Volume VII presents statistics on housing characteristics of units having persons 60 years old and over at the time of the 1960 Censuses and statistics on the characteristics of these persons.

Data are presented for the United States and for inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas. Similar data are presented for nonfarm persons 60 years old and over and their housing units, and for nonwhite persons of this age group and their housing units. Data in three of the tables are presented in terms of the number of persons 60 and over, and in the remaining tables in terms of the number of housing units these persons occupied. Two tables, both in terms of the number of persons 60 and over, are presented for each state and the District of Columbia, and for the largest standard metropolitan statistical area in the state.

The population and household characteristics presented in the full set of tables include age of the person, age of head, age and relationship of the oldest member other than the head, income in 1959, number of persons in the household, and household composition. Characteristics of the housing units include number of units in structure, presence of elevator in structure, year structure was built, condition and plumbing facilities, persons per room, and year head moved into unit. For nonfarm units, gross rent, rent-income ratio, and value are also included. Practically all the subjects are presented by tenure—population characteristics of persons in owner- and renter-occupied units, and housing and household characteristics of owner- and renter-occupied units.