1960 Census Data Summary data files for 1960 are available as 1960 decennial census summary files only for tracted areas. From other sources, such as ICPSR's Historical Data series and the County and City Data Book one can find summary data from the 1960 Census. The numbers found in such compendium may have been created from print reports, of which there were many. The Historical Data series come from selected tables from the print reports and contain little data of interest to the Urban Sociology project. These data can be found on the web (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census). The County and City Data Book items from the 1960 census are of more relevance. Several versions of the County and City Data Book series can be obtained from ICPSR. The County and City Data Book series also includes data for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. See the ICPSR descriptions http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/archive.prl?path=ICPSR&num=7735 http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/archive.prl?path=ICPSR&num=7736 http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/archive.prl?path=ICPSR&num=12 http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/archive.prl?path=ICPSR&num=7697 The data included here are from "Census Tract Level Data, 1960" also called 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing Census Tract Summary Tape (Complete Count and Sample). These files were produced by a company called National Data Use and Access Laboratories (DUALabs) from the original Census Bureau tapes. DUALabs was created by staff from the Census Bureau to increase the availability of data products to the public sector. They went out of business many years ago, but their versions remain the primary source for data from the 1960 and 1970 decennial censuses. Only tracted areas are included and, in 1960, not all areas were tracted. In addition, data for some states are missing, although data for New Jersey were recently located at the University of Florida. ICPSR does not have the New Jersey data and it is not inlcuded in this project. In general, the coverage is only for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, but not all SMSAs are included. Data are missing for some states and are problematic for others. There are other errors in the some records. The reported total population for some SMSAs differs significantly from that computed using the data files. New England SMSAs are made up of whole towns. SMSAs in other states are made up of whole counties. Thus the file cannot be used to determine county level data for New England states. The documentation provides State and SMSA names and codes, as well as a few other codes. It does not provide County Codes and names. Most likely these are Census Codes, but some checking should be done to make certain this is the case. Check the population totals against the print reports. The data files contain 63 tables worth of data. At this time, SAS transport files (CPORT) are included for all tracts and for all tables. Also included are xls files giving variable labels for all 63 tables and more complete descriptive information about the tables, including the universe and a longer description for most of the tables. Also provided here are sample SAS programs to produce county and SMSA summaries for selected tables. There is not enough time to complete work on the 1960 census data. The Files on this CD: Excel Files: c60statece.xls List of state codes and state names. c60smsal.xls List of SMSA codes and names c60alllab.xls Variable Labels and Table Titles Sample Programs and Output: cen60ta.sas SAS Program to create subset of tables summed for counties cen60ta.log SAS Log of that Program. cen60ta.lst Print out of Population for the counties cen60tb.sas SAS Program to create subset of tables summed for SMSA cen60tb.log SAS Log of that Program cen60tb.lst Print out of Population for the SMSAs SAS system files, programs, and output for the creation of the cport files from the raw data. The file names with the number 1 include the states with state codes of 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16. These are the New England States. The file names with the number 2 include the states with state codes of 21 and 23. These are New York and Pennsylvannia. The file names with the number 3 include the states with state codes of 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. These are the mid states (Ohio-Wisconsin, etc.) The file names with the number 4 include the states with state codes of 41, 42, 43, 46, 47. These are midwestern states (Minnesota-Kansas, etc.) The file names with the number 5 include the states with state codes of 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, and 59. These are the southern states (Delaware - Florida). The file names with the number 6 include the states with state codes of 61, 62, and 63. These are southern states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. The file names with the number 7 include the states with state codes of 71, 72, 73, and 74. These are states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The file names with the number 8 include the states with state codes of 84, 85, 86, 87 and 88. These are the western states Colorado-Nevada.. The file names with the number 9 include the states with state codes of 91, 92, 93, and '02' (Hawaii). These are the far western states of Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. For EACH SET OF STATES there is a Log file providing the program and results of reading the raw data and creating a SAS dataset. These LOG files are: c60st1x.log c60st2x.log c60st3x.log c60st4x.log c60st5x.log c60st6x.log c60st7x.log c60st8x.log c60st9x.log For EACH SET OF STATES there is a SAS tranport (CPORT) dataset. c60st1x.cpt c60st2x.cpt c60st3x.cpt c60st4x.cpt c60st5x.cpt c60st6x.cpt c60st7x.cpt c60st8x.cpt c60st9x.cpt For EACH SET OF STATES there is a SAS program that counts the number of records for each geographic identifier, including county and SMSA. These include the LOG files and the output files, with a filetype of 'lst'. c60st1e.log c60st2e.log c60st3e.log c60st4e.log c60st5e.log c60st6e.log c60st7e.log c60st8e.log c60st9e.log c60st1e.lst c60st2e.lst c60st3e.lst c60st4e.lst c60st5e.lst c60st6e.lst c60st7e.lst c60st8e.lst c60st9e.lst .... Ann Gray/ CISER Data Archive/ May 17, 2000