United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Birthplace, alphabetic string (US1850A_BPLSTR)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 413

End: 458

Width: 46

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

BPLUS indicates the person's place of birth in the United States. It is an adaptation of BPLCNTRY with a higher level of detail around birthplace within the United States of America.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All persons who reported their birthplace

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 46-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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