United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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Reference ID

USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_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

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Aug 01, 2025

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Minor Civil Division code (US1880B_MCD)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 227

End: 231

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Schedule 1: Free Inhabitants in ____, in the County of ____, State of ____, enumerated by me, on the ____day of ____, 1880.</p>

<p>____, Enumerator.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the minor civil division code of the enumeration area of the household. Minor civil divisions are the principal independent political division at the sub-county level. The coding scheme generally follows the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). The codes of this variables must be read in combination with one of the state variables( US80B016 or US80B017) and the county variable US80B018.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All households

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 5-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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