United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1850
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Reference ID
USA_1850_PHC-1PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of the Interior, IPUMS
Metadata
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- USA1850_PHC-1PCT-H-H
- USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H
Birthplace (US1850B_BPL)
Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
285
End:
287
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a=" US50A430 US50A431" v=" US50A430 US50A431 US50A432 US50A433 US50A435">9. ____ Place of birth, naming the state, territory, or country.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Alabama |
| 002 | Alaska |
| 005 | Arkansas |
| 006 | California |
| 008 | Colorado |
| 009 | Connecticut |
| 010 | Delaware |
| 011 | District of Columbia |
| 012 | Florida |
| 013 | Georgia |
| 015 | Hawaii |
| 017 | Illinois |
| 018 | Indiana |
| 019 | Iowa |
| 020 | Kansas |
| 021 | Kentucky |
| 022 | Louisiana |
| 023 | Maine |
| 024 | Maryland |
| 025 | Massachusetts |
| 026 | Michigan |
| 027 | Minnesota |
| 028 | Mississippi |
| 029 | Missouri |
| 033 | New Hampshire |
| 034 | New Jersey |
| 035 | New Mexico |
| 036 | New York |
| 037 | North Carolina |
| 039 | Ohio |
| 040 | Oklahoma |
| 041 | Oregon |
| 042 | Pennsylvania |
| 044 | Rhode Island |
| 045 | South Carolina |
| 047 | Tennessee |
| 048 | Texas |
| 049 | Utah |
| 050 | Vermont |
| 051 | Virginia |
| 054 | West Virginia |
| 055 | Wisconsin |
| 099 | United States, ns |
| 115 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 150 | Canada |
| 160 | Atlantic Islands |
| 200 | Mexico |
| 210 | Central America |
| 250 | Cuba |
| 260 | West Indies |
| 300 | South America |
| 400 | Denmark |
| 404 | Norway |
| 405 | Sweden |
| 410 | England |
| 411 | Scotland |
| 412 | Wales |
| 413 | United Kingdom, ns |
| 414 | Ireland |
| 420 | Belgium |
| 421 | France |
| 425 | Netherlands |
| 426 | Switerland |
| 433 | Greece |
| 434 | Italy |
| 435 | Malta |
| 436 | Portugal |
| 438 | Spain |
| 450 | Austria |
| 452 | Czechoslovakia |
| 453 | Germany |
| 454 | Hungary |
| 455 | Poland |
| 465 | Other USSR/Russia |
| 499 | Europe, ns |
| 500 | China |
| 512 | Indonesia |
| 521 | India |
| 534 | Israel/Palestine |
| 600 | Africa |
| 900 | Abroad (unknown) or at sea |
| 999 | Missing/blank |
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
Birthplace.
Universe
United States 1850 (1%): All persons
concept
Concept