The United States census of 1980, conducted by the

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, determined the resident population of the

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to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4 percent over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census. It was the first census in which a state

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recorded a population of 20 million people, as well as the first in which all states recorded populations of over 400,000.

Census questions

The 1980 census collected the following information from all respondents: * Address * Name * Household relationship * Gender * Race * Age * Marital status * Whether of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent It was the first census not to ask for the name of the "head of household." Approximately 16 percent of households received a "long form" of the 1980 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 1980 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the

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Data availability

Microdata from the 1980 census are freely available through the

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for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the

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. Personally identifiable information will be available in 2052.

State rankings

Between the 1980 census and the 1990 census, the United States population increased by approximately 22,164,837 or 9.8%.

City rankings

Politics

References

External links

Historic US Census data1981 U.S Census Report
Contains 1980 census results {{Authority control

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