Puerto Rican Nonwhites - T017_003 - Puerto Rican Birth Or Parentage - Original Tables (ORG) - Survey Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

Data Dictionary:

Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

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Survey: Census 1960 Tracts Only Set

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau - DUALabs

Data set: Original Tables (ORG)

Table:

T17. Puerto Rican Birth Or Parentage [3]

Universe: Count of Puerto Rican or Spanish Surname Persons

Variable Details

T17.	Puerto Rican Birth Or Parentage
	Universe: Count of Puerto Rican or Spanish Surname Persons
	T017_003Puerto Rican Nonwhites Percent base: None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing: 1960. Census Tracts. Final Report PHC(1)-11. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
	Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census Tracts -> Population Characteristics -> Persons of Spanish surname and Puerto Ricans

Persons of Spanish surname and Puerto Ricans

In order to obtain data on Spanish- and Mexican/Americans for areas of the United States where most of them live, white persons (and white heads of households) of Spanish surname were distinguished separately in five Southwestern States (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas). In all other States, Puerto Rican persons (and heads of households) were identified. Puerto Rican comprise persons born in Puerto Rico and persons of native parentage with at least one parent born in Puerto Rico.