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United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880
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Urban/rural status (US1880B_URBAN)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
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.
Categories
Value Category
1 Rural
2 Urban
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 if the household's location was urban or rural. The urban area is made up for the most part of households in cities and incorporated places with 2,500+ inhabitants. It also includes households in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island towns (townships) containing a village or thickly settled area of 2,500 or more inhabitants and comprising, either by itself or when combined with other villages within the same town, more than 50 percent of the total population of the town. Also includes townships and other political subdivisions (not incorporating municipalities) with a total population of 10,000 or more and a population density of 1,000 or more per square mile.
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United States 1880 (10%): All households

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