United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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Reference ID

USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 01, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Size of place, historical US and Canada (SIZEPLH)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 63

End: 64

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	Not identifiable
01	Under 1,000 or unincorporated
02	1,000-2,499
03	2,500-3,999
04	4,000-4,999
05	5,000-9,999
06	10,000-24,999
07	25,000-49,999
08	50,000-74,999
09	75,000-99,999
10	100,000-199,999
20	200,000-299,999
30	300,000-399,999
40	400,000-499,999
50	500,000-599,999
60	600,000-749,999
70	750,000-999,999
80	1,000,000-1,999,999
90	2,000,000+

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

SIZEPLH is a recode of CITYPOPH, grouping places of similar size. See CITYPOPH for more precise figures of city population (in hundreds) for the U.S. and Canada, and see CITYH for identification of specific cities.

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