United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Native Population— Ancestry 37
No. 44. N a t i v e P o p u l a t i o n , b y P l a c e o f B i r t h : 1 9 0 0 t o 1 9 8 0
[In thousands, except percent I960 based on 20-percent sample; I960 on 25-percent sample; 1970 on 15-percent sample. See
source for sampling variability. 1960 data are provisional data based on the Early National Sample from the i960 census; see
text, p. 2 and Appendix III. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1970, series C 1-10]
YEAR
Total
Bom In
State of
residence
BORN IN OTHER
STATES
Number
Percent
State Of
birth not
reported
Bom in
outlying
areas3
Born
abroad
or at sea
of
American
parents
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
I960
65,653 51,902 13,501 20.6 180 3 67
78,456 61,185 16,910 21.6 286 7 68
91,790 71,071 20,274 22.1 314 38 93
108,571 82,678 25,388 23.4 236 136 131
120,074 92,610 26,906 22.4 280 157 122
139,869 102,788 35,284 25.2 1,370 330 96
169,588 119,293 44.691 26.4 4,541 660 402
193,591 131,718 50,639 26.2 8,973 891 1,370
212,590 144.558 65,826 31.0 ro 1,086 1,119
‘Through 1950, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Includes Puerto Rico, a U.S. possession from 1898 to 1952 and a commonwealth
since 1952. sPlace of birth was allocated to those who did not report.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U .S . C e n s u s o f P o p u la tio n : 1 90 0, vol. II, part 2A, 1 970, vol. I. parts C and D; 1 9 8 0 C e n s u s
o f P o p u la tio n , S u p p le m e n ta ry R e p o rts, series PHC80-S1-1 and unpublished data
N o . 4 5 . P o p u l a t i o n , b y A n c e s t r y — S e l e c t e d C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s : 1 9 7 9
[As of November. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, pp. 2-4. Covers civilian noninstitutional population. Families are
classified by ancestry group of householder. For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation]
Ancestry
Total
(1,000)
Median
age
(years)
Percent
foreign
bom
Percent
native of
foreign
or mixed
parentage
Percent
high
school
graduates
1
Percent
completed
1
year or
more of
college 1
Number
of
families
(1,000)
Median
family
income
Total population 2........................... 216,613 30.3 5.4 10.9 68.7 31.5 59,001 $15,764
Total, reported at least one specific
ancestry........................................... 179,078 30.3 6.2 12.6 70.7 33.2 48,552 16,224
Reported single ancestry group3............... 96,496 34.6 10.4 16.9 66.0 29.5 31,243 15,456
English.............................. 11,501 40.4 3.8 6.2 75.7 37.0 4,099 16,891
French.......................... 3,047 36.2 5.1 15.3 66.4 26.6 1,080 15,571
German............................. 17,160 37.1 4.0 10.7 72.2 30.2 6,198 17,531
Irish.................................. 9,760 39.0 2.7 10.4 69.5 30.4 3,174 16,092
Italian..................................................... 6,110 42.3 13.1 44.1 61.5 22.4 2,134 16,993
Polish. 3,496 46.0 10.8 40.3 61.6 25.4 1,205 16,977
Scottish 1,615 43.5 10.5 14.2 79.9 45.9 736 20,018
Spanish 9,762 23.5 30.3 25.1 41.4 16.6 2,453 10,607
Reported multiple ancestry groups *........... 82,582 24.5 1.2 7.6 78.2 39.0 17,309 17,810
American Indian and other group(s)......... 7,847 23.4 .4 2.4 61.7 20.6 1,706 13,641
Dutch and other group(s)........................ 6,759 27.3 1.0 4.2 68.2 28.1 1,457 15,868
English and other group(s)..................... 28,503 27.1 .9 5.7 81.4 43.7 6,344 18,680
French and other group(s)...................... 11,000 24.5 1.0 6.8 76.8 38.1 2,244 17,048
German and other group(9).................... 34,489 23.0 .0 5.9 80.2 38.6 6,669 16,375
Irish and other group(s) 33,992 25.7 .5 4.5 75.1 34.7 7,112 16,860
Italian and other group! s) 6,622 17.7 .6 9.9 84.5 41.6 733 17,833
Polish and other group(s) 4,923 20.3 1.6 13.9 84.3 46.0 897 19,968
Scottish and other group(s).................... 12,590 32.2 1.0 6.1 81.2 44.2 3,086 19,148
‘ Covers persons 25 years old and over. 3Includes responses indicating “American," religious groups, and persons who did
not report or whose ancestry is not shown separately. 3 Includes other single ancestry groups not shown separately.
‘ Includes other multiple ancestry groups not shown separately. Persons reporting multiple ancestry groups may be included In
more than one multiple ancestry category; total is the number of persons reporting multiple ancestry groups.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-23, No. 116, and unpublished data.