2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset
United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA2015_PHC-H-H
- USA2015_PHC-P-H
Race (US2015A_RACE)
Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
300
End:
302
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Person 1
<br />(Person 1 is the person living or staying here in whose name this house or apartment is owned, bought, or being rented. If there is no such person, start with the name of any adult living or staying here.)</p>
<p>6. What is Person 1's race? Mark (X) one or more boxes. </p>
<div class="i1">[] White<br />[] Black or African Am.<br />[] American Indian or Alaska Native. Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. ________<br />[] Asian Indian <br />[] Japanese <br />[] Chinese <br />[] Korean <br />[] Filipino <br />[] Vietnamese <br />[] Other Asian. Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on._______<br />[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander. Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on. _________<br />[] Some other race. Print race. ________</div><p>[Repeat for persons X = 2 - 5.]</p>
<p>Note: Please answer both Question 5 about Hispanic origin and Question 6 about race. For this survey, Hispanic origins are not races.</p>
<p>6. What is Person X's race? Mark (X) one or more boxes. </p>
<div class="i1">[] White<br />[] Black or African Am.<br />[] American Indian or Alaska Native. Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. ________<br />[] Asian Indian <br />[] Japanese <br />[] Chinese <br />[] Korean <br />[] Filipino <br />[] Vietnamese <br />[] Other Asian. Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on._______<br />[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander. Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on. _________<br />[] Some other race. Print race. ________</div>
<br />(Person 1 is the person living or staying here in whose name this house or apartment is owned, bought, or being rented. If there is no such person, start with the name of any adult living or staying here.)</p>
<p>6. What is Person 1's race? Mark (X) one or more boxes. </p>
<div class="i1">[] White<br />[] Black or African Am.<br />[] American Indian or Alaska Native. Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. ________<br />[] Asian Indian <br />[] Japanese <br />[] Chinese <br />[] Korean <br />[] Filipino <br />[] Vietnamese <br />[] Other Asian. Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on._______<br />[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander. Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on. _________<br />[] Some other race. Print race. ________</div><p>[Repeat for persons X = 2 - 5.]</p>
<p>Note: Please answer both Question 5 about Hispanic origin and Question 6 about race. For this survey, Hispanic origins are not races.</p>
<p>6. What is Person X's race? Mark (X) one or more boxes. </p>
<div class="i1">[] White<br />[] Black or African Am.<br />[] American Indian or Alaska Native. Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. ________<br />[] Asian Indian <br />[] Japanese <br />[] Chinese <br />[] Korean <br />[] Filipino <br />[] Vietnamese <br />[] Other Asian. Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on._______<br />[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander. Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on. _________<br />[] Some other race. Print race. ________</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 100 | White |
| 200 | Black/African American |
| 302 | Apache |
| 303 | Blackfoot |
| 304 | Cherokee |
| 305 | Cheyenne |
| 306 | Chickasaw |
| 307 | Chippewa |
| 308 | Choctaw |
| 309 | Comanche |
| 310 | Creek |
| 311 | Crow |
| 312 | Iroquois |
| 314 | Lumbee |
| 315 | Navajo |
| 316 | Osage |
| 317 | Paiute |
| 318 | Pima |
| 319 | Potawatomi |
| 320 | Pueblo |
| 321 | Seminole |
| 322 | Shoshone |
| 323 | Sioux |
| 324 | Tlingit |
| 325 | Tohono O'Odham |
| 328 | Hopi |
| 350 | Delaware |
| 352 | Puget Sound Salish |
| 353 | Yakama |
| 354 | Yaqui |
| 355 | Colville |
| 356 | Houma |
| 357 | Menominee |
| 358 | Yuman |
| 359 | South American Indian |
| 360 | Mexican American Indian |
| 361 | Other specified AI tribe |
| 362 | Two or more AI tribes |
| 370 | Alaskan Athabaskan |
| 371 | Aleut |
| 372 | Eskimo |
| 374 | Inupiat |
| 375 | Yup'ik |
| 379 | Other AN tribe(s) |
| 398 | Both AI and AN |
| 399 | AIAN, tribe not specified |
| 400 | Chinese |
| 410 | Taiwanese |
| 500 | Japanese |
| 600 | Filipino |
| 610 | Asian Indian |
| 620 | Korean |
| 630 | Native Hawaiian |
| 640 | Vietnamese |
| 641 | Bhutanese |
| 642 | Mongolian |
| 643 | Nepalese |
| 660 | Cambodian |
| 661 | Hmong |
| 662 | Laotian |
| 663 | Thai |
| 664 | Bangladeshi |
| 665 | Burmese |
| 666 | Indonesian |
| 667 | Malaysian |
| 669 | Pakistani |
| 670 | Sri Lankan |
| 671 | All other Asian, n.e.c. |
| 672 | Asian, not specified |
| 673 | Chinese and Japanese |
| 674 | Chinese and Filipino |
| 675 | Chinese and Vietnamese |
| 676 | Chinese and Asian write-in; Chinese and Other Asian |
| 677 | Japanese and Filipino |
| 678 | Asian Indian and Asian write-in |
| 679 | Other Asian race combinations |
| 680 | Samoan |
| 682 | Tongan |
| 684 | One or more other Polynesian races |
| 685 | Guamanian/Chamorro |
| 689 | One or more other Micronesian races |
| 690 | Fijian |
| 692 | One or more Melanesian races |
| 698 | Two or more PI races from multiple regions |
| 699 | Pacific Islander (PI), n.s. |
| 700 | Other race, n.e.c. |
| 801 | White and Black |
| 802 | White and AIAN |
| 811 | White and Chinese |
| 812 | White and Japanese |
| 813 | White and Filipino |
| 814 | White and Asian Indian |
| 815 | White and Korean |
| 816 | White and Vietnamese |
| 817 | White and Asian write-in |
| 818 | White and other Asian race(s) |
| 819 | White and two or more Asian groups |
| 821 | White and Native Hawaiian |
| 822 | White and Samoan |
| 823 | White and Guamanian/Chamorro |
| 824 | White and PI write-in |
| 826 | White and 'other race' write-in |
| 827 | White and one or more major race groups, n.e.c. |
| 830 | Black and AIAN |
| 832 | Black and Chinese |
| 833 | Black and Japanese |
| 834 | Black and Filipino |
| 835 | Black and Asian Indian |
| 836 | Black and Korean |
| 837 | Black and Asian write-in |
| 838 | Black and other Asian race(s) |
| 841 | Black and Pacific Islander write-in |
| 842 | Black and other PI race(s) |
| 845 | Black and 'other race' write-in |
| 851 | AIAN and Filipino (2000 1%) |
| 852 | AIAN and Asian Indian |
| 856 | AIAN and 'other race' write-in |
| 861 | Chinese and Native Hawaiian |
| 862 | Chinese, Filipino, and Native Hawaiian |
| 863 | Japanese and Native Hawaiian |
| 864 | Filipino and Native Hawaiian |
| 865 | Filipino and PI write-in |
| 867 | Asian write-in and PI write-in |
| 868 | Other Asian race(s) and PI race(s) |
| 881 | Chinese and 'other race' write-in |
| 882 | Japanese and 'other race' write-in |
| 883 | Filipino and 'other race' write-in |
| 884 | Asian Indian and 'other race' write-in |
| 885 | Asian write-in and 'other race' write-in |
| 887 | Chinese and Korean |
| 890 | PI and 'other race' write-in |
| 893 | Native Hawaiian or PI other race(s) |
| 901 | White, Black, and AIAN |
| 902 | White and Black and Asian |
| 904 | White and Black and 'other race' write-in |
| 905 | White and American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian |
| 907 | White and American Indian/Alaska Native and 'other race' write-in |
| 911 | White and Chinese and Native Hawaiian |
| 912 | White and Chinese and Filipino and Native Hawaiian |
| 913 | White and Japanese and Native Hawaiian |
| 914 | White and Filipino and Native Hawaiian |
| 916 | White, AIAN and Filipino |
| 917 | White, Black, and Filipino |
| 920 | White and Asian and 'other race' write-in: |
| 921 | White and Filipino and 'other race' write-in |
| 922 | White and Asian write-in and 'other race' write-in |
| 925 | White and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 943 | Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 944 | Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese); and Native Hawaiian or PI; and Other |
| 950 | White and Black and American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian |
| 960 | White and American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian and Pacific Islander |
| 963 | White and Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 964 | White, Chinese, Japanese, Native Hawaiian |
| 973 | Black and Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 974 | American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 975 | American Indian and Alaska Native race; Asian groups and/or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander groups and/or Some other race |
| 976 | Two specified Asian (Chinese and other Asian, Chinese and Japanese, Japanese and other Asian, Korean and other Asian); Native Hawaiian/PI; and Other Race |
| 982 | White and Black and American Indian/Alaska Native and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 983 | White and Black and Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 985 | Black and American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 986 | Black or African American race; American Indian and Alaska Native race; Asian groups and/or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander groups and/or Some other race |
| 990 | White and Black and American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian and Pacific Islander and 'other race' write-in |
| 991 | White race; Some other race; Black or African American race and/or American Indian and Alaska Native race and/or Asian groups and/or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander groups |
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 person's race.
Universe
United States 2015: All persons
concept
Concept