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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- USA1850_PHC-1PCT-H-H
- USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H
City (US1850B_CITY)
Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
188
End:
191
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US50A014 US50A015 US50A016 US50A017 US50A018 US50A019 US50A020 US50A021 US50A022 US50A023 US50A024 US50A025 US50A026 US50A027 US50A028 US50A029 US50A030 US50A031 US50A032 US50A033 US50A050 US50A051">Free inhabitants in _________, in the County of ________, State of _________, enumerated by me, on the _____ day of ___________, 1850.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | Not in identifiable city (or size group) |
| 0050 | Albany, NY |
| 0110 | Allegheny, PA |
| 0530 | Baltimore, MD |
| 0550 | Bangor, ME |
| 0810 | Boston, MA |
| 0890 | Buffalo, NY |
| 0930 | Cambridge, MA |
| 1030 | Charlestown, MA |
| 1050 | Charleston, SC |
| 1190 | Chicago, IL |
| 1290 | Cincinnati, OH |
| 1330 | Cleveland, OH |
| 1450 | Columbus, OH |
| 1670 | Dayton, OH |
| 1750 | Detroit, MI |
| 2230 | Fall River, MA |
| 2710 | Hartford, CT |
| 3390 | Lafayette, LA |
| 3450 | Lancaster, PA |
| 3750 | Louisville, KY |
| 3770 | Lowell, MA |
| 3810 | Lynn, MA |
| 3910 | Manchester, NH |
| 4130 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 4170 | Mobile, AL |
| 4411 | Nashville, TN |
| 4450 | New Bedford, MA |
| 4530 | New Haven, CT |
| 4570 | New Orleans, LA |
| 4610 | New York, NY |
| 4611 | Brooklyn, NY |
| 4630 | Newark, NJ |
| 4810 | Norfolk, VA |
| 4890 | Norwich, CT |
| 5110 | Oswego, NY |
| 5210 | Paterson, NJ |
| 5310 | Petersburg, VA |
| 5330 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 5331 | Kensington |
| 5332 | Mayamensing |
| 5333 | Northern Liberties |
| 5334 | Southwark |
| 5335 | Spring Garden |
| 5370 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 5510 | Portland, ME |
| 5650 | Providence, RI |
| 5790 | Reading, PA |
| 5870 | Richmond, VA |
| 5930 | Rochester, NY |
| 6010 | Roxbury, MA |
| 6090 | Saint Louis, MO |
| 6150 | Salem, MA |
| 6550 | Smithfield, RI |
| 6670 | Springfield, MA |
| 6850 | Syracuse, NY |
| 6910 | Taunton, MA |
| 7030 | Troy, NY |
| 7090 | Utica, NY |
| 7230 | Washington, DC |
| 7390 | Wheeling, WV |
| 7490 | Wilmington, DE |
| 7570 | Worcester, MA |
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.
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United States 1850 (1%): All households
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