ideographic iiegion 



Dis tr ibu tion=' 

 Sample Estimated from 



Region Dist ribution of Households Census Data 



Percent 

 100.0 



26.2 

 29.7 



29.7 

 lii.U 



Census Estimated^' 

 Population distribution 

 Percent 

 100.0 



31.3 

 27.3 



1U.9 



1U.8 

 11.7 



-"or non-metropolitan areas, the sample percent of rural farm 

 households is lover than the bureau of Census estimate of percent of 

 population in this group, but this is to be expected since rural-farm 

 areas have a larger population per household than average. 





Percent 



United States 



100.0 



Northeast 



26.5 



North Central 



29.1 



South 



30.6 



West 



13.8 



City Size and Area 



Sample 



of Residence 



Distribution of Households 





Percent 



Total 



100.0 



Metropolitan central city 



32.2 



Ke tr op olit an- suburban 



27.3 



Kon-MetroDolitan - urban 



1U.6 



Non-Hetropolitan rural 





non-farm 



15.6 



Kon-Hetropolitan rural 





farm 



10.3 



h/ This distribution was estimated as follows: 



1) Civilian population 1955 by regions from Current Population 

 Rer orts , P-25, No. 1U5» Bureau of Census. 



2) Institutional and quasi-household population 1950, obtained 

 from Census of Population: 1950 » Volume II and adjusted to 

 1955 by applying ratio of change for total population by 

 region 19*50-55. 



3) Deducted estimated quasi- household and institutional population 

 from civilian population to arrive at estimate of population 

 living in private households, 1955. 



U) Divided this estimate by population per household for each 

 region, obtained from Current Population Reports , P-20, 

 Ko. 67, 3ureau of Census, to obtain estimate of number of 

 private households, by region. 



5/ See Current Population Reports , P-20, No. 71, Bureau of Census. 



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