This report presents statistics on the characteristics of inmates of institutions enumerated in the Eighteenth Decennial Census of Population, taken as of April 1, 1960. All of these statistics are based on a 25-percent sample of the population. The report presents data on the age, color, and sex of persons under care in several types of institutions, for the United States, each State, and each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area of 500,000 or more, and on color and sex of inmates by Type of Institution for counties and urban places with 1,000 or more inmates. For the United States, the data are also presented by number of institutions of each type, size of institution, type of control, location, year inmate moved into institution, marital status, race, Nativity and Parentage, region of birth, Puerto Rican Birth, mobility status, School Enrollment, Years of School Completed, Year Last Worked, last major occupation group of those employed in 1950 or later, and Veteran Status by period of military service.

In this report, data are presented for the United States in tables 1 to 32, for States in tables 33 to 41, for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas of 500,000 or more in tables 42 to 51, and for selected counties and urban places in table 52. Within each type of area, the tables are arranged by type of institution. In General, each table presents data for a given Type of Institution with subdivision by type of control. This arrangement means that the population for which statistics are presented in a single table is relatively homogeneous with respect to age, and thus it is possible to show age in detail suitable for the particular type of institution.