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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Standardized city, alphabetic string (US1850A_STDCITY)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 191

End: 208

Width: 18

Range: -

Format: character

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 gives the city of residence in a string form.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All households

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 18-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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