1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Census region and division (US1970A_REGION)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 144

End: 145

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	New England Division
02	Middle Atlantic Division
03	Mixed Northeast Divisions
04	East North Central Division
05	West North Central Division
06	Mixed Midwestern Divisions
07	South Atlantic Division
08	East South Central Division
09	West South Central Division
10	Mixed Southern Divisions
11	Mountain Division
12	Pacific Division
13	Mixed Western Divisions
14	Unknown

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 region and division where the housing unit was located.

Universe

United States 1970: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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