The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census.[1] It was the first census in which a state—California—recorded a population of 20 million people, as well as the first in which all states recorded populations of over 400,000.
Census questions
The 1980 census collected the following information from all respondents:[2]
Address
Name
Household relationship
Gender
Race
Age
Marital status
Whether of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent
It was the first census not to ask for the name of the "head of household."[3]
Approximately 16 percent of households received a "long form" of the 1980 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 1980 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Location of 50 largest cities by population in the United States in 1980
Politics
References
^"Population and Area (Historical Censuses)" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
^"Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, New York State Census Records, 1790–1925". New York State Library. October 1981. p. 46 (p. 52 of PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2008.
^Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The '70s. New York: Basic Books. p. 246. ISBN 0-465-04195-7.
^"The "72-Year Rule" – History – U.S. Census Bureau". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau, PIO Census History Staff. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
^Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
^"Regions and Divisions". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
External links
Historic US Census data
1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 census results