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Clifford, William B.; Faulkner, Gary L. – 1975
Analyzing selected data on North Carolina's aged population (65 and over), this report utilizes U.S. Census figures, providing tabular data on the migration of the aged and the distribution of the aged population by residence in North Carolina and the U.S. and by North Carolina counties (rural and urban places). Major findings reveal that North…
Descriptors: Age, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Females
Mann, Evelyn; And Others – 1982
This report on the Puerto Rican population of New York City is organized into three sections. The first begins by discussing the Puerto Rican population in the context of the growth and distribution of the total population of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent. Changes in this relationship between 1970 and 1980 are presented. The redistribution of…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Family (Sociological Unit)
Fuguitt, Glenn V.; And Others – 1987
Several demographic aspects of population concentration and deconcentration within the nonmetropolitan sector during 1960-1984 are examined using census data. Relative rates of urban and rural growth during 1960-70, 1970-80, and 1980-84 are compared. Shifts in the proportion of nonmetropolitan counties experiencing rural growth during 1980-84 are…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Population Distribution
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1968
Socioeconomic and demographic indicators for the Appalachian regional area are compared in this report with similar indicators for the total United States. The Appalachian region is defined as including parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Status
McKenney, Nampeo D. R.; And Others – 1974
A statistical description of the current social and economic status of black Americans is presented in this report. The focus is on the changes which have occurred in the 1970's in population distribution, income, education, employment, family composition, health, voting, and other major aspects of life. Comparisons are made with the mid- and late…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Blacks, Census Figures
Mayo, Selz C.; Clifford, William B. – 1976
Utilizing 1970 U.S. census data, North Carolina's (N.C.) age and sex distributions were examined to determine: rural-urban differences; national differences; influential factors; and social significance (health, education, employment, youth, and the aged). Major findings were: (1) the rural-farm fertility level had dropped below that of urban…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
de Torres, Juan – 1968
The results of an effort to develop a body of internally consistent economic data which facilitate comparison of the population, housing, employment, and income characteristics of 56 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas with a population of over 500,000 are reported in this publication. Part of a continuing research program on local government…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Factors
Hines, Fred K.; And Others – 1975
United States counties were classified along a dimension of urban-rural residence. At one extreme of the dimension were inner cities of greater metropolitan areas; at the other extreme were totally rural counties without direct proximity to a metropolitan center. The socioeconomic characteristics of each county were compared for 1970 and for…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Family Structure, Income
Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1983
Sources of diversity in the Pacific Northwest's Spanish origin population, up 79.7% since 1970, was the subject of research based on 1980 Census data. Census information for Whites and Hispanics from metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties with 400 or more persons of Spanish origin was compared on the basis of age, family/household structure,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Census Figures, Community Characteristics
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. – 1987
Information on the number and location of U.S. artists, as reported in the 1980 Census of Population, is examined, and comparisons are made with 1970 Census figures. This document describes national growth trends in specific art occupations and regional changes in comparison to total labor force changes. The impact of migration on the distribution…
Descriptors: Artists, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Banks, Vera J.; DeAre, Diana – Current Population Reports, 1981
Based on the current definition for farm population (all persons living in rural territory or places which in the reporting year had, or normally would have had, sales of agricultural products of $1,000 or more), an average of 6,051,000 persons, or 2.7% of the total population lived on farms in the United States in 1980, a drop of 190,000 below…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agriculture, Birth Rate, Blacks
Rawlings, Stephen – 1978
The booklet analyzes demographic and economic characteristics of married couples in the United States. The study is based on census data and on information about joint characteristics of husbands and wives. The objective of the study is to revise concepts related to family and household data by adding analysis of wives' characteristics to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Groups, Census Figures
Hodapp, Leroy C., Ed.; Gore, William J., Ed. – 1968
Educational, medical, and other services in rural areas have been undergoing a consolidation and centralization process to bring about more efficient operation. A research project sponsored by the United Methodist Church was designed to assess the position of the church as a decentralized unit in a small community relative to its leadership…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Migration Patterns
South County Community Coll. District, Hayward, CA. Office of Institutional Research. – 1990
This three-part report provides tables and graphs describing the South County Community College District in California in terms of district population demographics, registration patterns and student characteristics for fall 1989, and longitudinal trend data on student characteristics. Section 1 provides U.S. Census data for the district population…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Census Figures, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Banks, Vera J.; Mills, Karen M. – Current Population Reports, 1983
According to estimates prepared by the Bureau of the Census and the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the 1982 farm population of 5,620,000, or 2.4% of the national population, continued a long downward trend. About 45% of farm residents lived in the North Central region, 35% in the South, 13% in the West,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Personnel, Birth Rate, Census Figures
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