1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1970
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Reference ID
USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat
- USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat
Metropolitan area (US1970A_METAREA)
Data file: USA1970_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
155
End:
158
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | N/A or household does not reside in a metropolitan area |
| 0080 | Akron, OH |
| 0160 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
| 0200 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 0240 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA/NJ |
| 0460 | Appleton-Oskosh-Neenah, WI |
| 0520 | Atlanta, GA |
| 0600 | Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC |
| 0640 | Austin, TX |
| 0680 | Bakersfield, CA |
| 0720 | Baltimore, MD |
| 0760 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 0840 | Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange, TX |
| 0960 | Binghamton, NY |
| 1000 | Birmingham, AL |
| 1120 | Boston, MA |
| 1200 | Brockton, MA |
| 1280 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY |
| 1320 | Canton, OH |
| 1440 | Charleston-N.Charleston, SC |
| 1520 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, SC |
| 1560 | Chattanooga, TN/GA |
| 1600 | Chicago-Gary-Lake IL |
| 1602 | Gary-Hammond-East Chicago, IN |
| 1640 | Cincinnati, OH/KY/IN |
| 1680 | Cleveland, OH |
| 1760 | Columbia, SC |
| 1840 | Columbus, OH |
| 1880 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 1920 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
| 1921 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
| 1960 | Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL |
| 2000 | Dayton-Springfield, OH |
| 2080 | Denver-Boulder-Longmont, CO |
| 2120 | Des Moines, IA |
| 2160 | Detroit, MI |
| 2240 | Duluth-Superior, MN/WI |
| 2310 | El Paso, TX |
| 2360 | Erie, PA |
| 2640 | Flint, MI |
| 2680 | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL |
| 2760 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2840 | Fresno, CA |
| 3000 | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 3120 | Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC |
| 3160 | Greenville-Spartenburg-Anderson, SC |
| 3240 | Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA |
| 3280 | Hartford-Bristol-Middletown-New Britian, CT |
| 3320 | Honolulu, HI |
| 3360 | Houston-Brazoria, TX |
| 3400 | Huntington-Ashland, WV/KY/OH |
| 3480 | Indianapolis, IN |
| 3560 | Jackson, MS |
| 3590 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 3680 | Johnstown, PA |
| 3760 | Kansas City, MO-KS |
| 3840 | Knoxville, TN |
| 4000 | Lancaster, PA |
| 4120 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 4400 | Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR |
| 4440 | Lorain-Elyria, OH |
| 4480 | Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| 4481 | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove, CA |
| 4520 | Louisville, KY/IN |
| 4720 | Madison, WI |
| 4920 | Memphis, TN/AR/MS |
| 5000 | Miami-Hialeah, FL |
| 5080 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 5120 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN |
| 5160 | Mobile, AL |
| 5360 | Nashville, TN |
| 5480 | New Haven-Meriden, CT |
| 5560 | New Orleans, LA |
| 5600 | New York-Northeastern NJ |
| 5601 | Nassau Co., NY |
| 5602 | Bergen-Passaic, NJ |
| 5603 | Jersey City, NJ |
| 5605 | Newark, NJ |
| 5720 | Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA |
| 5880 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 5920 | Omaha, NE/IA |
| 5960 | Orlando, FL |
| 6120 | Peoria, IL |
| 6160 | Philadelphia, PA/NJ |
| 6200 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 6280 | Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA |
| 6440 | Portland-Vancouver, OR |
| 6480 | Providence-Fall River-Pawtuckett, MA |
| 6680 | Reading, PA |
| 6760 | Richmond-Petersburg, VA |
| 6780 | Riverside-San Bernadino,CA |
| 6840 | Rochester, NY |
| 6880 | Rockford, IL |
| 6920 | Sacramento, CA |
| 7040 | St. Louis, MO-IL |
| 7120 | Salinas-Sea Side-Monterey, CA |
| 7160 | Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT |
| 7240 | San Antonio, TX |
| 7320 | San Diego, CA |
| 7360 | San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA |
| 7400 | San Jose, CA |
| 7470 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA |
| 7561 | Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA |
| 7600 | Seattle-Everett, WA |
| 7680 | Shreveport, LA |
| 7800 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN |
| 7840 | Spokane, WA |
| 8000 | Springfield-Holyoke-Chicopee, MA |
| 8120 | Stockton, CA |
| 8160 | Syracuse, NY |
| 8200 | Tacoma, WA |
| 8280 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
| 8400 | Toledo, OH/MI |
| 8480 | Trenton, NJ |
| 8520 | Tucson, AZ |
| 8560 | Tulsa, OK |
| 8680 | Utica-Rome, NY |
| 8730 | Ventura-Oxnard-Simi Valley |
| 8840 | Washington, DC/MD/VA |
| 8960 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton -Delray Beach, FL |
| 9040 | Wichita, KS |
| 9160 | Wilmington, DE/NJ/MD |
| 9240 | Worcester, MA |
| 9280 | York, PA |
| 9320 | Youngstown-Warren, OH-PA |
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 the metropolitan area where the household was enumerated, if that metropolitan area was large enough to meet confidentiality requirements. Metropolitan areas are counties or combinations of counties centering on a substantial urban area.
Universe
United States 1970: All households
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |