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

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Sep 03, 2025

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Sep 03, 2025

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Microfilm reel number (US1850A_REEL)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 278

End: 281

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

his variable reports the National Archives number of the microfilm reel from which the case was drawn. It can be used in conjunction with Microfilm sequence number (US50A049), Microfilm page number (US50A047), and Line number (US50A048) to locate the case on a microfilmed version of the original census form.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All households

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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