Abstract (en): This collection contains individual-level and 1-percent national sample data from the 1960 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Census Bureau. It consists of a representative sample of the records from the 1960 sample questionnaires. The data are stored in 30 separate files, containing in total over two million records, organized by state. Some files contain the sampled records of several states while other files contain all or part of the sample for a single state. There are two types of records stored in the data files: one for households and one for persons. Each household record is followed by a variable number of person records, one for each of the household members. Data items in this collection include the individual responses to the basic social, demographic, and economic questions asked of the population in the 1960 Census of Population and Housing. Data are provided on household characteristics and features such as the number of persons in household, number of rooms and bedrooms, and the availability of hot and cold piped water, flush toilet, bathtub or shower, sewage disposal, and plumbing facilities. Additional information is provided on tenure, gross rent, year the housing structure was built, and value and location of the structure, as well as the presence of air conditioners, radio, telephone, and television in the house, and ownership of an automobile. Other demographic variables provide information on age, sex, marital status, race, place of birth, nationality, education, occupation, employment status, income, and veteran status. The data files were obtained by ICPSR from the Center for Social Analysis, Columbia University. About 600,000 households and group quarters segments, and about 1,800,000 persons in the United States. One sample household for every 100 households, and persons in group quarters in the United States. Records have been sampled on a household-by-household basis so that the characteristics of family members may be interrelated and related to the characteristics of the housing unit. 2006-01-18 File CB7756.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

1960 Ancestry Census Data for Baltimore, Maryland. Refer to the 1960 codebook (codebook_1960.pdf) for more information. This is part of a collection of 221 Baltimore Ecosystem Study metadata records that point to a geodatabase. The geodatabase is available online and is considerably large. Upon request, and under certain arrangements, it can be shipped on media, such as a usb hard drive. The geodatabase is roughly 51.4 Gb in size, consisting of 4,914 files in 160 folders. Although this metadata record and the others like it are not rich with attributes, it is nonetheless made available because the data that it represents could be indeed useful.

1960 Population Census Data for Baltimore, Maryland. Refer to the 1960 codebook (codebook_1960.pdf) for more information. This is part of a collection of 221 Baltimore Ecosystem Study metadata records that point to a geodatabase. The geodatabase is available online and is considerably large. Upon request, and under certain arrangements, it can be shipped on media, such as a usb hard drive. The geodatabase is roughly 51.4 Gb in size, consisting of 4,914 files in 160 folders. Although this metadata record and the others like it are not rich with attributes, it is nonetheless made available because the data that it represents could be indeed useful.

1960 Age Census Data for Baltimore, Maryland. Refer to the 1960 codebook (codebook_1960.pdf) for more information. This is part of a collection of 221 Baltimore Ecosystem Study metadata records that point to a geodatabase. The geodatabase is available online and is considerably large. Upon request, and under certain arrangements, it can be shipped on media, such as a usb hard drive. The geodatabase is roughly 51.4 Gb in size, consisting of 4,914 files in 160 folders. Although this metadata record and the others like it are not rich with attributes, it is nonetheless made available because the data that it represents could be indeed useful.

In 2023, the median age of the population of the United States was 39.2 years. While this may seem quite young, the median age in 1960 was even younger, at 29.5 years. The aging population in the United States means that society is going to have to find a way to adapt to the larger numbers of older people. Everything from Social Security to employment to the age of retirement will have to change if the population is expected to age more while having fewer children. The world is getting older It’s not only the United States that is facing this particular demographic dilemma. In 1950, the global median age was 23.6 years. This number is projected to increase to 41.9 years by the year 2100. This means that not only the U.S., but the rest of the world will also have to find ways to adapt to the aging population.

This data collection contains selected variables at the tract level from the 1960 Census of Population and Housing. Census tracts are statistical subdivisions, most of which are within Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs). Tracts were originally designed to be relatively homogenous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. This table includes some of the census data for Maryland, including tenure and vacancy information and the time period in which the housing was built. Coverage includes the following counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Caroll, Howard, Prince George's. Data were extracted from 1960Census Tract-Level Data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Science Research site. This is part of a collection of 221 Baltimore Ecosystem Study metadata records that point to a geodatabase. The geodatabase is available online and is considerably large. Upon request, and under certain arrangements, it can be shipped on media, such as a usb hard drive. The geodatabase is roughly 51.4 Gb in size, consisting of 4,914 files in 160 folders. Although this metadata record and the others like it are not rich with attributes, it is nonetheless made available because the data that it represents could be indeed useful.

How many households are in the U.S.?

In 2023, there were 131.43 million households in the United States. This is a significant increase from 1960, when there were 52.8 million households in the U.S.

What counts as a household?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a household is considered to be all persons living within one housing unit. This includes apartments, houses, or single rooms, and consists of both related and unrelated people living together. For example, two roommates who share a living space but are not related would be considered a household in the eyes of the Census. It should be noted that group living quarters, such as college dorms, are not counted as households in the Census.

Household changes

While the population of the United States has been increasing, the average size of households in the U.S. has decreased since 1960. In 1960, there was an average of 3.33 people per household, but in 2023, this figure had decreased to 2.51 people per household. Additionally, two person households make up the majority of American households, followed closely by single-person households.

The average American household consisted of 2.51 people in 2023.

Households in the U.S.

As shown in the statistic, the number of people per household has decreased over the past decades.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines a household as follows: “a household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. (People not living in households are classified as living in group quarters.).”

The population of the United States has been growing steadily for decades. Since 1960, the number of households more than doubled from 53 million to over 131 million households in 2023.

Most of these households, about 34 percent, are two-person households. The distribution of U.S. households has changed over the years though. The percentage of single-person households has been on the rise since 1970 and made up the second largest proportion of households in the U.S. in 2022, at 28.88 percent.

In concordance with the rise of single-person households, the percentage of family households with own children living in the household has declined since 1970 from 56 percent to 40.26 percent in 2022.

This is an extract of the decennial Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) released by the Bureau of the Census. Because the complete PUMS files contain several hundred thousand records, ICPSR has constructed this subset to allow for easier and less costly analysis. The collection of data at ten year increments allows the user to follow various age cohorts through the life-cycle. Data include information on the household and its occupants such as size and value of dwelling, utility costs, number of people in the household, and their relationship to the respondent. More detailed information was collected on the respondent, the head of household, and the spouse, if present. Variables include education, marital status, occupation and income. The stratified sample has unequal sampling rates across strata and requires the use of weights for analyses using more than one stratum. The epsem sample was selected in a second stage from the stratified sample and used compensating sampling rates within each stratum so that the overall probability of selection for each person is equal. The person level weight for use with the stratified sample and the household weight to be used with the epsem sample are included in the data file.Conducted by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Stratified sample of adults contained in the Public Use Microdata Sample. Approximately 500 records were drawn from each of 28 sex/age/race strata. Additionally, an equal probability (epsem) sample was drawn from the stratified sample. Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: United States Microdata Samples Extract File, 1940-1980: Demographics of Aging DS2: Frequencies, 1940-1980 For 1960-1980, all PUMS records for persons 18 and over. For 1940 and 1950, all sample line records.

The gap between the number of women and men in Russia was measured at approximately 10.3 million as of January 1, 2024, with the female population of the country historically outnumbering the male population. Both genders saw a decrease in inhabitants compared to the previous year. Why are there more women than men in Russia? One of the factors explaining gender imbalance in modern Russia is the gap in average life expectancy between the genders. In 2022, Russian women outlived men by around 10 years. In particular, working-age men were six times more likely to die from external causes of death, such as accidents and suicides, compared to working age women in that year. Furthermore, partial mobilization announced as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war resulted in a mass exodus of young men fleeing from conscription. In response to the government’s call to recruit up to 300,000 reservists in end-September 2022, Google search interest in the term "How to leave Russia" increased sharply. Gender imbalance and its consequences for Russia In Russia, the labor market remains highly segregated by gender. Manual jobs in equipment operation, metal industry, manufacturing, and mechanics are male dominated. The labor shortage in these spheres could limit the country’s potential for increased industrial production. Furthermore, fewer men exacerbate the issue of falling births in Russia. In 2023, only 1.26 million births were recorded nationwide, the lowest over the past decade. Coupled with a decreasing number of working-age men, such a decline in live births could lead to less innovation, a larger share of retired people, and rising government expenditure on pensions and healthcare.

The total population in Nigeria was estimated at 232.7 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Nigeria Population - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In the past four centuries, the population of the Thirteen Colonies and United States of America has grown from a recorded 350 people around the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1610, to an estimated 346 million in 2025. While the fertility rate has now dropped well below replacement level, and the population is on track to go into a natural decline in the 2040s, projected high net immigration rates mean the population will continue growing well into the next century, crossing the 400 million mark in the 2070s. Indigenous population Early population figures for the Thirteen Colonies and United States come with certain caveats. Official records excluded the indigenous population, and they generally remained excluded until the late 1800s. In 1500, in the first decade of European colonization of the Americas, the native population living within the modern U.S. borders was believed to be around 1.9 million people. The spread of Old World diseases, such as smallpox, measles, and influenza, to biologically defenseless populations in the New World then wreaked havoc across the continent, often wiping out large portions of the population in areas that had not yet made contact with Europeans. By the time of Jamestown's founding in 1607, it is believed the native population within current U.S. borders had dropped by almost 60 percent. As the U.S. expanded, indigenous populations were largely still excluded from population figures as they were driven westward, however taxpaying Natives were included in the census from 1870 to 1890, before all were included thereafter. It should be noted that estimates for indigenous populations in the Americas vary significantly by source and time period. Migration and expansion fuels population growth The arrival of European settlers and African slaves was the key driver of population growth in North America in the 17th century. Settlers from Britain were the dominant group in the Thirteen Colonies, before settlers from elsewhere in Europe, particularly Germany and Ireland, made a large impact in the mid-19th century. By the end of the 19th century, improvements in transport technology and increasing economic opportunities saw migration to the United States increase further, particularly from southern and Eastern Europe, and in the first decade of the 1900s the number of migrants to the U.S. exceeded one million people in some years. It is also estimated that almost 400,000 African slaves were transported directly across the Atlantic to mainland North America between 1500 and 1866 (although the importation of slaves was abolished in 1808). Blacks made up a much larger share of the population before slavery's abolition. Twentieth and twenty-first century The U.S. population has grown steadily since 1900, reaching one hundred million in the 1910s, two hundred million in the 1960s, and three hundred million in 2007. Since WWII, the U.S. has established itself as the world's foremost superpower, with the world's largest economy, and most powerful military. This growth in prosperity has been accompanied by increases in living standards, particularly through medical advances, infrastructure improvements, clean water accessibility. These have all contributed to higher infant and child survival rates, as well as an increase in life expectancy (doubling from roughly 40 to 80 years in the past 150 years), which have also played a large part in population growth. As fertility rates decline and increases in life expectancy slows, migration remains the largest factor in population growth. Since the 1960s, Latin America has now become the most common origin for migrants in the U.S., while immigration rates from Asia have also increased significantly. It remains to be seen how immigration restrictions of the current administration affect long-term population projections for the United States.

Graph and download economic data for Homeownership Rate in the United States (RHORUSQ156N) from Q1 1965 to Q2 2025 about homeownership, housing, rate, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Real Median Personal Income in the United States (MEPAINUSA672N) from 1974 to 2023 about personal income, personal, median, income, real, and USA.

The total population in Cameroon was estimated at 29.2 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Cameroon Population - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

1960 Residence Census Data for Baltimore, Maryland. Refer to the 1960 codebook (codebook_1960.pdf) for more information. This is part of a collection of 221 Baltimore Ecosystem Study metadata records that point to a geodatabase. The geodatabase is available online and is considerably large. Upon request, and under certain arrangements, it can be shipped on media, such as a usb hard drive. The geodatabase is roughly 51.4 Gb in size, consisting of 4,914 files in 160 folders. Although this metadata record and the others like it are not rich with attributes, it is nonetheless made available because the data that it represents could be indeed useful.

The Second World War did not only cause many deaths but also leaded to broad changes in the population and settlement structure. This data compilation shows selected consequences of population movements in the context of the displacement of persons on the population structure in the Federal Republic of Germany and partly also in the German Democratic Republic. Under the command of the first federal minister for matters concerning displaced persons Hans Lukaschek the term ‘displaced persons’ was defined nationwide in the federal expellee law (find the legislative text attached).
The data compilation is passed on data published by the Federal Statistical Office and on data from selected scientific publications. The study in hand is subdivided in section A which is based on publications from the Federal Statistical Office and section B which is based on different individual scientific publications.

Subsection A1 contains selected data from censuses and extrapolations from censuses from sources of the Federal Statistical Office. Subsection A2 contains selected data from the micro census from sources of the Federal Statistical Office. Subsection B1 contains selected data from a publication by Heinz Günter Steinberg. Subsection B2 contains selected data from a publication by Gerhard Reichling. Subsection B2 contains selected data from a publication by Friedrich Edding and Eugen Lemberg.

Data tables in HISTAT:

A: Federal Statistical Office A1: Results and extrapolations from the censuses
A1.01 Resident population and displaced persons in 1000 by federal states, end-of-year values (1945-1966) A1.02 Displaced persons in 1000 by federal states, half-year values (1946-1956) A1.03 Influx of displaced persons by sex and federal state (1952-1960) A1.04a Displaced persons altogether in the federal territory by age in 1000 (1950-1953) A1.04b Male displaced persons in the federal territory by age in 1000 (1950-1953) A1.04c Female displaced persons in the federal territory by age in 1000 (1950-1953) A1.05 Displaced persons in the federal territory by age groups in 1000 (1950-1966) A1.06 Resettlement of displaced persons (1949-1962) A1.07 Marriages of displaced persons and the rest of the population in the FRG (1950-1960) A1.08 Marriages of displaced persons and the rest of the population in the FRG in absolute numbers in the different federal states (1950-1960)

A2: Results from the micro census A2.01 Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and federal state in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02a Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in the FRG in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02b Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Schleswig-Holstein in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02c Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Hamburg in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02d Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Niedersachsen in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02e Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Bremen in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02f Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02g Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Hessen in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02h Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Rheinland-Pfalz in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02i Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Baden-Württemberg in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02j Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Bayern in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02k Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in West-Berlin in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.02l Displaced persons among the resident population by sex and age group in Saarland in 1000 (1958-1973) A2.03 Displaced persons among the resident population by federal sate and civil status in 1000 (1958-1973)

B: Scientific publications B1: Steinberg: Population development in Germany in the Second World War B1.01 Changes in population in German states (1939-1946) B1.02 Regional development of the civilian population in Germany (1939-1945) B1.03 Displaced persons in Germany by territory and date of displacement (1944-1955) B1.04 Arrival of displaced persons in Germany by territory of displacement (1944-1955) B1.05 Selected data on socio-economic development in Germany (1946-1987) B1.06 Regional development of population in the...

Building Permits in the United States decreased to 1393 Thousand in June from 1394 Thousand in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Building Permits - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

1960 Race Census Data for Baltimore, Maryland. Refer to the 1960 codebook (codebook_1960.pdf) for more information. This is part of a collection of 221 Baltimore Ecosystem Study metadata records that point to a geodatabase. The geodatabase is available online and is considerably large. Upon request, and under certain arrangements, it can be shipped on media, such as a usb hard drive. The geodatabase is roughly 51.4 Gb in size, consisting of 4,914 files in 160 folders. Although this metadata record and the others like it are not rich with attributes, it is nonetheless made available because the data that it represents could be indeed useful.

This data compilation on the basis of official statistics of labor force gives a summarized overview over participation in work force in Germany. Those are the key themes of the compilation: - Overviews on population development (population by age groups, employable resident population by age groups and sex); - Resident population by participation in work force; - School leavers, trainees by se and by training area;
- Labor force, working population, employment rates by age groups; - Working population by occupational status; - Working population by economic sectors; - Participation in labor force in the federal states; - Working time. The compilation contains data tables with (synthetic) annual averages as well as chosen results of the micro census. These data were complemented with data on employment from the national accounts after the revised version if ESA 95.

Data tables in Histat: A. Overviews on population development A1 Population and areas (annual averages), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1946-2000) A2 Population by age group (at the end of each year), former West Germany, former GDR, Germany (1950-2000) A3 Employable resident population by age groups and sex (annual averages), former West Germany (1950-2000) A4a Employable resident population by age groups and sex (at the end of each year), Germany (1989-2000) A4b Employable resident population by age groups and sex (at the end of each year),Newly formed German states (1989-2000)

B. Resident population by participation in work force B1 Tables with annual averages B1.1 Population, working population (nationals, residents) and employers (annual averages, national accounts), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997) B1.2 Resident population, working population, employment rate, unemployed (annual averages is 1000), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997) B1.3 Population by sex, foreigners (annual averages), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) B1.4 Population, employment and unemployment (annual averages), former West Germany, Germany (1950-1997) B1.5 Employees subject to mandatory social insurance contribution (end of June), former West Germany, Germany (1974-2000) B1.6 Employees (inland) in full-time and part time employment, short-time workers, unemployed (annual averages), former West Germany (1960-2000) B1.7 Foreign employees, unemployed foreigners (annual averages), former West Germany (1954-2000) B1.8 School leavers and trainees, former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) B1.9 Trainees by sex and training areas (at the end of each year), former West Germany, Germany (1960-2000)

B2 Tables with extrapolated results from the micro census B2.1 Employable population, working population, unemployed, labor force altogether (micro census) former West Germany, Germany (1959-2000) B2.2 Employable population, working population, unemployed, labor force by sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1959-2000) B2.3 Population by participation in labor force and sex (micro census), former West Germany, Newly formed German states (1957-2000) B2.4 Employees by volume of employment and sex (micro census), Former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1985-2000) B2.5 Resident population by main income source and sex (micro census), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1975-2000) B2.6 Working population by nationality, occupational status and sex (micro census) former West Germany, Germany (1976-2000)

B3 Revised results after ESA 95 B3.1 Population, working population and employees (ESA 95), unemployed (ILO), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) B3.2 National working population: comparison of the revisions of the employment statistics, Germany (1991-2000)

C. Working population, employees, employment rates by age groups

C1 Tables with annual averages

C2 Tables with extrapolated results from the micro census C2.1a Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), Germany (1991-2000) C2.1b Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), former West Germany (1962-2000) C2.1c Employable resident population by age groups and sex in 1000 (micro census), newly formed German states (1991-2000) C2.2 Working population in 1000 by age groups (micro census), former West Germany, newly formed German states, Germany (1950-2000) C2.3 Labor force, employment rates by sex (micro census), former West Germany, Germany (1950-2000) C2.4 Labor force, ...