1960 United States Census Information & 1960 United States Census Links at HealthHaven.com

The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.

On April 1, 2032 the United States Census of 1960 data will be released to the public.

[edit] Census questions

The 1960 census collected the following information from all respondents^[1]:

address
name
relationship to head of household
sex
race
age
marital status

Approximately 25 percent of households received a "long form" of the 1960 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 1960 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.

[edit] Data availability

Microdata from the 1960 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System.

[edit] State rankings

1960 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank	State	Population
1	New York	16,827,000
2	California	15,850,000
3	Pennsylvania	11,343,000
4	Illinois	10,113,000
5	Ohio	9,739,000
6	Texas	9,617,000
7	Michigan	7,848,000
8	New Jersey	6,099,000
9	Massachusetts	5,167,000
10	Florida	5,000,000
11	Indiana	4,677,000
12	North Carolina	4,563,000
13	Missouri	4,331,000
14	Virginia	3,978,000
15	Wisconsin	3,964,000
16	Georgia	3,949,000
17	Tennessee	3,573,000
18	Minnesota	3,426,000
19	Alabama	3,273,000
20	Louisiana	3,270,000
21	Maryland	3,116,000
22	Kentucky	3,047,000
23	Washington	2,860,000
24	Iowa	2,761,000
25	Connecticut	2,548,000
26	South Carolina	2,392,000
27	Oklahoma	2,333,000
28	Mississippi	2,180,000
29	Kansas	2,178,000
30	West Virginia	1,857,000
31	Arkansas	1,788,000
32	Oregon	1,773,000
33	Colorado	1,758,000
34	Nebraska	1,414,000
35	Arizona	1,318,000
36	Maine	974,000
37	New Mexico	958,000
38	Utah	896,000
39	Rhode Island	857,000
x	District of Columbia	762,000
40	South Dakota	682,000
41	Montana	678,000
42	Idaho	671,000
43	Hawaii	642,000
44	North Dakota	634,000
45	New Hampshire	609,000
46	Delaware	449,000
47	Vermont	391,000
48	Wyoming	332,000
49	Nevada	288,000
50	Alaska	228,000