Census of Population, 1960: Characteristics of the Population : Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Volume 1

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U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1963

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Page 9-79 - Professional, technical, and kindred workers Farmers and farm managers Managers, officials, and proprietors, except farm Clerical and kindred workers Sales workers...
Page xxix - Employed persons comprise all civilians 14 years old and over who, during the census week, were either (a) "at work" — those who did any work for pay or profit, or worked without pay for 15 hours or more on a family farm or in a family business; or (b) "with a job but not at work...
Page 9-75 - OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE FINANCE. INSURANCE. AND REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES.
Page xxvi - Household. A household consists of all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A house, an apartment or other group of rooms, or a single room, is regarded as a housing unit when it is occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters; that is, when the occupants do not live and eat with any other persons in the structure and there is either (1) direct access from the outside or through a common hall or (2) a kitchen or cooking equipment for the exclusive use of the occupants.
Page xxx - Persons employed at more than one job are counted only once in the census and are classified according to the job at which they worked the greatest number of hours during the reference week.
Page xviii - In New England, the city and town are administratively more important than the county, and data are compiled locally for such minor civil divisions.
Page xv - Census, the farm population includes persons living in rural territory on places of 10 or more acres from which sales of farm products amounted to $50 or more in 1959 or on places of less than 10 acres from which sales of farm products amounted to $250 or more in 1959.
Page xxxiii - Self-employed workers. — Persons who worked for profit or fees in their own business, profession, or trade, or who operated a farm either as an owner or tenant.
Page 9-79 - Laborers, except farm and mine Occupation not reported Female, 1U years old and over Professional, technical, and kindred workers Farmers and farm managers Managers, officials, and proprietors, except farm Clerical and kindred workers...
Page xiv - In general, the urban population comprises all persons living in urbanized areas and in places of 2,500 inhabitants or more outside urbanized areas. More specifically, according to the definition adopted for use in the 1960 Census, the urban population comprises...

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