Scientific Data Documentation
Population Data From The 1970 Census
y70.zip
RECORD LAYOUT
1970 CENSUS COUNTS BY AGE, SEX, RACE
LOCATION DATA ITEM
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1-2 STATE CODE
3-5 COUNTY
6-9 SMSA
10 NOT USED
11-18 TOTAL POPULATION
19-26 TOTAL MALE
27-34 TOTAL FEMALE
35-58 WHITE: TOTAL, MALE AND FEMALE IN 8 COLUMN FIELDS
59-82 BLACK: TOTAL, MALE AND FEMALE IN 8 COLUMN FIELDS
83-106 OTHER: TOTAL, MALE AND FEMALE IN 8 COLUMN FIELDS
107-914 TOTAL POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS:
UNDER-1, 1,2,3,...99,100 IN 8 COLUMN FIELDS
915-1722 MALE POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
1723-2530 FEMALE POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
2531-3338 WHITE POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
3339-4146 WHITE-MALES POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
4147-4954 WHITE-FEMALES POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
4955-5762 BLACK POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
5763-6570 BLACK-MALES POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
6561-7378 BLACK-FEMALES POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
7379-8186 OTHER POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
8187-8994 OTHER-MALES POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
8995-9802 OTHER-FEMALES POPULATION BY SINGLE YEAR AGE GROUPS
NOTE: ON THE USA TOTAL RECORD, COUNTS IN FIELDS 11-18, 27-34,
AND 35-42 EXCEED THE 8 COLUMNS, BUT OTHER FIELDS ARE CORRECT.
THERE IS A RECORD FOR EACH COUNTY, STATE AND THE TOTAL USA.
