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Characteristics of the Population (1980 Census of Population & Housing) provides pdf files for

Ch. A - Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-13, maps of county subdivisions, places, urbanized areas)
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/5:980/A11)
Ch. B - General Population Characteristics (tables 14-25; 26-31; 32-38; 39-46; 47-55)
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/6:980/B11...)
Ch. C - General Social and Economic Characteristics (section 1: tables 56-59; 60-91; 92-120; 121-130; 131-146; 147-156; 157-161) (section 2: 162-164; 165-168; 169-175; 176-183; 184-188; 189-193)
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/7:980/C11...)
Ch. D - Detailed Population Characteristics (section 1: tables 194-204; 205-206; 207-212; 213-214; 215-218; 219; 220) (section 2: 221; 222-224; 225-228; 229-230; 231-232; 233-236; 237; 238) (section 3: 239-241; 242-244; 245 [p.1600-1687]; 245 [p.1688-1775]; 246 [p.1776-1871]; 246 [p.1872-1967]; 247-248; 249-250; 251)
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/8:980/D11...)

1980 U.S. Census Block Maps - Florida (UCF STARS)
Indexes & Maps
Bradenton; Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood; Fort Myers-Cape Coral; Fort Walton Beach; Gainesville; Jacksonville; Lakeland-Winter Haven; Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa; Ocala; Orlando; Panama City; Pensacola; Tallahassee; Tampa-St Petersburg; West Palm Beach-Boca Raton

Census Tracts
(paper copies available for some cities at US DOCS C3.223/11:980/...)

Bradenton	Jacksonville	Pensacola
Daytona Beach	Lakeland-Winter Haven	Tallahassee
Fort Lauderdale--Hollywood	Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa	Tampa--St. Petersburg
Fort Walton Beach	Miami	West Palm Beach
Gainesville	Orlando	Selected areas (Collier, Indian River, Lake, Martin, & St. Lucie counties)

Vol I - Characteristics of Housing Units
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/3:980/...)

Vol II - Metropolitan Housing Characteristics
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/4:980/...)

Block Statistics
(paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/5:980/...)

Bradenton	Lakeland-Winter Haven	Panama City
Daytona Beach	Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa	Pensacola
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood	Miami (missing 2/2/06 - see microfiche copy in 1983 ASI 2551-1.241)	Sarasota
Fort Myers-Cape Coral		Tallahassee
Fort Walton Beach		Tampa-St. Petersburg
Gainesville	Ocala	West Palm Beach
Jacksonville	Orlando	Selected Areas

Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000
Call Number: U.S. Documents Collection C 3.2:M 46/2
provides questionnaires and instructions, plus individual histories of each census. Pages 119-124 provide tables showing the "Population Items on Principal Census Questionnaires: 1790-2000."

Enumeration Forms (IPUMS USA)
"contains facsimile copies of the enumeration forms used in the decennial census of the United States from 1860 through 2000, and the American Community Survey (2000+)."

Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 by William Thorndale & William Dollarhide
Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- G1201.F7T5 1987
"shows county outline maps at ten year intervals, the old county boundaries being superimposed over the modern lines"

Census geography: Bridging data from prior years to the 2010 tract boundaries
provides "a Longitudinal Tract Data Base (LTDB), which provides public-use tools to create estimates within 2010 tract boundaries for any tract-level data (from the census or other sources) that are available for prior years as early as 1970."