Census U.S. Intercensal County Population Data, 1970-2014
The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program publishes population estimates each year.
The 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s files were modified to make a single .csv file of county and state intercensal population data that is easier use.
Spreadsheets and statistical software can read the comma-separated CSV file.
The Stata .dta file can be converted to other formats using conversion software such as Stat/Transfer.
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Data | |||
Comma-separated variables CSV | Stata .dta | SAS .sas7bdat | Desc |
county_population.csv | county_population.dta | county_population.sas7bdat | desc |
National data users might find the national-level file easier to work with:
Year(s) | Source Data | File Layout | Stata | SAS | CSV | Desc |
2010- | data | txt | dta | sas7bdat | csv | desc |
1990-2000 | data | txt | dta | sas7bdat | csv | desc |
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Created by Jean Roth September 4, 2007
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