1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Language spoken (US1990A_LANGUAGE)
Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
287
End:
290
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">15a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- [Go on to question 16]</div><p>[Mark yes if the location is now inside the city/town limits even if it was not inside the limits on April 1, 1985; that is, if the area was annexed by the city/town since that time.]
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 0100 | English |
| 0110 | Jamaican Creole |
| 0120 | Krio, Pidgin Krio |
| 0130 | Hawaiian Pidgin |
| 0140 | Pidgin |
| 0150 | Gullah, Geechee |
| 0160 | Saramacca |
| 0200 | German |
| 0230 | Luxembourgian |
| 0240 | Pennsylvania Dutch |
| 0300 | Yiddish, Jewish |
| 0410 | Dutch, Flemish, Belgian |
| 0420 | Afrikaans |
| 0430 | Frisian |
| 0500 | Swedish |
| 0600 | Danish |
| 0700 | Norwegian |
| 0800 | Icelandic |
| 0810 | Faroese |
| 1000 | Italian |
| 1010 | Rhaeto-Romanic, Ladin |
| 1110 | French, Walloon |
| 1120 | Provencal |
| 1130 | Patois |
| 1140 | French or Haitian Creole |
| 1150 | Cajun |
| 1200 | Spanish |
| 1210 | Catalonian, Valencian |
| 1220 | Ladino, Sefaradit, Spanol |
| 1240 | Papia Mentae |
| 1300 | Portuguese |
| 1400 | Rumanian |
| 1520 | Welsh |
| 1540 | Irish Gaelic, Gaelic |
| 1570 | Scottish Gaelic |
| 1600 | Greek |
| 1700 | Albanian |
| 1810 | Russian, Great Russian |
| 1820 | Bielo-, White Russian |
| 1900 | Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Little Russian |
| 2000 | Czech |
| 2100 | Polish |
| 2200 | Slovak |
| 2300 | Serbo-Croatian, Yugoslavian, Slavonian |
| 2310 | Croatian |
| 2320 | Serbian |
| 2400 | Slovene |
| 2500 | Lithuanian |
| 2510 | Lettish |
| 2610 | Bulgarian |
| 2620 | Lusatian, Sorbian, Wendish |
| 2630 | Macedonian |
| 2800 | Armenian |
| 2900 | Persian, Iranian, Farssi |
| 3010 | Pashto, Afghan |
| 3020 | Kurdish |
| 3030 | Balochi |
| 3101 | Hindi, Hindustani, Indic, Jaipuri, Pali, Urdu |
| 3111 | Sanskrit |
| 3112 | Bengali |
| 3113 | Panjabi |
| 3114 | Marathi |
| 3115 | Gujarathi |
| 3116 | Bihari |
| 3117 | Rajasthani |
| 3118 | Oriya |
| 3119 | Assamese |
| 3120 | Kashmiri |
| 3121 | Sindhi |
| 3123 | Sinhalese |
| 3130 | Kannada |
| 3200 | Romany, Gypsy |
| 3300 | Finnish |
| 3400 | Magyar, Hungarian |
| 3510 | Estonian, Ingrian, Livonian, Vepsian, Votic |
| 3520 | Lapp, Inari, Kola, Lule, Pite, Ruija, Skolt, Um |
| 3600 | Turkish |
| 3704 | Kirghiz |
| 3705 | Karachay, Tatar, Balkar, Bashkir, Kumyk |
| 3706 | Uzbek, Uighur |
| 3707 | Azerbaijani |
| 3710 | Mongolian |
| 3711 | Tungus |
| 3800 | Caucasian, Georgian, Avar |
| 3900 | Basque |
| 4000 | Dravidian |
| 4001 | Brahui |
| 4002 | Gondi |
| 4003 | Telugu |
| 4004 | Malayalam |
| 4005 | Tamil |
| 4011 | Nepali |
| 4110 | Munda |
| 4301 | Chinese, Cantonese, Min, Yueh |
| 4303 | Mandarin |
| 4311 | Hakka, Fukien, K'echia |
| 4314 | Fuchow, Min Pei |
| 4315 | Wu |
| 4400 | Tibetan |
| 4410 | Miao-Yao |
| 4420 | Miao, Hmong |
| 4500 | Burmese, Lisu, Lolo |
| 4510 | Karen |
| 4600 | Kachin |
| 4700 | Thai, Siamese, Lao |
| 4800 | Japanese |
| 4900 | Korean |
| 5000 | Vietnamese |
| 5120 | Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
| 5200 | Indonesian |
| 5230 | Achinese |
| 5240 | Balinese |
| 5250 | Cham |
| 5270 | Malay |
| 5280 | Minangkabau |
| 5310 | Formosan, Taiwanese |
| 5320 | Javanese |
| 5330 | Malagasy |
| 5340 | Sundanese |
| 5400 | Filipino, Tagalog |
| 5410 | Bisayan |
| 5420 | Sebuano |
| 5430 | Pangasinan |
| 5440 | Llocano, Hocano |
| 5450 | Bikol |
| 5460 | Pampangan |
| 5480 | Palau |
| 5501 | Micronesian |
| 5503 | Chamorro, Guamanian |
| 5504 | Gilbertese |
| 5505 | Kusaiean |
| 5506 | Marshallese |
| 5507 | Mokilese |
| 5510 | Ponapean |
| 5511 | Trukese |
| 5513 | Woleai-Ulithi |
| 5514 | Yapese |
| 5520 | Melanesian |
| 5521 | Polynesian |
| 5522 | Samoan |
| 5523 | Tongan |
| 5525 | Tokelauan |
| 5526 | Fijian |
| 5527 | Marquesan |
| 5529 | Maori |
| 5530 | Nukuoro, Kapingarangan |
| 5600 | Hawaiian |
| 5700 | Arabic |
| 5810 | Syriac, Aramaic, Chaldean |
| 5900 | Hebrew, Israeli |
| 6000 | Amharic, Ethiopian, etc. |
| 6110 | Berber |
| 6120 | Chadic, Hamitic, Hausa |
| 6130 | Cushite, Beja, Somali |
| 6300 | Nilotic |
| 6301 | Nilo-Hamitic |
| 6302 | Nubian |
| 6303 | Saharan |
| 6304 | Nilo-Saharan, Fur, Songhai |
| 6305 | Khoisan |
| 6306 | Sudanic |
| 6307 | Bantu (many subheads) |
| 6308 | Swahili |
| 6309 | Mande |
| 6310 | Fulani |
| 6311 | Gur |
| 6312 | Kru |
| 6313 | Efik, Ibibio, Tiv |
| 6314 | Mbum, Gbaya, Sango, Zande |
| 6400 | African, n.s. |
| 7110 | Aleut |
| 7130 | Eskimo |
| 7140 | Inupik, Innuit |
| 7150 | St Lawrence Isl Yupik |
| 7160 | Yupik |
| 7200 | Algonquian |
| 7201 | Arapaho |
| 7202 | Atsina, Gros Ventre |
| 7203 | Blackfoot |
| 7204 | Cheyenne |
| 7205 | Cree |
| 7206 | Delaware, Lenni-Lenape |
| 7207 | Fox, Sac |
| 7208 | Kickapoo |
| 7209 | Menomini |
| 7210 | Metis, French Cree |
| 7211 | Miami |
| 7212 | Micmac |
| 7213 | Ojibwa, Chippewa |
| 7214 | Ottawa |
| 7215 | Passamaquoddy, Malecite |
| 7216 | Penobscot |
| 7218 | Potawatomi |
| 7219 | Shawnee |
| 7300 | Salish, Flathead |
| 7303 | Clallam |
| 7304 | Coeur d'Alene, Skitsamish |
| 7305 | Columbia, Chelan, Wenatchee |
| 7307 | Nootsack |
| 7308 | Okanogan |
| 7309 | Puget Sound Salish |
| 7313 | Kalispel |
| 7314 | Spokane |
| 7400 | Athapascan |
| 7402 | Han |
| 7404 | Koyukon |
| 7405 | Kuchin |
| 7407 | Tanaina |
| 7412 | Chasta Costa, Chetco, Coquille, Smith River Ath |
| 7413 | Hupa |
| 7420 | Apache |
| 7421 | Jicarilla, Lipan |
| 7422 | Chiricahua, Mescalero |
| 7423 | San Carlos, Cibecue, White Mountain |
| 7424 | Kiowa-Apache |
| 7430 | Kiowa |
| 7500 | Navajo |
| 7610 | Klamath, Modoc |
| 7620 | Nez Perce |
| 7630 | Sahaptian, Celilo, Klikitat, Palouse, Tenino, U |
| 7700 | Mountain Maidu, Maidu |
| 7705 | Sierra Miwok, Miwok |
| 7708 | Wintun |
| 7709 | Foothill North Yokuts |
| 7710 | Tachi |
| 7712 | Siuslaw, Coos, Lower Umpqua |
| 7713 | Tsimshian |
| 7714 | Upper Chinook, Clackamas, Multnomah, Wasco, Wis |
| 7715 | Chinook Jargon |
| 7800 | Zuni |
| 7900 | Yuman |
| 7920 | Cocomaricopa |
| 7930 | Mohave |
| 7940 | Diegueno |
| 7950 | Delta River Yuman |
| 7970 | Havasupai |
| 7980 | Walapai |
| 7990 | Yavapai |
| 8000 | Achumawi |
| 8020 | Karok |
| 8030 | Pomo |
| 8050 | Washo |
| 8101 | Crow, Absaroke |
| 8102 | Hidatsa |
| 8103 | Mandan |
| 8104 | Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, Sioux |
| 8105 | Chiwere |
| 8106 | Winnebago |
| 8108 | Omaha |
| 8109 | Osage |
| 8110 | Ponca |
| 8210 | Alabama |
| 8220 | Choctaw, Chickasaw |
| 8230 | Mikasuki |
| 8250 | Koasati |
| 8260 | Muskogee, Creek, Seminole |
| 8300 | Keres |
| 8400 | Iroquoian |
| 8410 | Mohawk |
| 8420 | Oneida |
| 8430 | Onondaga |
| 8440 | Cayuga |
| 8450 | Seneca |
| 8460 | Tuscarora |
| 8480 | Cherokee |
| 8500 | Caddoan |
| 8510 | Arikara |
| 8520 | Pawnee |
| 8530 | Wichita |
| 8601 | Comanche |
| 8602 | Mono, Owens Valley Paiute |
| 8603 | Paiute |
| 8606 | Chemehuevi |
| 8608 | Ute |
| 8609 | Shoshoni |
| 8620 | Hopi |
| 8630 | Cahuilla |
| 8632 | Luiseno |
| 8700 | Pima, Papago |
| 8800 | Yaqui |
| 8910 | Aztecan, Mexicano, Nahua |
| 9010 | Picuris, Northern Tiwa, Taos |
| 9020 | Tiwa, Isleta |
| 9030 | Sandia |
| 9040 | Tewa, Hano, Hopi-Tewa, San Ildefonso, San Juan, |
| 9050 | Towa |
| 9101 | Yurok |
| 9112 | Makah |
| 9120 | Kutenai |
| 9130 | Haida |
| 9131 | Tlingit, Chilkat, Sitka, Tongass, Yakutat |
| 9150 | Yuchi |
| 9200 | Misumalpan |
| 9210 | Mayan languages |
| 9220 | Tarascan |
| 9230 | Mapuche |
| 9240 | Oto-Manguen |
| 9250 | Quechua |
| 9270 | Arawakian |
| 9280 | Chibchan |
| 9290 | Tupi-Guarani |
| 9300 | American Indian, n.s. |
| 9601 | Other n e c |
| 9602 | Other n s |
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 the language that the respondent spoke at home, particularly if a language other than English was spoken.
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |