1960 United States census

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United States census decennial census

The 1960 United States census was the nationwide population count that provided key demographic data used for political representation, federal funding allocation, and social and economic planning at the start of the 1960s.

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Library of Congress authority heading "United States. Census, 18th, 1960" 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States census ⓘ
decennial census ⓘ
authorityControl 1960 United States census self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Library of Congress authority heading "United States. Census, 18th, 1960"
censusDay April 1, 1960 ⓘ
censusNumber 18 ⓘ
conductedBy Bureau of the Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau
confidentialityProtection individual responses kept confidential by law ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataCollected age ⓘ
education ⓘ
employment ⓘ
housing characteristics ⓘ
income ⓘ
migration ⓘ
population ⓘ
race ⓘ
sex ⓘ
dataCollectionMethod enumerator-completed forms ⓘ
self-enumeration by mail ⓘ
dataPublication printed census volumes ⓘ
public use microdata samples (later released) ⓘ
statistical summaries and reports ⓘ
decadeCovered 1960s ⓘ
followedBy 1970 United States census ⓘ
geographicCoverage 50 U.S. states ⓘ
District of Columbia ⓘ
U.S. territories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Title 13 of the United States Code ⓘ
Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: United States Constitution Article I, Section 2
notableFeature first widespread use of mail-out, mail-back census forms ⓘ
increased use of electronic computers for data processing ⓘ
parentOrganizationOfCensusBureau U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Commerce
percentageIncreaseSincePreviousCensus 18.5% ⓘ
populationIncreaseSincePreviousCensus 19,100,000 ⓘ
19100000 ⓘ
precededBy 1950 United States census ⓘ
processingTechnology UNIVAC I ⓘ
surface form: UNIVAC computer systems
referenceDate 1960-04-01 ⓘ
subjectOf historical demographic research ⓘ
political representation studies ⓘ
urbanization studies ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
totalPopulationCounted 179,323,175 ⓘ
179323175 ⓘ
usedFor allocation of federal funding ⓘ
apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
economic planning ⓘ
redistricting ⓘ
social planning ⓘ

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87th United States Congress → apportionedAfter → 1960 United States census ⓘ
88th United States Congress → apportionedBy → 1960 United States census ⓘ
1960 United States census → authorityControl → 1960 United States census self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Library of Congress authority heading "United States. Census, 18th, 1960"