United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

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USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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Household serial number, before large group quarters were split up (US1850A_SPLITHID)

Type: Continuous

Start: 294

End: 299

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Definition

SERIAL is an identifying number unique to each household in a given year and country, before large group quarters were split up.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All households

Concept

Derivation

This is a 6-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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