Contextual Data Archive (CDA) Data Set No. H1-H3

Places, 1970, 1980, & 1990

Typically, places are discrete settlements, usually occupying only a portion of the county in which they are located. Places may extend across county boundaries but never across state boundaries. Census places are of two types - Incorporated Places, such as cities, villages, or towns, which have legally prescribed powers and functions; and Census Designated Places, (CDPs, previously "unincorporated areas"), which are densely settled areas (at least 1,000 persons per square mile) with a locally-used distinctive name. Places are a possible substitute for "neighborhood" if tract, block numbering area, and enumeration district are unavailable.

Data set H1-H3 includes socio-economic and demographic data for all places in the US. H1 consists of data from the 1970 Census, and has 6,435 cases and 217 variables. H2 covers data from the 1980 Census, and includes 218 variables for 22,516 cases. H3 covers data from the 1990 Census and includes 240 variables for 23,417 cases.

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