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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Urbanized area (US1850A_URBAREA)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 156

End: 159

Width: 4

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
0160	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0720	Baltimore, MD
1120	Boston, MA
1640	Cincinnati, OH/KY/IN
4520	Louisville, KY/IN
5560	New Orleans, LA
5600	New York, NY-Northeastern NJ
6160	Philadelphia, PA/NJ
6280	Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA
7040	St. Louis, MO/IL
9999	NIU (not in universe)

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 urbanized area of enumeration of the household. "Urbanized areas" are concentrations of at least 50,000 people consisting of a central city and the surrounding, closely-settled contiguous urban fringe. Urbanized areas have a population density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile, though small pockets of land within them (such as industrial parks or railroad yards) may be less densely settled.

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United States 1850 (100%): Households in urbanized areas

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