Census of population and housing, 1980 [United State]
Subtitle: congressional district equivalency file (99th congress)
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: ICPSR -- 8404; ICPSR (Series) -- 8404
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 43564
Subjects: Election districts; Statistics; Census, 1980; Population; United States. Congress. House
Description: Congressional districts of the 99th Congress are matched to census geographic areas in this file. The areas used are those from the 1980 census. Each record contains geographic data, a congressional district code, and the total 1980 population count. Ten states were redistricted for the 99th Congress: California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington. The data for the other 40 states and the District of Columbia are identical to that for the 98th Congress.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1980.

United States.

The technical documentation supplied by the Census Bureau lists this dataset as having a logical record length of 80 characters. The record length is actually 100, but the last 20 characters are padded with blanks.

file structure: rectangular ; case count: 43,564 ; variable count: 17 ; logical record length: 100 ; records per case: 1.

50 states and the District of Columbia.

United States Deparment of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. ''Congressional Districts of the 99th Congress'' PHC80-4. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, n.d.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ATLAS: DISTRICTS OF THE 99TH CONGRESS. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, n.d.