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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Race (US1850A_RACE)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 259

End: 261

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A428 US50A429 US50A436 US50A437">6. ____ Color -- White, black, mulatto, or American Indian.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
100	White
120	Blank (white)
200	Black or Negro
210	Mulatto
300	American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN)
400	Chinese
500	Japanese
600	Filipino
634	Hawaiian mixed
650	Other Asian or Pacific Islander (1980)

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 person's race, providing the information assessed by the census enumerator. This general version is a 1 digit variable.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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