1950
- NC State University Libraries Guide to Census Data Resources - Provides links to online and other electronic data sources.
- US Census Bureau 1950 Documents as PDFs
- Questionnaire, instructions, and table headers
- * Questionnaire description and Instructions to Enumerators - from Measuring America (Sept. 2002)
- * Illustrative example of population schedule - from 1950 Population Census, v. 2, pt. 1 (C3.950/7-5:v.2,pt.1)
- * Enumerator's Reference Manual - from 1950 Population Census, v. 2, pt. 1 (C3.950/7-5:v.2,pt.1)
- Census of Population: 1950, 2 vols. in 55, plus 64 bulletins
- U.S. Documents C3.950/7-5:
- * GEOGRAPHIES: Nation, Divisions, States, Territories, Counties, Townships or other Minor Civil Divisions; Urban/Rural; Incorporated Places, Cities 5000+, Metropolitan Districts, Tracts
- * CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Number of Inhabitants, has 33 tables in the United States summary section
- * Most of vol. 1 contains data by state and territory in 9 tables:
- - Population, 1790-1950, urban/rural
- - Population, 1950, groups of places by size
- - Population, 1900-1950, groups of places by size
- - Population, 1790-1950, cities 10,000+
- - Area and Population, 1930-1950, for counties, urban/rural
- - Population, 1930-1950, for minor civil divisions of counties
- - Population, 1940-1950, for incorporated places and unincorporated places 1,000+
- - Population, 1950, for wards of cities 5,000+
- - Population, 1950, for urbanized areas
- Vol. 2. Characteristics of the Population, in 54 vols.
- * Part 1 is a United States summary
- * Table Finding Guide - U.S. summary
- * Parts 2-54 contain data for each state and territory
- * Table Finding Guide - States
- * Each state/territory part contains 94 tables with data for
- - State
- - Urban/Rural, Standard Metropolitan Areas, Urban Places, Places 1,000-2,000
- - Counties, Rural nonfarm, Rural farm
- - Cities 50,000-100,000; 100,000-250,000; and 250,000+
- * Topics of the tables are grouped by:
- - Number of Inhabitants
- - General Characteristics
- - Detailed Characteristics
- [Vol. 3.] Census Tract Statistics
- * No bound compilation was published
- * Available in 64 paper bulletins for major cities
- * Not held by the NC State University Libraries
- [Vol. 4.] Special Reports (series P-E)
- U.S. Documents C3.950/7-6:
- * No bound compilation was published
- * Available in 20 paper bulletins on miscellaneous topics
- Census of Housing: 1950, 5 vols. in 15, plus 213 bulletins
- U.S. Documents C3.950/8-5:
- * CONTENTS: Vol. 1. General Characteristics, in 7 parts
- - Presents data for the U.S., for individual states, and territories
- * Table Finding Guide - States
- * Topics are grouped in this order:
- - Number of dwelling units
- - Occupancy characteristics
- - Structural characteristics
- - Condition and plumbing facilities
- - Equipment and fuels
- - Financial characteristics
- Vol. 2. Nonfarm Housing Characteristics, in 5 parts
- * Pt. 1 has U.S. and Division statistics
- * Pts. 2-5 have Standard Metropolitan Areas and Cities data
- * Ten tables are given for the various geographies:
- - Value of owner-occupied units
- - Contract monthly rent
- - Gross monthly rent
- - Condition and plumbing facilities
- - Number of rooms
- - Type of structure
- - 1949 income of head of household
- - Sex and age of head of household
- - Value-income ratio, or gross rent-income ratio
- - Type of household
- Vol. 3. Farm Housing Characterisics
- * A volume with data for Rural-Farm occupied dwelling units
- * Data for States and Economic subregions of states (often multi-county)
- * Has four tables per geographic unit:
- - Number of rooms
- - Condition and plumbing facilities
- - Number of rooms in nonwhite dwellings
- - Condition and plumbing facilities in nonwhite dwellings
- Vol. 4. Residential Financing, in 2 parts
- * Pt. 1 has data for United States, regions, and territory inside and outside SMAs
- * Pt. 2 has less extensive data for 25 large SMAs
- [Vol. 5.] Block Statistics, in 213 paper-covered bulletins
- * Not held by the NC State University Libraries
From the 1870 Census forward, the number of published volumes grew each decade. A comprehensive list of all these volumes is beyond the scope of this guide that focuses on the volumes addressing population and housing topics.