1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat
- USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Place of work metropolitan area (US1980A_PWMETRO)
Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
413
End:
416
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A493 US80A494 US80A495 US80A496 US80A516 US80A517"><span class="em">23. At what location did this person work last week? </span><br /><br />If this person worked at more than one location, print where he or she worked most last week.<br />If one location cannot be specified, see instruction guide.<br /><br />[If the person worked at several locations, but reported to the same location each day to begin work, print where he or she reported. If the person did not report to the same location each day to begin work, print the words "various locations" for 23a, and give as much information as possible in the remainder of 23 to identify the area in which he or she worked most last week. If the person's employer operates in more than one location (such as a grocery store chain or public school system), give the exact address of the location or branch where the person worked. If the person worked in a foreign country or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc., print the name of the country in 23e and leave the other parts of 23 blank.]<br /><br /><span class="em">23a. Address </span><br /><div class="i1">____ (Number and street)<br /><br />If street address is not known, enter the building name, shopping center, or other physical location description.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23b. Name of city, town, village, borough, etc. </span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23c. Is this place of work inside the incorporated (legal) limits of that city, town, village, borough, etc.? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No, in unincorporated area</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23d. County</span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23e. State </span><br /><div class="i1">________</div><br /><br /><span class="em">23f. ZIP Code </span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 0040 | Abilene, TX |
| 0080 | Akron, OH |
| 0120 | Albany, GA |
| 0160 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
| 0200 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 0220 | Alexandria, LA |
| 0240 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA/NJ |
| 0280 | Altoona, PA |
| 0320 | Amarillo, TX |
| 0380 | Anchorage, AK |
| 0400 | Anderson, IN |
| 0440 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 0450 | Anniston, AL |
| 0460 | Appleton-Oskosh-Neenah, WI |
| 0500 | Athens, GA |
| 0520 | Atlanta, GA |
| 0560 | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 0600 | Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC |
| 0640 | Austin, TX |
| 0680 | Bakersfield, CA |
| 0720 | Baltimore, MD |
| 0760 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 0780 | Battle Creek, MI |
| 0840 | Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange, TX |
| 0860 | Bellingham, WA |
| 0870 | Benton Harbor, MI |
| 0880 | Billings, MT |
| 0920 | Biloxi-Gulfport, MS |
| 0960 | Binghamton, NY |
| 1000 | Birmingham, AL |
| 1040 | Bloomington-Normal, IL |
| 1080 | Boise City, ID |
| 1120 | Boston, MA |
| 1121 | Lawrence-Haverhill, MA/NH |
| 1122 | Lowell, MA/NH |
| 1140 | Bradenton, FL |
| 1150 | Bremerton, WA |
| 1160 | Bridgeport, CT |
| 1240 | Brownsville - Harlingen-San Benito, TX |
| 1280 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY |
| 1320 | Canton, OH |
| 1360 | Cedar Rapids, IA |
| 1400 | Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, IL |
| 1440 | Charleston-N.Charleston,SC |
| 1480 | Charleston, WV |
| 1520 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, SC |
| 1521 | Rock Hill, SC |
| 1540 | Charlottesville, VA |
| 1560 | Chattanooga, TN/GA |
| 1600 | Chicago-Gary-Lake IL |
| 1602 | Gary-Hammond-East Chicago, IN |
| 1620 | Chico, CA |
| 1640 | Cincinnati, OH/KY/IN |
| 1680 | Cleveland, OH |
| 1720 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| 1740 | Columbia, MO |
| 1760 | Columbia, SC |
| 1800 | Columbus, GA/AL |
| 1840 | Columbus, OH |
| 1880 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 1920 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
| 1950 | Danville, VA |
| 1960 | Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL |
| 2000 | Dayton-Springfield, OH |
| 2001 | Springfield, OH |
| 2020 | Daytona Beach, FL |
| 2040 | Decatur, IL |
| 2080 | Denver-Boulder-Longmont, CO |
| 2120 | Des Moines, IA |
| 2160 | Detroit, MI |
| 2240 | Duluth-Superior, MN/WI |
| 2290 | Eau Claire, WI |
| 2310 | El Paso, TX |
| 2320 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
| 2360 | Erie, PA |
| 2400 | Eugene-Springfield, OR |
| 2440 | Evansville, IN/KY |
| 2560 | Fayetteville, NC |
| 2580 | Fayetteville-Springdale, AR |
| 2640 | Flint, MI |
| 2660 | Florence, SC |
| 2670 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO |
| 2680 | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL |
| 2700 | Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL |
| 2750 | Fort Walton Beach, FL |
| 2760 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2840 | Fresno, CA |
| 2880 | Gadsden, AL |
| 2900 | Gainesville, FL |
| 2920 | Galveston-Texas City, TX |
| 2970 | Glens Falls, NY |
| 3000 | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 3060 | Greeley, CO |
| 3080 | Green Bay, WI |
| 3120 | Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC |
| 3160 | Greenville-Spartenburg-Anderson, SC |
| 3161 | Anderson, SC |
| 3180 | Hagerstown, MD |
| 3200 | Hamilton-Middleton, OH |
| 3240 | Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA |
| 3280 | Hartford-Bristol-Middleton-New Britian, CT |
| 3283 | New Britain, CT |
| 3290 | Hickory-Morgantown, NC |
| 3320 | Honolulu, HI |
| 3360 | Houston-Brazoria, TX |
| 3400 | Huntington-Ashland, WV/KY/OH |
| 3440 | Huntsville, AL |
| 3480 | Indianapolis, IN |
| 3520 | Jackson, MI |
| 3560 | Jackson, MS |
| 3590 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 3600 | Jacksonville, NC |
| 3620 | Janesville-Beloit, WI |
| 3660 | Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN/VA |
| 3680 | Johnstown, PA |
| 3710 | Joplin, MO |
| 3720 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
| 3740 | Kankakee, IL |
| 3760 | Kansas City, MO-KS |
| 3800 | Kenosha, WI |
| 3810 | Killeen-Temple, TX |
| 3840 | Knoxville, TN |
| 3850 | Kokomo, IN |
| 3880 | Lafayette, LA |
| 3920 | Lafayette-W. Lafayette,IN |
| 3960 | Lake Charles, LA |
| 3980 | Lakeland-Winterhaven, FL |
| 4000 | Lancaster, PA |
| 4040 | Lansing-E. Lansing, MI |
| 4120 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 4200 | Lawton, OK |
| 4280 | Lexington-Fayette, KY |
| 4320 | Lima, OH |
| 4360 | Lincoln, NE |
| 4400 | Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR |
| 4410 | Long Branch-Asbury Park, NJ |
| 4420 | Longview-Marshall, TX |
| 4440 | Lorain-Elyria, OH |
| 4480 | Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| 4481 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove, CA |
| 4520 | Louisville, KY/IN |
| 4600 | Lubbock, TX |
| 4640 | Lynchburg, VA |
| 4680 | Macon-Warner Robins, GA |
| 4720 | Madison, WI |
| 4760 | Manchester, NH |
| 4800 | Mansfield, OH |
| 4880 | McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr-Mission, TX |
| 4890 | Medford, OR |
| 4900 | Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa-Palm Bay, FL |
| 4920 | Memphis, TN/AR/MS |
| 5000 | Miami-Hialeah, FL |
| 5080 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 5120 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN |
| 5160 | Mobile, AL |
| 5170 | Modesto, CA |
| 5200 | Monroe, LA |
| 5240 | Montgomery, AL |
| 5280 | Muncie, IN |
| 5320 | Muskegon-Norton Shores-Muskegon Heights, MI |
| 5360 | Nashville, TN |
| 5400 | New Bedford, MA |
| 5460 | New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-Sayreville, NJ |
| 5480 | New Haven-Meriden, CT |
| 5560 | New Orleans, LA |
| 5600 | New York-Northeastern NJ |
| 5601 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY |
| 5602 | Bergen-Passaic, NJ |
| 5603 | Jersey City, NJ |
| 5605 | Newark, NJ |
| 5640 | Newark, OH |
| 5660 | Newburgh-Middletown, NY |
| 5720 | Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA |
| 5760 | Norwalk, CT |
| 5790 | Ocala, FL |
| 5800 | Odessa, TX |
| 5880 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 5910 | Olympia, WA |
| 5920 | Omaha, NE/IA |
| 5960 | Orlando, FL |
| 6030 | Pascagoula-Moss Point, MS |
| 6080 | Pensacola, FL |
| 6120 | Peoria, IL |
| 6160 | Philadelphia, PA/NJ |
| 6200 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 6280 | Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA |
| 6400 | Portland, ME |
| 6440 | Portland-Vancouver, OR |
| 6450 | Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester, NH/ME |
| 6480 | Providence-Fall River-Pawtuckett, MA |
| 6481 | Fall River, MA/RI |
| 6520 | Provo-Orem, UT |
| 6560 | Pueblo, CO |
| 6600 | Racine, WI |
| 6640 | Raleigh-Durham, NC |
| 6680 | Reading, PA |
| 6690 | Redding, CA |
| 6720 | Reno, NV |
| 6740 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA |
| 6760 | Richmond-Petersburg, VA |
| 6761 | Petersburg-Colonial He.,VA |
| 6780 | Riverside-San Bernadino,CA |
| 6800 | Roanoke, VA |
| 6840 | Rochester, NY |
| 6880 | Rockford, IL |
| 6920 | Sacramento, CA |
| 6960 | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI |
| 6961 | Bay City, MI |
| 6980 | St. Cloud, MN |
| 7000 | St. Joseph, MO |
| 7040 | St. Louis, MO |
| 7080 | Salem, OR |
| 7120 | Salinas-Sea Side-Monterey, CA |
| 7140 | Salisbury-Concord, NC |
| 7160 | Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT |
| 7240 | San Antonio, TX |
| 7320 | San Diego, CA |
| 7360 | San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA |
| 7362 | Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA |
| 7400 | San Jose, CA |
| 7470 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA |
| 7480 | Santa Cruz, CA |
| 7500 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA |
| 7510 | Sarasota, FL |
| 7520 | Savannah, GA |
| 7560 | Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 7600 | Seattle-Everett, WA |
| 7610 | Sharon, PA |
| 7620 | Sheboygan, WI |
| 7680 | Shreveport, LA |
| 7720 | Sioux City, IA/NE |
| 7760 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| 7800 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN |
| 7840 | Spokane, WA |
| 7880 | Springfield, IL |
| 7920 | Springfield, MO |
| 8000 | Springfield-Holyoke-Chicopee, MA |
| 8040 | Stamford, CT |
| 8050 | State College, PA |
| 8120 | Stockton, CA |
| 8160 | Syracuse, NY |
| 8200 | Tacoma, WA |
| 8240 | Tallahassee, FL |
| 8280 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
| 8320 | Terre Haute, IN |
| 8400 | Toledo, OH/MI |
| 8440 | Topeka, KS |
| 8480 | Trenton, NJ |
| 8520 | Tucson, AZ |
| 8560 | Tulsa, OK |
| 8600 | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 8640 | Tyler, TX |
| 8680 | Utica-Rome, NY |
| 8730 | Ventura-Oxnard-Simi Valley |
| 8760 | Vineland-Milville-Bridgetown, NJ |
| 8780 | Visalia-Tulare -Porterville, CA |
| 8800 | Waco, TX |
| 8840 | Washington, DC/MD/VA |
| 8880 | Waterbury, CT |
| 8920 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
| 8940 | Wausau, WI |
| 8960 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton -Delray Beach, FL |
| 9040 | Wichita, KS |
| 9080 | Wichita Falls, TX |
| 9140 | Williamsport, PA |
| 9160 | Wilmington, DE/NJ/MD |
| 9200 | Wilmington, NC |
| 9240 | Worcester, MA |
| 9260 | Yakima, WA |
| 9280 | York, PA |
| 9320 | Youngstown-Warren, OH-PA |
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 metropolitan area in which the respondent worked, if the respondent's workplace was in an identifiable metropolitan area, given confidentiality restrictions.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who worked last week and reported their place of work in the United States or Puerto Rico; 50 percent of cases [discrepancies: type I: none, type II: 5.3%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |