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Population data by place of birth, age, sex and race in 1950 and 1960

Usage

usa_1960

Format

Data frame with 288 rows and 7 columns:

birthplace

Place of birth (US Census area)

race

Race from white or non-white

sex

Sex from male or female

age_1950

Age group in 1950

age_1960

Age group in 1960

pop_1950

Enumerated population in 1950

pop_1960

Enumerated population in 1960

Source

Data scraped from Table D, pp. 183-191 of Eldridge, H., & Kim, Y. (1968). The estimation of intercensal migration from birth-residence statistics: a study of data for the United States, 1950 and 1960 (PSC Analytical and Technical Report Series, Issue 7). https://repository.upenn.edu/entities/publication/2a11a5f7-3ddf-47f3-a47d-1de5254f4cc5