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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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Size of place (US1850A_SIZEPL)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 153
End: 154
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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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>
Categories
Value Category
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
50 500,000-599,999
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
This variable indicates the size of the place where the household was enumerated.
Universe
United States 1850 (100%): All households

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