United States Census 1960

Background
Census day was Friday, 1 April, 1960. The 1960 census was the first to combine questions on population and housing on a single form. Census questionnaires were mailed to households in urban areas to complete themselves and were delivered to an enumerator. Households in rural areas were enumerated during a visit of a census enumerator.

The instructions for who was to be included on the household form were as follows: Please List: Please Be Sure to List: Also List - Persons who usually live here but who are away temporarily on business, on vacation, or in a general hospital. Do Not List - They will be counted there.
 * 1) Everyone who usually lives here, whether related to you or not.
 * 2) All persons staying here who have no other home.
 * All members of your family living with you, including babies.
 * All other relatives living here.
 * Lodgers and boarders living here.
 * Servants, hired hands, others not related to you who are living here.
 * Any one else staying here but who has no other home.
 * College students who are away at college (or who are here only on vacation).
 * Persons stationed away from here in the Armed Forces.
 * Persons away in institutions, such as a sanitarium, nursing home, home for the aged, mental hospital.

Release
According to law, the census is scheduled for public release on Thursday, 1 April 2032.

Forms
The form had two sections, population and housing. Questions regarding population were identified on the form with the letter "P" and a sequential number beginning with 2. Questions regarding housing were identified on the form with the letter "H". The main census form (the standard, or long form, designated form 60PH-17) was sixteen pages long and contained the following sections: The census short form asked five questions: relationship to head of household, age, sex, race, and marital status. Households in cities with populations over 50,000 were sent forms identified as PH-4. Persons living in areas with fewer persons were sent form PH-3.
 * 1) A list of all persons in the household (page 1)
 * 2) Questions on housing (pages 2-3)
 * 3) Questions for the head of household (pages 4-5)
 * 4) Questions for all other persons listed on page 1 (pages 6-7 for the second person, page 8-9 for the third person, etc.)

Population Questions
The first page of the form asked for the following information: Names were to be written in this order:
 * 1) Names of Persons Living Here on April 1, 1960, and those staying here who have no other home.
 * Head of household on first line
 * Wife of head
 * Unmarried children, oldest first
 * Married children and their families
 * Other relatives
 * Others not related to head of household
 * 1) What is the relationship of each person to the head of this household?
 * 2) Male (M) or Female (F)
 * 3) Is this person - White | Negro | American Indian | Japanese | Chinese | Filipino | Hawaiian | Part Hawaiian | Aleut | Eskimo | (etc.)?
 * 4) When was this person born? Month | Year
 * 5) Is this person - Married | Widowed | Divorced | Separated | Single (never married)? (Leave blank for children born after March 31, 1946)
 * 6) Where was this person born?
 * 7) If this person was born outside the U.S. &mdash; What language was spoken in his home before he came to the United States?
 * 8) What country was his father born in? United States or Name of foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.
 * 9) What country was his mother born in? United States or Name of foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.
 * 10) When did this person move into this house (or apartment)? In 1959 or 1960 | In 1958 | In 1957 | April 1955 to Dec. 1956 |Jan. 1954 to March 1955 | 1950 to 1953 | 1940 to 1949 | Always lived here
 * 11) Did he live in this house on April 1, 1955? 1. Born April 1955 or later | 2. Yes, this house | 3. No, different house Where did he live on April 1, 1955? a. City or town | b. If city or town - Did he live inside the city limits? Yes\No | c. County AND State, foreign country, U.S. possession, etc.
 * 12) What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school this person has ever attended? Never attended school | Kindergarten | Elementary school (Grade) | High school (Year) | College (Year)
 * 13) Did he finish the highest grade (or year) he attended? Finished this grade | Did not finish this grade | Never attended school
 * 14) Has he attended regular school or college at any time since February 1, 1960?
 * 15) (If yeas)Is it a public school or a private school
 * 16) If this person has ever been married - Has this person been married more than once? Once | More than once
 * 17) (If once) When did he get married? Month\Year | (If more than once) When did he get married for the first time? Month\Year
 * 18) If this is a woman who has ever been married - How many babies has she ever had, not counting stillbirths? Number OR None
 * 19) When was this person born? Born before April 1946 - Please go on with questions P22 to P35 | Born April 1946 or later - Please omit questions P22 to P35
 * 20) Did this person work at any time last week? Yes\No
 * 21) How many hours did he work last week (at all jobs)? 1 to 14 hours | 15 to 29 hours | 30 to 34 hours | 35 to 39 hours |40 hours | 41 to 48 hours | 49 to 59 hours | 60 hours or more
 * 22) Was this person looking for work, or on layoff from a job? Yes\No
 * 23) Does he have a job or business from which he was temporarily absent all last week because of illness, vacations, or other reasons? Yes\No
 * 24) When did he last work at all, even for a few days? Working now | In 1960 | In 1959 | 1955 to 1958 | 1950 to 1954 | 1949 or earlier | Never worked

Housing Questions

 * 1960 Enumeration Form, Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
 * IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series): 1960 census questions