United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Dwelling serial number (US1850A_DWELLING)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 269

End: 274

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

SERIAL is an identifying number unique to each household in a given year and country. All person records are assigned the same serial number as the household record that they follow. (Person records also have their own unique identifiers-see PERNUM.)

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All households

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 6-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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