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  1. www.archives.gov › research › censusSearch Census Records Online and Other Resources

    Jan 5, 2024 · Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 (Microfilm Publication T626, Record Group 29) Ancestry.com (free from NARA computers) Ancestry.com ($ - by subscription) Familysearch.org (free with account creation) Fold3.com (free from NARA computers) 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen (Microfilm Publication M1932, Record Group 41)

  2. www.census.gov › overview › 19601960 Overview - History - U.S. Census Bureau

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    1960 marked the birth of the first mail-out census. Earlier censuses had used self-enumeration on a limited scale, but 1960 was the debut for this technique as a primary method for the collection of population and residential data. The postal service delivered questionnaires to every occupied housing unit. Householders were asked to complete the qu...

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    Additional sample questions were asked of 25 percent of the population. In urban areas (accounting for about 80 percent of the nation's population), enumerators carried questionnaires containing the sample population and housing questions for every fourth housing unit. If the units were occupied, the householders were asked to complete the sample q...

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    Computers processed nearly all data from the 1960 census. For the first time, the Census Bureau used a film optical sensing device for input to computers (FOSDIC). This machine "read" and converted to code on magnetic tape data appearing on returned questionnaires thus eliminating the time and expense for the previously necessary step where clerks ...

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    A detailed procedural history of the 1960 census is available in 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing: Procedural History[66.7 MB]
    A wide variety of historical statistics from this and other decades is available in Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970. It is available as a PDF [74.4MB] or 2-part Z...
    Reports and statistics from the 1960 census

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  4. www.familysearch.org › United_States_Census_1960United States Census 1960 • FamilySearch

    Dec 5, 2022 · Census day was Friday, 1 April, 1960. The 1960 census was the first to combine questions on population and housing on a single form. Census questionnaires were mailed to households in urban areas to complete themselves and were delivered to an enumerator. Households in rural areas were enumerated during a visit of a census enumerator.

  5. www.census.gov › history › wwwWhere can I view census records? - History - U.S. Census Bureau

    Records from the 1950 Census were released by NARA on April 1, 2022. The 1960 records will become available in April 2032. Visit NARA's Census Records Web site to learn more about the availability of microfilmed and digital census records for genealogical research.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1960_United_States_census1960 United States census - Wikipedia

    226,167. The 1960 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 19 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 census. This was the first census in which all states recorded a population of over 200,000.

    Rank
    State
    Population As Of 1960 Census
    Population As Of 1950 Census
    1
    New York
    16,782,304
    14,830,192
    2
    California
    15,717,204
    10,586,223
    3
    Pennsylvania
    11,319,366
    10,498,012
    4
    Illinois
    10,081,158
    8,712,176

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    • United States
    • Alaska, 226,167
    • 179,323,175 ( 19%)
    • New York, 16,782,304

  7. www.archives.gov › news › articlesNational Archives Begins Work on 1960 Census Records Release

    Nov 28, 2022 · WASHINGTON, November 28, 2022 — Though genealogists and other researchers are still busy researching the 1950 U.S. Federal Census, which the National Archives released entirely online April 1, the agency is already preparing for the next launch: the 1960 population census. Almost as soon as the 1950 Census schedules went live, work began on ...

  8. www.census.gov › library › publications1960 Census of Population: Advance Reports, Final Population ...

    May 15, 2023 · Report Number PC (A1) The population of the United States increased by a record 28 million in the 10 years ending April 1, 1960, according to the final count of the returns of the 1960 Census of Population. This increase exceeded the former all-time record for the previous decade by 8.8 million. The final total for the 50 states and the ...