS70040 
 DS22: Entire United States PUS70050 
 DS25: Massachusetts, Rhode Island PUS70101 
 DS26: Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine PUS70102 
 DS27: New York PUS70103 
 DS28: Pennsylvania PUS70104 
 DS29: New Jersey PUS70105 
 DS30: Michigan PUS70106 
 DS31: Iowa, Minnesota PUS70109 
 DS32: Delaware, Maryland, D.C., West Virginia PUS70111 
 DS33: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia PUS70112 
 DS34: Georgia, Florida PUS70113 
 DS35: Alabama, Kentucky PUS70114 
 DS36: Tennessee, Mississippi PUS70115 
 DS37: Texas, Arkansas PUS70116 
 DS38: Louisiana, Oklahoma PUS70117 
 DS39: California PUS70120 
 DS40: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin PUS70107 
 DS41: Missouri PUS70108 
 DS42: Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota PUS70110 
 DS43: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico PUS70118 
 DS44: Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho PUS70119 
 DS45: Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii PUS70121 
 DS51: Massachusetts, Rhode Island PUS70401 
 DS52: Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine PUS70402 
 DS53: New York PUS70403 
 DS54: Pennsylvania PUS70404 
 DS55: New Jersey PUS70405 
 DS56: Ohio, Michigan PUS70406 
 DS57: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin PUS70407 
 DS58: Missouri PUS70408 
 DS59: Iowa, Minnesota PUS70409 
 DS60: Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota PUS70410 
 DS61: Delaware, Maryland, D.C., West Virginia PUS70411 
 DS62: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia PUS70412 
 DS63: Georgia, Florida PUS70413 
 DS64: Alabama, Kentucky PUS70414 
 DS65: Tennessee, Mississippi PUS70415 
 DS66: Texas, Arkansas PUS70416 
 DS67: Louisiana, Oklahoma PUS70417 
 DS68: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado PUS70418 
 DS69: Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho PUS70419 
 DS70: California PUS70420 
 DS71: Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii PUS70421 
 DS72: Entire United States PUS70140 
 DS73: Entire United States PUS70440 
 DS74: Entire United States PUS70150 
 DS75: Entire United States PUS70450 
 DS81: County Codes 00101-00408 PUS70201 
 DS82: County Codes 00409-00604 PUS70202 
 DS83: County Codes 00701-01102 PUS70203 
 DS84: County Codes 01201-01304 PUS70204 
 DS85: County Code 01305-01311 PUS70205 
 DS86: County Codes 01312-01405 PUS70206 
 DS87: County Codes 01406-01505 PUS70207 
 DS88: County Codes 01601-01701 PUS70208 
 DS89: County Codes 01801-02304 PUS70209 
 DS90: County Codes 02401-03203 PUS70210 
 DS91: County Codes 03301-03901 PUS70211 
 DS92: County Codes 04001-04402 PUS70212 
 DS93: County Codes 04501-05102 PUS70213 
 DS94: County Codes 05201-05902 PUS70214 
 DS95: County Codes 06001-06303 PUS70215 
 DS96: County Codes 06304-06601 PUS70216 
 DS97: County Codes 06602-07102 PUS70217 
 DS98: County Codes 07201-07205 PUS70218 
 DS99: County Codes 07206-07901 PUS70219 
 DS100: County Codes 08001-08901 PUS70220 
 DS101: County Codes 09001-10001 PUS70221 
 DS102: County Codes 10101-10603 PUS70222 
 DS103: County Codes 10701-11502 PUS70223 
 DS104: County Codes 11601-12402 PUS70224 
 DS105: County Codes 12501-13001 PUS70225 
 DS106: County Codes 13101-13601 PUS70226 
 DS107: County Codes 13701-14201 PUS70227 
 DS108: County Codes 14301 PUS70228 
 DS109: County Codes 14302-14601 PUS70229 
 DS110: County Codes 14701-14902 PUS70230 
 DS111: County Codes 00101-00408 PUS70501 
 DS112: County Codes 00409-00604 PUS70502 
 DS113: County Codes 00701-01102 PUS70503 
 DS114: County Codes 01201-01304 PUS70504 
 DS115: County Codes 01305-01311 PUS70505 
 DS116: County Codes 01312-01405 PUS70506 
 DS117: County Codes 01406-01505 PUS70507 
 DS118: County Codes 01601-01701 PUS70508 
 DS119: County Codes 01801-02304 PUS70509 
 DS120: County Codes 02401-03203 PUS70510 
 DS121: County Codes 03301-03901 PUS70511 
 DS122: County Codes 04001-04402 PUS70512 
 DS123: County Codes 04501-05102 PUS70513 
 DS124: County Codes 05201-05902 PUS70514 
 DS125: County Codes 06001-06303 PUS70515 
 DS126: County Codes 06304-06601 PUS70516 
 DS127: County Codes 06602-07102 PUS70517 
 DS128: County Codes 07201-07205 PUS70518 
 DS129: County Codes 07206-07901 PUS70519 
 DS130: County Codes 08001-08901 PUS70520 
 DS131: County Codes 09001-10001 PUS70521 
 DS132: County Codes 10101-10603 PUS70522 
 DS133: County Codes 10701-11502 PUS70523 
 DS134: County Codes 11601-12402 PUS70524 
 DS135: County Codes 12501-13001 PUS70525 
 DS136: County Codes 13101-13601 PUS70526 
 DS137: County Codes 13701-14201 PUS70527 
 DS138: County Codes 14301 PUS70528 
 DS139: County Codes 14302-14601 PUS70529 
 DS140: County Codes 14701-14902 PUS70530 
 DS141: Entire United States PUS70240 
 DS142: Entire United States PUS70540 
 DS143: Entire United States PUS70250 
 DS144: Entire United States PUS70550 
 DS145: Codebook For All Parts
description: Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States] Series
description: All persons and housing units in the United States in 1970.
description: Each 1970 Public Use Sample is a representative sample of the records from the 1970 Census sample questionnaires. The primary sample size is 1-in-100 or one sample unit (household, vacant unit, or person in group quarters) for every 100 such units in the population. Two long-form Census questionnaires were used in the 1970 Census: one for a 15-percent sample of the population, the other for a 5-percent sample. Of the 1970 samples, three 1/100 samples were drawn from the 15-percent sample data, and three from the 5-percent sample data, one for each of the three options for geographic information: (1) county groups, (2) states, and (3) geographic divisions with neighborhood characteristics. Any one sample contains only one of these types of information.