United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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USA_1850_PHC-1PCT_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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Number of families in household (US1850B_NFAMS)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 239

End: 240

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
01	1 family or NIU (not in universe)
02	2 families
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
25	25

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

Number of families in household.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): All sample units

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