DOI: 10.3886/icpsr13577.v1
title: Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: Special Tabulation on Aging
title: Version 1

description: The Census 2000: Special Tabulation on Aging provides information for each of the 50 states along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with a special focus on persons age 60 and older. Population topics (Tables P001 through P116 for each state and state equivalent file) include basic population totals, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, households and families, group quarters, marital status, grandparents as caregivers, ability to speak English, place of birth, citizenship status, migration, educational attainment, veteran status, disability, employment status, income, and poverty status. Household topics (tables H01 through H69) include tenure (owner occupied or renter occupied), household size, units in structure, year structure was built, availability of plumbing and kitchen facilities, and whether meals are included in the rent and value of home. Both the population and housing subjects may be cross tabulated. Files are organized according to the ten regions as defined by the Administration on Aging. Each table provides information at a number of geographical levels: United States (50 states + DC), state, Planning and Service Area (PSA -- the geographic area served by a single area agency on aging), county, county subdivision in 12 states with a population of 2,500 or more, places with a population of 2,500 or more, and census tract, as well as American Indian and Alaska Native areas. Also, the urban and rural components of states and PSAs are shown. The data are in the form of Excel tables. The technical documentation provides extensive details about such topics as the tabulation specifications, the geographical levels shown, how to use the statistical tables, and the measures used to protect confidentiality.
description: Please refer to the documentation for details on study design.
description: The data are arranged in statistical tables and include both subject and geographic terms. Each table is identified by a table number and title. The table number indicates the position of the table within the product, while the title is a short statement indicating the nature and time reference of the data presented in the table. Each table shows the universe which is the total number of units in the population of interest, e.g., population of 60 years and over, families, or occupied housing units.
description: Every person and housing unit in the United States was asked basic demographic and housing questions (for example, race, age, and relationship to householder). A sample of these people and housing units was asked more detailed questions about items, such as income, occupation, and housing costs. The sampling unit for Census 2000 was the housing unit, including all occupants. There were four different housing unit sampling rates: 1-in-8, 1-in-6, 1-in-4, and 1-in-2 (designed for an overall average of about 1-in-6). The Census Bureau assigned these varying rates based on precensus occupied housing unit estimates of various geographic and statistical entities, such as incorporated places and interim census tracts. For people living in group quarters or enumerated at long form eligible service sites (shelters and soup kitchens), the sampling unit was the person and the sampling rate was 1-in-6. Please refer to the documentation for more details related to sampling.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Alaska through Indiana DS2: Kansas through New York DS3: Ohio through Wyoming
description: All persons and housing units in the United States and Puerto Rico.
description: mail questionnaire; telephone interviewThe data are available for download in zipped packages; the packages are grouped by state according to the Administration on Aging Regions. Data are released as files for each of the 50 states. The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are included and treated as statistical equivalents of a state. Information for the United States is included on each state and state equivalent file, and the same tables are presented in all files. On each state file, the geographic area is identified by a geographic code, followed by the corresponding name for the geographic levels listed below. Definitions of geographic terms and concepts are provided in the documentation.