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COUNTY CITY DATA BOOK, 1988
(CCDB88)

ABSTRACT/SUMMARY:

County and City Data Book, 1988, from the Bureau of the Census, provides demographic, economic, and governmental data taken from both the Federal government and private agencies.

These summary statistics present a variety of information on States, counties, cities and places in the United States. Since 1988 information is included on infant deaths, county seats, housing units demolished or removed, and Federal funds and grants for cities.

ARCHIVAL/ACCESS:

Distributor: CIESIN
- About CIESIN
- Temporal: 1988.
- Spatial: United States.
- Resolution: Approximately 200 data items for the whole United States, 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 3,139 counties or county equivalents; 130 data items for the 952 cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants; 4 data items for over 9,500 incorporated places and Minor Civil Divisions with 2,500 or more inhabitants.
- Documentation: No codebooks are on-line.

Other Sources:
- Producer: United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
  - About the Census Bureau.
  - Who's Who.
- Distributor:
  - United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
    - About the Census Bureau.
    - Who's Who.
  - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
    - Introduction to ICPSR.
    - Recent ICPSR Announcements & Data Releases.

DATASET DESCRIPTION:

Information is provided for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and for the United States as a whole. The dataset is comprised of four files: a state file, a county file, a city file, and a place file. Current estimates and benchmark census results are included. The purpose of these data is to provide multi-area comparisons or single area profiles.

Information is included from the following sources:

Government
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Center for Education Statistics
- Energy Information Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Home Loan Bank Board
- Health Care Financing Administration
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Office of Personnel Management
- Social Security Administration
Private
- American Hospital Association
- American Medical Association
- Elections Research Center
- International City Management Association

Documentation:
The only documentation available is the "US Bureau of the Census, County and City Data Book, 1988" available from the Government Printing Office, tel (202) 783-3238.
Layout:
A system of database files (CD-ROM media).
Universe:
The universe varies from item to item within the database files, e.g., all persons, all housing units, all local governments, etc.
Design and Methodology:
All data from censuses, surveys and administrative records are subject to errors due to a number of factors: sampling variability, reporting errors in data for individual units, incomplete coverage, nonresponse, imputations, and processing errors. For some items, details at a lower level may not add to the totals shown. This may be from rounding of the data or the total may include values that could not be allocated to lower geographic levels shown.
Variables:
Variable categories for the State File include: area and population; population characteristics and households; vital statistics and health care; nursing homes, social welfare programs, crime, and education; money income and housing; civilian labor force and employment; personal income and farm earnings; agriculture; manufactures; construction and wholesale and retail trade; retail trade and taxable service industries; banking, federal funds and grants, local government finances; local government finances, employment, and elections.
Variable categories for the County File include: area and population; population characteristics and households; vital statistics and health care; nursing homes, social welfare programs, crime, and education; money income and housing; civilian labor force and employment; personal income and farm earnings; agriculture; manufactures; construction and wholesale and retail trade; retail trade and taxable service industries; banking, federal funds and grants, and local government finances; local government finances, government employment, and elections.
Variable categories for the City File include: area and hospitals; households, vital statistics, hospitals, and crime; police officers, education, money income, and housing; housing, labor force, and manufactures; manufactures, wholesale trade, and retail trade; retail trade and taxable service industries; federal grants, government employment, and city government finances; city government finances, climate, and electric bills.
Variable categories for the Place File include: population and per capita money income.

DATASET VARIABLES:

Listing of Variables for State File.
Listing of Variables for County File.
Listing of Variables for City File.
Listing of Variables for Place File.

RELATED DATASETS:

o Statistical Abstracts of the United States.: Since 1878, the authoritative summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Includes a representative selection of statistics widely used by public officials, business analysts, educators, librarians, research workers, and students.
o County data for 1947-1977, and City data for 1944-1977.: This data base is a collection of data gathered from governmental and private agencies. Detailed data are provided for the following general areas: population, employment, vital statistics, school enrollment, health, income, public assistance and social security, banking, housing, government employment and finance, elections, crime, manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, selected services, mineral industries, farm population, agriculture, and weather. The data were collected over the period 1944-1977 for the city data, and 1947-1977 for county data.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS:

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 1986.: Similar in content to the County and City Data Book, but representing more trend data for States, Metropolitan Areas, and Central Cities. Comparitive rankings for Metropolitan Areas and States on a variety of demographic and economic measures, descriptive text, explanatory notes, and source citations. Available from the US Government Printing Office, Tel (202) 783-3238.
No publications are online.

CONTACTS/REFERENCES:

NAME: Bureau of the Census Customer Services
EMAIL:
PHONE: 301-763-4100
FAX: 301-763-4794
OTHER:
ADDRESS:

Customer Services Branch Data User Services Division
Bureau of the Census
Washington, DC 20233

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

NAME: CIESIN User Services
EMAIL: ciesin.info@ciesin.org
PHONE: 517-797-2727
FAX: 517-797-2622
ADDRESS:

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