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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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Urban-rural status (US1850A_URBAN)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 155
End: 155
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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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
1 Rural
2 Urban
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
This variable indicates if the household's location was urban or rural. The urban area is made up for the most part of households in cities and incorporated places with 2,500+ inhabitants. Also includes households in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island towns (townships) containing a village or thickly settled area of 2,500 or more inhabitants and comprising, either by itself or when combined with other villages within the same town, more than 50 percent of the total population of the town. Also includes townships and other political subdivisions (not incorporating municipalities) with a total population of 10,000 or more and a population density of 1,000 or more per square mile.
Universe
United States 1850 (100%): All households

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