Census of the Population 1851 - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom [Great Britain], 1851
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Reference ID
GBR_1851_PHC-GBR_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Secretary of State, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
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- GBR1851_PHC-GBR-H-H
- GBR1851_PHC-GBR-P-H
Classified county of birth (modified by the extraction program) (UK1851C_CNTY)
Data file: GBR1851_PHC-GBR-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
604
End:
606
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 010 | Aberdeenshire |
| 011 | Anglesey |
| 013 | Angus |
| 014 | Argyllshire |
| 015 | Ayrshire |
| 016 | Banffshire |
| 017 | Bedfordshire |
| 018 | Berkshire |
| 019 | Berwickshire |
| 020 | Brecknockshire |
| 021 | Buckinghamshire |
| 022 | Buteshire |
| 023 | Caernavonshire |
| 024 | Caithness |
| 025 | Cambridgeshire |
| 026 | Cardiganshire |
| 027 | Carmarthenshire |
| 028 | Cheshire |
| 029 | Clackmannanshire |
| 030 | Cornwall |
| 031 | Cumberland |
| 032 | Denbighshire |
| 033 | Derbyshire |
| 034 | Devonshire |
| 035 | Dumfriesshire |
| 036 | Dunbartonshire |
| 037 | Dorset |
| 038 | Durham |
| 039 | East Lothian |
| 040 | Essex |
| 041 | Fife |
| 042 | Flintshire |
| 043 | Glamorganshire |
| 044 | Gloucestershire |
| 045 | Guernsey |
| 046 | Hampshire |
| 047 | Herefordshire |
| 048 | Hertfordshire |
| 049 | Huntingdonshire |
| 050 | Inverness-shire |
| 051 | Isle of Man |
| 052 | Jersey |
| 053 | Kincardineshire |
| 054 | Kent |
| 055 | Kirkudbrightshire |
| 056 | Kinross-shire |
| 057 | Lancashire |
| 058 | Leicestershire |
| 059 | Lincolnshire |
| 060 | Lanarkshire |
| 061 | Merionethshire |
| 062 | Middlesex |
| 063 | Mid Lothian |
| 064 | Monmouthshire |
| 065 | Montgomeryshire |
| 066 | Morayshire |
| 067 | Nairnshire |
| 068 | Norfolk |
| 069 | Northamptonshire |
| 070 | Northumberland |
| 071 | Nottinghamshire |
| 072 | Orkney |
| 073 | Oxfordshire |
| 074 | Peeblesshire |
| 075 | Pembrokeshire |
| 076 | Perthshire |
| 077 | Radnorshire |
| 078 | Renfrewshire |
| 079 | Ross and Cromarty |
| 080 | Roxburghshire |
| 081 | Rutlandshire |
| 082 | Shropshire |
| 083 | Selkirkshire |
| 084 | Shetland |
| 085 | Somersetshire |
| 086 | Stirlingshire |
| 087 | Staffordshire |
| 088 | Suffolk |
| 089 | Surrey |
| 090 | Sussex |
| 091 | Sutherland |
| 092 | Warwickshire |
| 093 | Westmorland |
| 094 | Wigtownshire |
| 095 | Wiltshire |
| 096 | West Lothian |
| 097 | Worcestershire |
| 100 | Yorkshire |
| 990 | England |
| 991 | Wales |
| 992 | Scotland |
| 998 | Foreign |
| 999 | 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 lists the classified county of birth. It is derived from variables GB51A421, GB51A423 and is modified by the programming. Those people who were born outside of Great Britain or the islands in the British seas have been classified here as 'foreign'
Universe
United Kingdom 1851 (2%) [Great Britain]: All persons
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