United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1850
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USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- USA1850_PHC-H-H
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County (US1850A_COUNTYICP)
Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
187
End:
190
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US50A014 US50A015 US50A016 US50A017 US50A018 US50A019 US50A020 US50A021 US50A022 US50A023 US50A024 US50A025 US50A026 US50A027 US50A028 US50A029 US50A030 US50A031 US50A032 US50A033 US50A050 US50A051">Free inhabitants in _________, in the County of ________, State of _________, enumerated by me, on the _____ day of ___________, 1850.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0010 | 10 |
| 0030 | 30 |
| 0050 | 50 |
| 0070 | 70 |
| 0090 | 90 |
| 0110 | 110 |
| 0130 | 130 |
| 0150 | 150 |
| 0170 | 170 |
| 0190 | 190 |
| 0210 | 210 |
| 0230 | 230 |
| 0250 | 250 |
| 0270 | 270 |
| 0290 | 290 |
| 0310 | 310 |
| 0330 | 330 |
| 0350 | 350 |
| 0360 | 360 |
| 0370 | 370 |
| 0390 | 390 |
| 0410 | 410 |
| 0430 | 430 |
| 0450 | 450 |
| 0470 | 470 |
| 0475 | 475 |
| 0490 | 490 |
| 0510 | 510 |
| 0530 | 530 |
| 0550 | 550 |
| 0570 | 570 |
| 0590 | 590 |
| 0610 | 610 |
| 0630 | 630 |
| 0650 | 650 |
| 0655 | 655 |
| 0670 | 670 |
| 0690 | 690 |
| 0710 | 710 |
| 0730 | 730 |
| 0750 | 750 |
| 0770 | 770 |
| 0790 | 790 |
| 0810 | 810 |
| 0830 | 830 |
| 0850 | 850 |
| 0870 | 870 |
| 0875 | 875 |
| 0890 | 890 |
| 0910 | 910 |
| 0930 | 930 |
| 0950 | 950 |
| 0970 | 970 |
| 0990 | 990 |
| 1010 | 1010 |
| 1030 | 1030 |
| 1050 | 1050 |
| 1070 | 1070 |
| 1090 | 1090 |
| 1110 | 1110 |
| 1130 | 1130 |
| 1150 | 1150 |
| 1170 | 1170 |
| 1190 | 1190 |
| 1210 | 1210 |
| 1230 | 1230 |
| 1250 | 1250 |
| 1270 | 1270 |
| 1290 | 1290 |
| 1310 | 1310 |
| 1330 | 1330 |
| 1350 | 1350 |
| 1370 | 1370 |
| 1390 | 1390 |
| 1410 | 1410 |
| 1430 | 1430 |
| 1450 | 1450 |
| 1470 | 1470 |
| 1490 | 1490 |
| 1510 | 1510 |
| 1530 | 1530 |
| 1550 | 1550 |
| 1570 | 1570 |
| 1590 | 1590 |
| 1595 | 1595 |
| 1610 | 1610 |
| 1630 | 1630 |
| 1650 | 1650 |
| 1670 | 1670 |
| 1690 | 1690 |
| 1710 | 1710 |
| 1730 | 1730 |
| 1750 | 1750 |
| 1770 | 1770 |
| 1790 | 1790 |
| 1810 | 1810 |
| 1830 | 1830 |
| 1850 | 1850 |
| 1870 | 1870 |
| 1875 | 1875 |
| 1890 | 1890 |
| 1910 | 1910 |
| 1930 | 1930 |
| 1950 | 1950 |
| 1970 | 1970 |
| 1990 | 1990 |
| 2010 | 2010 |
| 2030 | 2030 |
| 2050 | 2050 |
| 2070 | 2070 |
| 2090 | 2090 |
| 2110 | 2110 |
| 2130 | 2130 |
| 2150 | 2150 |
| 2170 | 2170 |
| 2190 | 2190 |
| 2210 | 2210 |
| 2230 | 2230 |
| 2250 | 2250 |
| 2270 | 2270 |
| 2290 | 2290 |
| 2310 | 2310 |
| 2350 | 2350 |
| 2370 | 2370 |
| 2390 | 2390 |
| 2410 | 2410 |
| 2430 | 2430 |
| 2450 | 2450 |
| 2510 | 2510 |
| 2570 | 2570 |
| 2590 | 2590 |
| 2610 | 2610 |
| 2630 | 2630 |
| 2650 | 2650 |
| 2670 | 2670 |
| 2710 | 2710 |
| 2750 | 2750 |
| 2770 | 2770 |
| 2850 | 2850 |
| 2890 | 2890 |
| 2910 | 2910 |
| 2930 | 2930 |
| 2950 | 2950 |
| 2970 | 2970 |
| 2990 | 2990 |
| 3010 | 3010 |
| 3030 | 3030 |
| 3050 | 3050 |
| 3170 | 3170 |
| 3190 | 3190 |
| 3210 | 3210 |
| 3250 | 3250 |
| 3310 | 3310 |
| 3390 | 3390 |
| 3470 | 3470 |
| 3490 | 3490 |
| 3510 | 3510 |
| 3550 | 3550 |
| 3650 | 3650 |
| 3730 | 3730 |
| 3870 | 3870 |
| 3910 | 3910 |
| 3950 | 3950 |
| 4010 | 4010 |
| 4030 | 4030 |
| 4050 | 4050 |
| 4090 | 4090 |
| 4190 | 4190 |
| 4230 | 4230 |
| 4390 | 4390 |
| 4490 | 4490 |
| 4530 | 4530 |
| 4570 | 4570 |
| 4590 | 4590 |
| 4670 | 4670 |
| 4690 | 4690 |
| 4710 | 4710 |
| 4770 | 4770 |
| 4810 | 4810 |
| 4910 | 4910 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
COUNTYUS identifies the household's county of enumeration using the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) coding scheme. Counties are assigned codes alphabetically within states. The first 3 digits are identical to the FIPS county codes used in other datasets; ICPSR adds a digit to the FIPS codes to accommodate change over time. COUNTY allows the IPUMS-USA and NAPP data to be easily merged with ICPSR data. The variable also identifies areas that were not part of any county, including the independent cities of Virginia and some Indian lands.
For more information, see "ICPSR County Codes" on the IPUMS-USA website. Code 9999 means Unknown.
COUNTY is a state-dependent variable; it must be read with one of the STATE variables (STATEUS) to distinguish between counties located in different states.
Note that many county boundaries and some county names changed over time. We have not attempted to impose a uniform county boundary system on the data, so a particular county listed for a particular year should be assumed to have the boundaries that it had in that year.
COUNTYUS is completely compatible with the IPUMS-USA variable COUNTY.
For more information, see "ICPSR County Codes" on the IPUMS-USA website. Code 9999 means Unknown.
COUNTY is a state-dependent variable; it must be read with one of the STATE variables (STATEUS) to distinguish between counties located in different states.
Note that many county boundaries and some county names changed over time. We have not attempted to impose a uniform county boundary system on the data, so a particular county listed for a particular year should be assumed to have the boundaries that it had in that year.
COUNTYUS is completely compatible with the IPUMS-USA variable COUNTY.
Universe
United States 1850 (100%): All households
concept
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