United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1880
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USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Metropolitan area (US1880B_METAREA)
Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
188
End:
190
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Schedule 1: Free Inhabitants in ____, in the County of ____, State of ____, enumerated by me, on the ____day of ____, 1880.</p>
<p>____, Enumerator.
<p>____, Enumerator.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Not identifiable or not in an MSA |
| 016 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
| 072 | Baltimore, MD |
| 112 | Boston, MA/NH |
| 128 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY |
| 160 | Chicago, IL |
| 164 | Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH/KY/IN |
| 168 | Cleveland, OH |
| 184 | Columbus, OH |
| 216 | Detroit, MI |
| 348 | Indianapolis, IN |
| 376 | Kansas City, MO/KS |
| 452 | Louisville, KY/IN |
| 508 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 548 | New Haven-Meriden, CT |
| 556 | New Orleans, LA |
| 560 | New York-Northeastern NJ |
| 616 | Philadelphia, PA/NJ |
| 628 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 648 | Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, MA/RI |
| 676 | Richmond-Petersburg, VA |
| 684 | Rochester, NY |
| 704 | St. Louis, MO/IL |
| 736 | San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA |
| 756 | Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 816 | Syracuse, NY |
| 840 | Toledo, OH/MI |
| 884 | Washington, DC/MD/VA |
| 924 | 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.
Description
Definition
This variabe indicates the metropolitan area where the household is located. Metropolitan area is constructed using the 1950 census definition of Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). In 1950, the SMA is a county or group of contiguous counties that contained at least one city of 50,000+ residents.
In order to be part of an SMA, a county either had to contain the central city, or had to be metropolitan in character and integrated with the central city. In order to be considered metropolitan in character, a county had to either contain 10,000 nonagricultural laborers, or contain at least one-tenth as many nonagricultural workers as worked in the county containing the central city of the SMA, or contain 50+ percent of its population in minor civil divisions that had a population density of 150+ persons per square mile and were contiguous to the central city, and have at least 2/3 of its employed residents working in nonagricultural occupations. For integration with the central city at least 25 percent of the county population would have resided in the central city of the metropolitan area.
In order to be part of an SMA, a county either had to contain the central city, or had to be metropolitan in character and integrated with the central city. In order to be considered metropolitan in character, a county had to either contain 10,000 nonagricultural laborers, or contain at least one-tenth as many nonagricultural workers as worked in the county containing the central city of the SMA, or contain 50+ percent of its population in minor civil divisions that had a population density of 150+ persons per square mile and were contiguous to the central city, and have at least 2/3 of its employed residents working in nonagricultural occupations. For integration with the central city at least 25 percent of the county population would have resided in the central city of the metropolitan area.
Universe
United States 1880 (10%): All households
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