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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Occupation, 1950 basis (US1850B_OCC1950)
Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
308
End:
310
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US50A440 US50A441 US50A442 US50A443">7. ____ Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Accountants and auditors |
| 001 | Actors and actresses |
| 003 | Architects |
| 004 | Artists and art teachers |
| 005 | Athletes |
| 006 | Authors |
| 007 | Chemists |
| 009 | Clergymen |
| 010 | College presidents and deans |
| 018 | Mathematics |
| 028 | Nonscientific subjects |
| 029 | Subject not specified |
| 031 | Dancers and dancing teachers |
| 032 | Dentists |
| 033 | Designers |
| 035 | Draftsmen |
| 036 | Editors and reporters |
| 043 | Engineers, civil |
| 046 | Engineers, mechanical |
| 051 | Entertainers (n.e.c.) |
| 053 | Foresters and conservationists |
| 054 | Funeral directors and embalmers |
| 055 | Lawyers and judges |
| 057 | Musicians and music teachers |
| 062 | Biological scientists |
| 073 | Pharmacists |
| 074 | Photographers |
| 075 | Physicians and surgeons |
| 078 | Religious workers |
| 092 | Surveyors |
| 093 | Teachers (n.e.c.) |
| 097 | Therapists and healers (n.e.c.) |
| 099 | Professional, technical and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 100 | Farmers (owners and tenants) |
| 123 | Farm managers |
| 201 | Buyers and shippers, farm products |
| 203 | Conductors, railroad |
| 210 | Inspectors, public administration |
| 230 | Managers and superintendents, building |
| 240 | Officers, pilots, pursers and engineers, ship |
| 250 | Officials and administrators (n.e.c.), public administration |
| 270 | Postmasters |
| 290 | Managers, officials, and proprietors (n.e.c.) |
| 300 | Agents (n.e.c.) |
| 304 | Baggagemen, transportation |
| 305 | Bank tellers |
| 310 | Bookkeepers |
| 320 | Cashiers |
| 321 | Collectors, bill and account |
| 335 | Mail carriers |
| 340 | Messengers and office boys |
| 360 | Telegraph messengers |
| 365 | Telegraph operators |
| 380 | Ticket, station, and express agents |
| 390 | Clerical and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 410 | Auctioneers |
| 430 | Hucksters and peddlers |
| 450 | Insurance agents and brokers |
| 460 | Newsboys |
| 470 | Real estate agents and brokers |
| 490 | Salesmen and sales clerks (n.e.c.) |
| 500 | Bakers |
| 501 | Blacksmiths |
| 502 | Bookbinders |
| 503 | Boilermakers |
| 504 | Brickmasons, stonemasons, and tile setters |
| 505 | Cabinetmakers |
| 510 | Carpenters |
| 512 | Compositors and typesetters |
| 514 | Decorators and window dressers |
| 521 | Engravers, except photoengravers |
| 523 | Foremen (n.e.c.) |
| 524 | Forgemen and hammermen |
| 525 | Furriers |
| 532 | Inspectors, scalers, and graders, log and lumber |
| 533 | Inspectors (n.e.c.) |
| 534 | Jewelers, watchmakers, goldsmiths, and silversmiths |
| 541 | Locomotive engineers |
| 544 | Machinists |
| 554 | Mechanics and repairmen (n.e.c.) |
| 555 | Millers, grain, flour, feed, etc. |
| 560 | Millwrights |
| 561 | Molders, metal |
| 563 | Opticians and lens grinders and polishers |
| 564 | Painters, construction and maintenance |
| 565 | Paperhangers |
| 570 | Pattern and model makers, except paper |
| 571 | Photoengravers and lithographers |
| 573 | Plasterers |
| 574 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 575 | Pressmen and plate printers, printing |
| 580 | Rollers and roll hands, metal |
| 581 | Roofers and slaters |
| 582 | Shoemakers and repairers, except factory |
| 583 | Stationary engineers |
| 584 | Stone cutters and stone carvers |
| 585 | Structural metal workers |
| 590 | Tailors and tailoresses |
| 591 | Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers |
| 592 | Tool makers, and die makers and setters |
| 593 | Upholsterers |
| 594 | Craftsmen and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 595 | Members of the armed services |
| 602 | Apprentice carpenters |
| 611 | Apprentices, building trades (n.e.c.) |
| 614 | Apprentices, other specified trades |
| 615 | Apprentices, trade not specified |
| 622 | Blasters and powdermen |
| 623 | Boatmen, canalmen, and lock keepers |
| 624 | Brakemen, railroad |
| 625 | Bus drivers |
| 632 | Deliverymen and routemen |
| 634 | Dyers |
| 635 | Filers, grinders, and polishers, metal |
| 641 | Furnacemen, smeltermen and pourers |
| 642 | Heaters, metal |
| 644 | Meat cutters, except slaughter and packing house |
| 645 | Milliners |
| 650 | Mine operatives and laborers |
| 670 | Painters, except construction or maintenance |
| 671 | Photographic process workers |
| 673 | Sailors and deck hands |
| 674 | Sawyers |
| 675 | Spinners, textile |
| 680 | Stationary firemen |
| 681 | Switchmen, railroad |
| 682 | Taxicab drivers and chauffers |
| 683 | Truck and tractor drivers |
| 684 | Weavers, textile |
| 685 | Welders and flame cutters |
| 690 | Operative and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 710 | Laundressses, private household |
| 720 | Private household workers (n.e.c.) |
| 730 | Attendants, hospital and other institution |
| 732 | Attendants, recreation and amusement |
| 740 | Barbers, beauticians, and manicurists |
| 750 | Bartenders |
| 752 | Boarding and lodging house keepers |
| 753 | Charwomen and cleaners |
| 754 | Cooks, except private household |
| 763 | Guards, watchmen, and doorkeepers |
| 764 | Housekeepers and stewards, except private household |
| 770 | Janitors and sextons |
| 771 | Marshals and constables |
| 773 | Policemen and detectives |
| 780 | Porters |
| 781 | Practical nurses |
| 782 | Sheriffs and bailiffs |
| 784 | Waiters and waitresses |
| 785 | Watchmen (crossing) and bridge tenders |
| 790 | Service workers, except private household (n.e.c.) |
| 810 | Farm foremen |
| 820 | Farm laborers, wage workers |
| 840 | Farm service laborers, self-employed |
| 910 | Fishermen and oystermen |
| 930 | Gardeners, except farm, and groundskeepers |
| 940 | Longshoremen and stevedores |
| 950 | Lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers |
| 970 | Laborers (n.e.c.) |
| 983 | At school/student |
| 984 | Retired |
| 986 | Invalid/disabled w/ no occupation reported |
| 987 | Inmate |
| 995 | Other non-occupational response |
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) (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
Occupation, 1950 basis.
Universe
United States 1850 (1%): Free males age 15+
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