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

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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Occupation, alphabetic string (US1850A_OCCSTR)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 322

End: 373

Width: 52

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's original unedited occupational entry from the census manuscript. Most users will prefer to use US50A441 or US50A442, which code the original occupational entries into coherent categories.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): Free males age 15+ who reported an occupation

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 52-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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