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)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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City population (100s) (US1850A_CITYPOP)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 149

End: 152

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the population, in hundreds, of the city in which the household was located. All incorporated municipalities are included.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): Households in identifiable cities

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 4-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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