Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1990
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Reference ID
USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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- USA1990-H-H
- USA1990-P-H
Race (US1990A_0425)
Data file: USA1990-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
235
End:
237
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
4. Race
Fill one circle for the race that the person considers himself/herself to be.
If Indian (Amer.), print the name of the enrolled or principal tribe.
If Other Asian or Pacific Islander (API), print one group, for example: Hmong, Fijian, Laotian, Thai, Tongan, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on.
If Other race, print race.
[] White
[] Black or Negro
[] Indian (Amer.) (Print the name of the enrolled or principal tribe.)
____
[] Eskimo
[] Aleut
Asian or Pacific Islander (API)
[] Chinese
[] Filipino
[] Hawaiian
[] Korean
[] Vietnamese
[] Japanese
[] Asian Indian
[] Samoan
[] Guamanian
[] Other API
____
[] Other race (Print race)
____
[Fill one circle for the race each person considers himself/herself to be. If you fill the Indian (Amer.) circle, print the name of the tribe or tribes in which the person is enrolled. If the person is not enrolled in a tribe, print the name of the principal tribe(s). If you fill the Other API circle [under Asian or Pacific Islander (API)], only print the name of the group to which the person belongs. For example, the Other API category includes persons who identify as Burmese, Fijian, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Tongan, Thai, Cambodian, Sri Lankan, and so on. If you fill the Other race circle, be sure to print the name of the race. If the person considers himself/herself to be White, Black or Negro, Eskimo or Aleut, fill one circle only. Please do not print the race in the boxes. The Black or Negro category also includes persons who identify as African-American, Afro-American, Haitian, Jamaican, West Indian, Nigerian, and so on. All persons, regardless of citizenship status, should answer this question.]
Fill one circle for the race that the person considers himself/herself to be.
If Indian (Amer.), print the name of the enrolled or principal tribe.
If Other Asian or Pacific Islander (API), print one group, for example: Hmong, Fijian, Laotian, Thai, Tongan, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on.
If Other race, print race.
[] White
[] Black or Negro
[] Indian (Amer.) (Print the name of the enrolled or principal tribe.)
____
[] Eskimo
[] Aleut
Asian or Pacific Islander (API)
[] Chinese
[] Filipino
[] Hawaiian
[] Korean
[] Vietnamese
[] Japanese
[] Asian Indian
[] Samoan
[] Guamanian
[] Other API
____
[] Other race (Print race)
____
[Fill one circle for the race each person considers himself/herself to be. If you fill the Indian (Amer.) circle, print the name of the tribe or tribes in which the person is enrolled. If the person is not enrolled in a tribe, print the name of the principal tribe(s). If you fill the Other API circle [under Asian or Pacific Islander (API)], only print the name of the group to which the person belongs. For example, the Other API category includes persons who identify as Burmese, Fijian, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Tongan, Thai, Cambodian, Sri Lankan, and so on. If you fill the Other race circle, be sure to print the name of the race. If the person considers himself/herself to be White, Black or Negro, Eskimo or Aleut, fill one circle only. Please do not print the race in the boxes. The Black or Negro category also includes persons who identify as African-American, Afro-American, Haitian, Jamaican, West Indian, Nigerian, and so on. All persons, regardless of citizenship status, should answer this question.]
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 100 | White |
| 110 | Spanish write-in |
| 200 | Black/Negro |
| 301 | Alaskan Athabaskan |
| 302 | Apache |
| 303 | Blackfoot |
| 304 | Cherokee |
| 305 | Cheyenne |
| 306 | Chickasaw |
| 307 | Chippewa |
| 308 | Choctaw |
| 309 | Comanche |
| 310 | Creek |
| 311 | Crow |
| 312 | Iroquois |
| 313 | Kiowa |
| 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 |
| 326 | All other tribes |
| 327 | Tribe not specified |
| 330 | Aleut |
| 340 | Eskimo |
| 400 | Chinese |
| 410 | Taiwanese |
| 500 | Japanese |
| 600 | Filipino |
| 610 | Asian Indian |
| 620 | Korean |
| 630 | Native Hawaiian |
| 640 | Vietnamese |
| 660 | Cambodian |
| 661 | Hmong |
| 662 | Laotian |
| 663 | Thai |
| 664 | Bangladeshi |
| 665 | Burmese |
| 666 | Indonesian |
| 667 | Malaysian |
| 668 | Okinawan |
| 669 | Pakistani |
| 670 | Sri Lankan |
| 671 | All other Asian, n.e.c. |
| 680 | Samoan |
| 681 | Tahitian |
| 682 | Tongan |
| 683 | Other Polynesian |
| 685 | Guamanian/Chamorro |
| 686 | Northern Mariana Islander |
| 687 | Palauan |
| 688 | Other Micronesian |
| 690 | Fijian |
| 691 | Other Melanesian |
| 699 | Pacific Islander, n.s. |
| 700 | Other race, n.e.c. |
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 ethnic group to which the person belonged.
Universe
All persons
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |