DOI: 10.3886/icpsr08318
title: Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Summary Tape File 3B
title: Archival Version

description: This data collection is a component of Summary Tape File (STF) 3, which consists of four sets of data files containing detailed tabulations of the nation's population and housing characteristics produced from the 1980 Census. The STF 3 files contain sample data inflated to represent the total United States population. The files also contain 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts of persons and housing units. All files in the STF 3 series are identical, containing 321 substantive data variables organized in the form of 150 "tables," as well as standard geographic identification variables. Population items tabulated for each person include demographic data and information on schooling, Spanish origin, language spoken at home and ability to speak English, labor force status in 1979, residency in 1975, number of children ever born, means of transportation to work, current occupation, industry, and 1979 details on occupation, hours worked, and income. Housing items include size and condition of the housing unit as well as information on value, age, water, sewage and heating, number of vehicles, and monthly owner costs (e.g., sum of payments for real estate taxes, property insurance, utilities, and regular mortgage payments). Selected aggregates and medians are also provided. Each dataset in STF 3 provides different geographic coverage. Summary Tape File 3B provides summaries for each 5-digit ZIP-code area within a state, and for 5-digit ZIP-code areas within states that were contained within Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs), portions of SMSAs, or within counties, county portions, or county equivalents. All persons and housing units in the United States were sampled. Population and housing items include household relationship, sex, race, age, marital status, Hispanic origin, number of units at address, complete plumbing facilities, number of rooms, whether owned or rented, vacancy status, and value for noncondominiums. The Census Bureau's machine-readable data dictionary for STF 3 is also available through CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980 [UNITED STATES]: CENSUS SOFTWARE PACKAGE (CENSPAC) VERSION 3.2 WITH STF4 DATA DICTIONARIES (ICPSR 7789), the software package designed specifically by the Census Bureau for use with the 1980 Census data files.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Alabama 
 DS2: Alaska 
 DS4: Arizona 
 DS5: Arkansas 
 DS6: California 
 DS8: Colorado 
 DS9: Connecticut 
 DS10: Delaware 
 DS11: District of Columbia 
 DS12: Florida 
 DS13: Georgia 
 DS15: Hawaii 
 DS16: Idaho 
 DS17: Illinois 
 DS18: Indiana 
 DS19: Iowa 
 DS20: Kansas 
 DS21: Kentucky 
 DS22: Louisiana 
 DS23: Maine 
 DS24: Maryland 
 DS25: Massachusetts 
 DS26: Michigan 
 DS27: Minnesota 
 DS28: Mississippi 
 DS29: Missouri 
 DS30: Montana 
 DS31: Nebraska 
 DS32: Nevada 
 DS33: New Hampshire 
 DS34: New Jersey 
 DS35: New Mexico 
 DS36: New York 
 DS37: North Carolina 
 DS38: North Dakota 
 DS39: Ohio 
 DS40: Oklahoma 
 DS41: Oregon 
 DS42: Pennsylvania 
 DS44: Rhode Island 
 DS45: South Carolina 
 DS46: South Dakota 
 DS47: Tennessee 
 DS48: Texas 
 DS49: Utah 
 DS50: Vermont 
 DS51: Virginia 
 DS53: Washington 
 DS54: West Virginia 
 DS55: Wisconsin 
 DS56: Wyoming
description: Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States] Series
description: There is one file for each state. Each file has a conceptual logical record length of 12,096 characters with six physical record segments of 2,016 characters each. The number of records varies by state.
description: All persons and housing units in the United States (including the District of Columbia) in 1980.