Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1970

Detailed county and state-level ecological or descriptive data for the United States for the years 1790 to 1970 are contained in this collection. These data files contain extensive information about the social and political character of the United States, including a breakdown of population by state, race, nationality, number of families, size of the family, births, deaths, marriages, occupation, religion, and general economic conditions. Though not complete over the full time span of this study, statistics are available on such diverse subjects as total numbers of newspapers and periodicals, total capital invested in manufacturing, total numbers of educational institutions, total number of churches, taxation by state, and land surface area in square miles.

本数据集汇集了美国自1790年至1970年间县域及州级生态或描述性数据。这些数据文件详尽地记录了美国的社会政治特征，包括按州、种族、国籍、家庭数量、家庭规模、出生、死亡、婚姻、职业、宗教以及一般经济状况的人口细分。尽管并非涵盖研究全时段的所有数据，但本数据集仍提供了关于报纸和期刊总数、制造业总投资额、教育机构总数、教堂总数、州级税收以及平方英里土地面积的多样统计数据。