This report presents statistics on the social and economic characteristics of the civilian population of the United States living abroad on April 1, 1970. "Living abroad" is defined as residing outside the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the outlying areas of United States sovereignty or jurisdiction. This population includes Federal civilian employees, dependents of all Federal employees, crews of merchant vessels, and other United States citizens living abroad. Americans temporarily abroad on vacations, business trips, etc., are excluded. The Americans included in the present report are not included in the resident population of the United States, and, except in a few special cases, they are not included in the tables of other reports of the 1970 census.

The text consists of an introduction and Appendices A through D, which appear after the tables.

Content of the Tables

• Tables 1-5 – civilian population of the United States living abroad by group, i.e., Federal civilian employees, dependents of Federal employees, crews of merchant vessels, and "other citizens"
• Tables 6-12 – Federal civilian employees
• Tables 13-16 – Armed Forces
• Tables 17-20 – dependents of Federal civilian employees
• Tables 21-30 – "other citizens"

Appendices

• Appendix A. General Information Concerning the Data
  
• Appendix B. Definitions and Explanations of Subject Characteristics
  
• Appendix C. Accuracy of the Data
  
• Appendix D. Publication and Computer Summary Tape Program

Sample size. All the data were collected on a 100-percent basis.