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Decennial Census Information
1970 Census -- Detailed Holdings

The final reports of the 1970 Census were published in four series: one for Population and one for Housing, one for Joint Population-Housing, and one for Additional Reports. There are also additional series of evaluation and procedural reports. The reports in Lehman Library are essentially complete, including tract maps with blocks indicated.

Volumes which contain tables specifically about New York City and State are highlighted in green.

References to maps & their locations are highlighted in red.


Population

Volume I. Characteristics of the Population, PC(1).
HA 201 1970 .A4 v.1, pt.A,pt.1-58 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This volume consists of separate reports for the U.S., each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Canal Zone, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Each report contains four chapters: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Part A consists of all of the chapters on Number of Inhabitants, combined and published as one volume.
Each volume contains maps showing Counties, County Subdivisions, Townships and Places, and Urbanized Areas.
Pt. 34, Chpt A-B - New York State: Section I. , Section 2.
Volume II. Subject Reports, PC(2).
HA 201 1970 .A4 v.2 - Lehman Non-Circulating
Population Supplementary Report, PC(S1).
HA 201 1970 .A6 Suppl.1-108 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of 108 reports on a variety of topics, mostly on a national level. Many are reprints from other final census reports, or extracts compiled from other reports. Some of the reports with unique information, or which are of more interest for research on New York, are:
Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations.
HA 201 1970 .A4 Oc 1 - Lehman Non-Circulating
Classified Index of Industries and Occupations.
HA 201 1970 .A4 Oc 1/2 - Lehman Non-Circulating

Housing

Volume I. Housing Characteristics for States, Cities, and Counties, HC(1).
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.1, pt.A, pt.1-58 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of 58 reports -- one each for the U.S. each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Canal Zone, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Each report contains two chapters: General Housing Characteristics and Detailed Characteristics. Part A consists of all of the chapters on General Housing Characteristics, combined and published separately.
Each report contains a State map showing Counties, SMSAs, and Selected Places.
Pt. 34 - New York State
Volume II. Metropolitan Housing Characteristics, HC(2).
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.2, pt.1-248 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of 248 reports -- one for each standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA), presenting data for the SMSA and its central cities and places of 50,000 inhabitants or more, as well as a national summary report.
Each report contains a State map showing Counties, SMSAs, and Selected Places.
Pt. 149: New York SMSA
Volume III. Block Statistics, HC(3).
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.3, pt.1-278 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of 278 reports -- one for each urbanized area showing data for individual blocks on selected housing and population subjects. The series also includes reports for the communities outside urbanized areas which have contracted with the Census Bureau to provide block statistics from the 1970 census.
Block maps and index sheets are filed in slipcases in the back of each bound volume.
Pt. 159: New York Metropolitan Area: Maps (1-137) in filing cabinet
Pt. 163: Selected Areas in New York State: Maps (1-90) in filing cabinet
Volume IV. Components of Inventory Change.
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.4, pt.1-16 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series contains data on the disposition of the 1960 inventory and the source of the 1970 inventory, such as new construction, conversion, mergers, demolitions, and other additions and losses. There are separate reports for the U.S. and 15 selected SMSAs.
Pt. 11: New York SMSA
Volume V. Residential Finance.
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.5 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This volume presents data regarding the financing of privately owned nonfarm residential properties.
Volume VI. Plumbing Facilities and Estimates of Dilapidated Housing.
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.6 - Lehman Non-Circulating
Volume VII. Subject Reports.
HA 201 1970 .A6 v.7, pt.1-9 - Lehman Non-Circulating
Each volume in this report concentrates on a particular subject. Detailed information and cross-classifications are generally provided on a national and regional level; in some reports, data for States or SMSAs are also shown.
  • Pt.1: Housing Characteristics by Household Composition
  • Pt.2: Housing of Senior Citizens
  • Pt.3: Space Utilization of the Housing Inventory
  • Pt.4: Structural Characteristics of the Housing Inventory
  • Pt.5: Mover Households
  • Pt.6: Mobile Homes
  • Pt.7: Geographic Aspects of the Housing Inventory
  • Pt.8: Cooperative and Condominium Housing
  • Pt.9: Housing of Selected Racial Groups

Housing Supplementary Report, HC(S1).
HA 201 1970 .A6 Suppl.1-20 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of reports on a variety of topics, mostly on a national level.
  • 1: Summary Housing Characteristics for the U.S., Regions, Divisions, and States
  • 2: General Housing Characteristics for the U.S., by Metropolitan and Urban-Rural Residence
  • 3: Characteristics of Occupied Housing Units by Household Composition and Tenure, for the U.S.
  • 4: Characteristics of Occupied Housing Units by Plumbing Facilities and Tenure, for the U.S.
  • 5: Characteristics of Occupied Housing Units by Rooms and Tenure, for the U.S.
  • 6: Detailed Housing Characteristics for the U.S., Regions, Divisions, and States
  • 7: Occupied Rural Housing Units and Rural Population by Farm-Nonfarm Residence for Counties in the U.S.
  • 8: Characteristics of Occupied Housing Units by Year Structure Built and Tenure, for the U.S.
  • 9: Characteristics of Occupied Housing Units by Units in Structure and Tenure, for the U.S.
  • 10: Income in 1969 of Families and Primary Individuals in Owner and Renter Occupied Housing Units for the U.S.
  • 11: Year Household Moved Into Unit for the U.S.
  • 12/corr.: Plumbing Facilities by Persons Per Room and by Income in 1969 of Families and Primary Individuals, for the U.S.
  • 13: Characteristics of Second Home Owners for the U.S.
  • 14: Characteristics of Spanish Language Households for the U.S.
  • 15: Value and Rent by Household Composition for the U.S.
  • 16: Graphic Summary of the 1970 Housing Census
  • 17: Real Estate Tax Data for Homeowner Properties for the U.S. and Regions
  • 18: Holder of First Mortgages (on Homeowner Properties) Made in 1967-1071 and in 1957-1960, for the U.S.
  • 19: Income of Homeowners of Mortgaged Properties Acquired in 1967-1971, for the U.S.
  • 20: Purchase Price of Mortgaged Homeowner Properties Acquired in 1967-1971, for the U.S.

Joint Population-Housing Reports

Census Tract Reports, PHC(1).
HA 201 1970 .A5, v.1, pt.1-241 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series contains one report for each SMSA, showing data for most of the population and housing subjects included in the 1970 census.
Tract maps are bound in volumes. Additional tract maps for the NYC boroughs are filed in the Lehman Map Room.
V.145: New York SMSA
General Demographic Trends for Metropolitan Areas, 1960 to 1970, PHC(2).
HA 201 1970 .A5, v.2, pt.1-52 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of one report for each State and the District of Columbia, as well as a national summary report, presenting statistics for the State and for SMSAs and their central cities and constituent counties.
V.34 - New York State
Employment Profiles of Selected Low-Income Areas, PHC(3).
HA 201 1970 .A5, v.3, pt.1-76 - Lehman Non-Circulating
This series consists of 76 reports, each presenting statistics on the social and economic characteristics of the residents of a particular low-income neighborhood in 51 cities and seven rural poverty areas.
New York:

Other Reports

Index to Selected 1970 Census Reports.
Part 1, Part 2
HA 201 1970 - Lehman
Index to Selected 1970 Census Reports.
HA 201 1970 .A5 IN 2 - Lehman

The Bureau of the Census published two series of publications about the 1970 Census of Population and Housing -- Evaluation Reports and Procedural Reports. Volumes in both series are useful to researchers interested in the census process itself.

Evaluation Reports, PHC(E)

1 - The Quality of Residential Geographic Coding
C 3.223/16:970/1 - U.S. Government Documents

2 - Tests of Birth Registration Completeness, 1964 to 1968
C 3.223/16:970/2 - U.S. Government Documents

3 - Results and Analysis of the Experimental Mail Extension Test
C 3.223/16:970/3 - U.S. Government Documents
HA 37 .U52 1970d - Offsite

4 - Estimates of Coverage of Population by Sex, Race, and Age: Demographic Analysis
C 3.223/16:970/4 - U.S. Government Documents

5 - The Coverage of Housing in the 1970 Census
C 3.223/16:970/5 - U.S. Government Documents
HD 7293 .A5 1973d - Offsite

6 - Effect of Special Procedures to Improve Coverage in the 1970 Census
C 3.223/16:970/6 - U.S. Government Documents

7 - The Medicare Record Check: an Evaluation of the Coverage of Persons 65 Years of Age and Over in the 1970 Census
C 3.223/16:970/7 - U.S. Government Documents

8 - Coding Performance in the 1970 Census
C 3.223/16:970/8 - U.S. Government Documents

9 - Accuracy of Data for Selected Population Characteristics as Measured by Reinterviews
C 3.223/16:970/9 - U.S. Government Documents

10 - Accuracy of Data for Selected Housing Characteristics as Measured by Reinterviews
C 3.223/16:970/10 - U.S. Government Documents

11 - Accuracy of Data for Selected Population Characteristics as Measured by the 1970 CPS-Census Match
C 3.223/16:970/11 - U.S. Government Documents

12 - The Employer Record Check
C 3.223/16:970/12 - U.S. Government Documents

13 - Enumerator Variance in the 1970 Census
C 3.223/16:970/13 - U.S. Government Documents


Procedural Reports, PHC(R)

1 - Procedural History
HA 201 1970 .A5 PHC(R)-1 - Lehman
2 - Data-Collection Forms and Procedures
HA 201 1970 .A5 PHC(R)-2 - Lehman
Includes copies of all forms and questionnaires, including the short, 15-percent long, and 5-percent long questionnaires.

3 - Geographic Identification Code Scheme
C 3.223/13-2:970/1-4 - U.S. Government Documents

4 - Survey of Components of Inventory Change & Residential Finance: Principal Data-Collection Forms and Procedures
HA 201 1970 .A5 F76/2 - Lehman

The Bureau of the Census also published another series, Data Access Descriptions, some of which relate specifically to data collection in the 1970 census. The volumes which contain such content are listed below.

Data Access Descriptions, DAD

HA 201 1970 [no.] - Lehman Non-Circulating

13 - First Count Summary Tapes from the 1970 of Population and Housing
 (no holdings)
14 - Items Contained in the 1970 of Population and Housing
15 -Contract Block Statistics Program
16 - Fourth Count Summary Tapes from the 1970 of Population and Housing
17 - Printed Reports from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
18 - General Information About Summary Tapes
19 - Printed Reports from the 1970 Census -- Housing, Volume II
20 - Availability of Place of Work Data in the 1970 Census
22 - Fourth Count Summary Tapes from the 1970 of Population and Housing
23 - Fifth Count (ZIP Code) Summary Tapes from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
24 - Public Use Samples of Basic Records from the 1960 and 1970 Censuses
25 - Third Count (Block) Summary Tapes from the 1970 of Population and Housing
26 - Second Count Summary Tapes from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
27 - Printed Reports from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
28 - Delineation of Problem Housing Areas
29 - Low-Income Data from the 1970 Census
30 - Sixth Count Summary Tapes from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
32 - Subject Reports from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
33/2 - 1970 Census Geography: Concepts, Products, and Programs (Revised, May 1979)
36 - 1970 Census Fifth Count for Zip Codes, Counties, and Smaller Areas
39/2 - Reports Related to the 1970 Census of Population and Housing
41 - Data on the Spanish Ancestry Population Available from the1970 Census of Population and Housing