Presenting a continuous series of U.S. farm population estimates for 1910-70, this report also presents estimates of the farm population for geographic regions, divisions, and States for 1920-70. Annual estimates of the components of farm population change (births, deaths, and net change through migration and reclassification of residence) are…

The volume is the second of two and presents additional statistical analyses of data discussed in the first, which presented 1960 and 1961 census data from 53 countries in an attempt to identify and quantify factors which determined the occupational and educational structure of the labor force. The second volume consists of eight chapters: (1) a…

Prevalence data on mental retardation is presented including international estimates on general prevalence, age directions, geographical variations within the United States, racial and ethnic variations, economic class distributions, family variations, and population distribution in institutions. Statistics are also provided in areas of specific…

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…

The first in a series of bulletins prepared for each region and with a national summary, this report presents relevant data about the South's rural youth (persons under 25). The total rural population of the South includes some 22.2 million persons, representing slightly higher than 41 percent of the rural people in the entire nation. There are…

This report presents statistics on the Negro population, cross-classified by various social and economic characteristics for the U. S., regions, selected States, standard metropolitan statistical areas, and cities. Selected housing characteristics also are given. The data are based on the 1970 Census of Population and Housing. The text of the…

The demographic and socioeconomic development of the Navajo Tribe is presented. The demographic data is based on the 1970 Census report. The other 5 topics are: (1) a short history of the Navajos; (2) a description of tribal government structure and its legal status of partial sovereignty; (3) education, covering Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and…

Data for this study comes from the 1971 Current Population survey made in March 1972 by the Bureau of the Census. Findings indicate that there has been little change in the relative educational achievement of the major European ethnic groups during the last fifty years. Russians continue to maintain the large lead they has after one generation in…

The application of computer programing to construction of maps and geographic distributions of data has been called geocoding. This new use of the computer allows much more rapid analysis of various demographic characteristics. In particular, this paper describes the use of computer geocoding in the development of a plot of student density in…

Reports a study of alternative theories of sex discrimination which imply ambiguous predictions about the relation between the male/female earnings ratio and the status and sex composition of the occupation. Notes that about one-half of the earnings gap between the sexes can be attributed to direct discrimination in the labor market, with…

Discusses "general trends in black urbanization for the greater part of the twentieth century and the similarities and dissimilarities black trends have had with those of whites." Analyzes "the role migration has played in redistributing blacks to the country's largest cities." Examines "urbanization trends in terms of black occupational and…

Notes that inequality in the distribution of educational resources may not be a result of racial or income discrimination alone. It may be due to political pressures, administrative presumption, or teacher contracts which allow tenured teachers to choose the school in which they work. Data from the San Jose Unified School District were analyzed to…

The "baby boomette," occurring since 1973, differs from the earlier "baby boom" in that the maximum number of births, the rate of growth, and the size of the yearly increase will all be less. Also, the rate of decline will be slower and the length of the boomette will be shorter. (MLF)

Defines substandard housing and summarizes newly derived data from the 1980 Census showing that 7.5% of all rural occupied housing in the Nation was substandard. Points out regional and rural-urban differences. Notes effects on rural housing of poverty rates, percentage of nonwhite households, average household size, growth in county population,…

Twelve languages, including the two prestigious colonial languages, English and French, a French-based creole, and "ancestral" languages such as Hindi and Mandarin are spoken on the multiethnic island Mauritius. Given the multilingual, multiethnic nature of the nation, linguistic practices are an important way for Mauritians to assert or…