1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ancestry, U.S. and Puerto Rico (ANCEST)
Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
107
End:
109
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Alsatian |
| 002 | Andorran |
| 003 | Austrian |
| 004 | Tirolean |
| 005 | Basque |
| 006 | French Basque |
| 008 | Belgian |
| 009 | Flemish |
| 010 | Walloon |
| 011 | British |
| 012 | British Isles |
| 013 | Channel Islander |
| 014 | Gibraltan |
| 015 | Cornish |
| 016 | Corsican |
| 017 | Cypriot |
| 018 | Greek Cypriote |
| 019 | Turkish Cypriote |
| 020 | Danish |
| 021 | Dutch |
| 022 | English |
| 023 | Faeroe Islander |
| 024 | Finnish |
| 025 | Karelian |
| 026 | French |
| 027 | Lorrainian |
| 028 | Breton |
| 029 | Frisian |
| 030 | Friulian |
| 032 | German (1980) |
| 033 | Bavarian |
| 034 | Berliner |
| 035 | Hamburger |
| 036 | Hanoverian |
| 037 | Hessian |
| 038 | Lubecker |
| 039 | Pomeranian (1980) |
| 040 | Prussian |
| 041 | Saxon |
| 042 | Sudetenlander |
| 043 | Westphalian |
| 046 | Greek |
| 047 | Cretan |
| 048 | Cycladic Islander |
| 049 | Icelander |
| 050 | Irish |
| 051 | Italian (1980) |
| 053 | Abruzzi |
| 054 | Apulian |
| 055 | Basilicata |
| 056 | Calabrian |
| 057 | Amalfi |
| 058 | Emilia Romagna |
| 059 | Rome |
| 060 | Ligurian |
| 061 | Lombardian |
| 062 | Marches |
| 063 | Molise |
| 064 | Neapolitan |
| 065 | Piedmontese |
| 066 | Puglia |
| 067 | Sardinian |
| 068 | Sicilian |
| 069 | Tuscan |
| 070 | Trentino |
| 071 | Umbrian |
| 072 | Valle d"Aosta |
| 073 | Venetian |
| 075 | Lapp |
| 076 | Liechtensteiner |
| 077 | Luxemburger |
| 078 | Maltese |
| 079 | Manx |
| 080 | Monegasque |
| 081 | Northern Irelander |
| 082 | Norwegian |
| 084 | Portuguese |
| 085 | Azorean |
| 086 | Madeiran |
| 087 | Scotch Irish (1990) |
| 088 | Scottish |
| 089 | Swedish |
| 090 | Aland Islander |
| 091 | Swiss |
| 092 | Suisse (1980) |
| 095 | Romansch (1980) |
| 096 | Suisse Romane (1990) |
| 097 | Welsh |
| 098 | Scandinavian, Nordic |
| 100 | Albanian |
| 101 | Azerbaijani |
| 102 | Belorussian |
| 103 | Bulgarian |
| 105 | Carpathian |
| 108 | Cossack (1990) |
| 109 | Croatian |
| 111 | Czechoslovakian |
| 112 | Bohemian |
| 115 | Estonian |
| 116 | Livonian |
| 117 | Finno Ugrian (1990) |
| 118 | Mordovian |
| 119 | Voytak |
| 120 | Georgian (1980) |
| 122 | Germans from Russia: |
| 123 | Gruziia (1990) |
| 124 | Rom |
| 125 | Hungarian |
| 126 | Magyar |
| 128 | Latvian |
| 129 | Lithuanian |
| 130 | Macedonian |
| 132 | North Caucasian (1990) |
| 133 | North Caucasian Turkic (1990) |
| 140 | Ossetian |
| 142 | Polish |
| 143 | Kashubian |
| 144 | Romanian (1990) |
| 145 | Bessarabian (1980) |
| 146 | Moldavian |
| 147 | Wallachian |
| 148 | Russian |
| 150 | Muscovite |
| 152 | Serbian (1980) |
| 153 | Slovak |
| 154 | Slovene |
| 155 | Sorb/Wend |
| 156 | Soviet Turkic (1990) |
| 157 | Bashkir |
| 158 | Chevash |
| 159 | Gagauz (1990) |
| 160 | Mesknetian (1990) |
| 163 | Yakut |
| 164 | Soviet Union, n.e.c. (1990) |
| 165 | Tatar (1990) |
| 169 | Uzbek |
| 171 | Ukrainian (1980) |
| 176 | Yugoslavian |
| 178 | Slav |
| 179 | Slavonian (1990) |
| 181 | Central European, n.e.c. |
| 183 | Northern European, n.e.c. |
| 185 | Southern European, n.e.c. |
| 187 | Western European, n.e.c. |
| 190 | Eastern European, n.e.c. |
| 195 | European, n.e.c. |
| 200 | Spaniard (1980) |
| 201 | Andalusian (1990) |
| 202 | Asturian (1990) |
| 204 | Catalonian |
| 205 | Balearic Islander (1980) |
| 206 | Galician (1980) |
| 210 | Mexican (1980) |
| 211 | Mexican American |
| 213 | Chicano/Chicana |
| 218 | Nuevo Mexicano (1980) |
| 219 | Californio |
| 221 | Costa Rican |
| 222 | Guatemalan |
| 223 | Honduran |
| 224 | Nicaraguan |
| 225 | Panamanian (1980) |
| 226 | Salvadoran |
| 227 | Latin American (1980) |
| 231 | Argentinean |
| 232 | Bolivian |
| 233 | Chilean |
| 234 | Colombian |
| 235 | Ecuadorian |
| 236 | Paraguayan |
| 237 | Peruvian |
| 238 | Uruguayan |
| 239 | Venezuelan |
| 248 | South American (1980) |
| 261 | Puerto Rican |
| 271 | Cuban |
| 275 | Dominican |
| 290 | Hispanic |
| 291 | Spanish |
| 295 | Spanish American |
| 296 | Other Spanish/Hispanic |
| 300 | Bahamian |
| 301 | Barbadian |
| 302 | Belizean |
| 303 | Bermudan |
| 304 | Cayman Islander |
| 308 | Jamaican |
| 310 | Dutch West Indies |
| 311 | Aruba Islander |
| 312 | St. Maarten Islander |
| 314 | Trinidadian/Tobagonian |
| 315 | Trinidadian |
| 316 | Tobagonian |
| 317 | U.S. Virgin Islander (1980) |
| 321 | British Virgin Islander(1980) |
| 322 | British West Indian |
| 323 | Turks and Caicos Islander |
| 324 | Anguilla Islander (1980) |
| 328 | Dominica Islander |
| 329 | Grenadian |
| 331 | St. Lucia Islander |
| 332 | French West Indies |
| 333 | Guadeloupe Islander |
| 334 | Cayenne |
| 335 | West Indian (1990) |
| 336 | Haitian |
| 337 | Other West Indian |
| 360 | Brazilian |
| 365 | San Andres |
| 370 | Guyanese/British Guiana |
| 375 | Providencia |
| 380 | Surinam/Dutch Guiana |
| 400 | Algerian |
| 402 | Egyptian |
| 404 | Libyan |
| 406 | Moroccan (1990) |
| 407 | Ifni |
| 408 | Tunisian |
| 411 | North African |
| 412 | Alhucemas |
| 413 | Berber |
| 414 | Rio de Oro |
| 415 | Bahraini |
| 416 | Iranian |
| 417 | Iraqi |
| 419 | Israeli |
| 421 | Jordanian |
| 422 | Transjordan |
| 423 | Kuwaiti |
| 425 | Lebanese |
| 427 | Saudi Arabian |
| 429 | Syrian (1990) |
| 431 | Armenian |
| 434 | Turkish |
| 435 | Yemeni |
| 436 | Omani |
| 437 | Muscat |
| 438 | Trucial Oman |
| 439 | Qatar |
| 441 | Bedouin |
| 442 | Kurdish |
| 444 | Kuria Muria Islander |
| 465 | Palestinian |
| 466 | Gazan |
| 467 | West Bank |
| 470 | South Yemeni |
| 471 | Aden |
| 480 | United Arab Emirates |
| 482 | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
| 490 | Middle Eastern |
| 495 | Arab |
| 496 | Other Arab |
| 500 | Angolan |
| 502 | Benin |
| 504 | Botswana |
| 506 | Burundian |
| 508 | Cameroonian |
| 510 | Cape Verdean |
| 512 | Central African Republic |
| 513 | Chadian |
| 515 | Congolese |
| 516 | Congo-Brazzaville |
| 519 | Djibouti |
| 520 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 521 | Corsico Islander |
| 522 | Ethiopian |
| 523 | Eritrean |
| 525 | Gabonese |
| 527 | Gambian |
| 529 | Ghanian |
| 530 | Guinean |
| 531 | Guinea Bissau |
| 532 | Ivory Coast |
| 534 | Kenyan |
| 538 | Lesotho |
| 541 | Liberian |
| 543 | Madagascan |
| 545 | Malawian (1990) |
| 546 | Malian |
| 547 | Mauritanian |
| 549 | Mozambican |
| 550 | Namibian |
| 551 | Niger |
| 553 | Nigerian |
| 554 | Fulani |
| 555 | Hausa |
| 556 | Ibo |
| 557 | Tiv (1980) |
| 561 | Rwandan |
| 564 | Senegalese |
| 566 | Sierra Leonean |
| 568 | Somalian |
| 569 | Swaziland |
| 570 | South African |
| 571 | Union of South Africa |
| 572 | Afrikaner |
| 573 | Natalian |
| 574 | Zulu |
| 576 | Sudanese |
| 577 | Dinka |
| 578 | Nuer |
| 579 | Fur |
| 580 | Baggara |
| 582 | Tanzanian |
| 583 | Tanganyikan |
| 584 | Zanzibar Islande |
| 586 | Togo |
| 588 | Ugandan |
| 589 | Upper Voltan |
| 590 | Volta |
| 591 | Zairian |
| 592 | Zambian |
| 593 | Zimbabwean |
| 594 | African Islands (1980) |
| 595 | Other Subsaharan Africa |
| 596 | Central African |
| 597 | East African |
| 598 | West African |
| 599 | African |
| 600 | Afghan |
| 601 | Baluchi |
| 602 | Pathan |
| 603 | Bengali (1980) |
| 607 | Bhutanese |
| 609 | Nepali |
| 615 | Asian Indian (1980) |
| 622 | Andaman Islander |
| 624 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 626 | Assamese |
| 628 | Goanese |
| 630 | Gujarati |
| 632 | Karnatakan |
| 634 | Keralan |
| 638 | Maharashtran |
| 640 | Madrasi |
| 642 | Mysore |
| 644 | Naga |
| 648 | Pondicherry |
| 650 | Punjabi |
| 656 | Tamil |
| 675 | East Indies (1990) |
| 680 | Pakistani (1980) |
| 690 | Sri Lankan |
| 691 | Singhalese |
| 692 | Veddah |
| 695 | Maldivian |
| 700 | Burmese (1990) |
| 702 | Shan |
| 703 | Cambodian |
| 704 | Khmer |
| 706 | Chinese |
| 707 | Cantonese (1980) |
| 708 | Manchurian |
| 709 | Mandarin (1990) |
| 712 | Mongolian (1980) |
| 714 | Tibetan |
| 716 | Hong Kong (1990) |
| 718 | Macao |
| 720 | Filipino |
| 730 | Indonesian (1980) |
| 740 | Japanese (1980) |
| 746 | Ryukyu Islander |
| 748 | Okinawan |
| 750 | Korean |
| 765 | Laotian |
| 766 | Meo |
| 768 | Hmong |
| 770 | Malaysian (1980) |
| 774 | Singaporean |
| 776 | Thai |
| 777 | Black Thai |
| 778 | Western Lao |
| 782 | Taiwanese |
| 785 | Vietnamese |
| 786 | Katu |
| 787 | Ma |
| 788 | Mnong |
| 790 | Montagnard |
| 792 | Indochinese |
| 793 | Eurasian |
| 795 | Asian |
| 796 | Other Asian |
| 800 | Australian |
| 801 | Tasmanian |
| 802 | Australian Aborigine (1990) |
| 803 | New Zealander |
| 808 | Polynesian (1990) |
| 809 | Kapinagamarangan (1990) |
| 810 | Maori |
| 811 | Hawaiian |
| 813 | Part Hawaiian |
| 814 | Samoan (1990) |
| 815 | Tongan |
| 816 | Tokelauan |
| 817 | Cook Islander |
| 818 | Tahitian |
| 819 | Niuean |
| 820 | Micronesian (1990) |
| 821 | Guamanian |
| 822 | Chamorro Islander |
| 823 | Saipanese (1990) |
| 824 | Palauan |
| 825 | Marshall Islander |
| 826 | Kosraean |
| 827 | Ponapean (1990) |
| 828 | Chuukese (1990) |
| 829 | Yap Islander |
| 830 | Caroline Islander (1990) |
| 831 | Kiribatese |
| 832 | Nauruan |
| 833 | Tarawa Islander (1990) |
| 834 | Tinian Islander (1990) |
| 840 | Melanesian Islander |
| 841 | Fijian |
| 843 | New Guinean |
| 844 | Papuan |
| 845 | Solomon Islander |
| 846 | New Caledonian Islander |
| 847 | Vanuatuan |
| 850 | Pacific Islander (1990) |
| 860 | Oceania |
| 862 | Chamolinian (1990) |
| 863 | Reserved Codes |
| 870 | Other Pacific |
| 900 | Afro-American (1980) |
| 902 | African-American (1990) |
| 913 | Central American Indian (1990) |
| 914 | South American Indian (1990) |
| 920 | American Indian (all tribes) |
| 921 | Aleut |
| 922 | Eskimo |
| 923 | Inuit |
| 924 | White/Caucasian (1980) |
| 930 | Greenlander |
| 931 | Canadian |
| 933 | Newfoundland |
| 934 | Nova Scotian |
| 935 | French Canadian |
| 936 | Acadian (1980) |
| 939 | American |
| 940 | United States |
| 941 | Alabama |
| 942 | Alaska |
| 943 | Arizona |
| 944 | Arkansas |
| 945 | California |
| 946 | Colorado |
| 947 | Connecticut |
| 948 | District of Columbia |
| 949 | Delaware |
| 950 | Florida |
| 951 | Georgia |
| 952 | Idaho |
| 953 | Illinois |
| 954 | Indiana |
| 955 | Iowa |
| 956 | Kansas |
| 957 | Kentucky |
| 958 | Louisiana |
| 959 | Maine |
| 960 | Maryland |
| 961 | Massachusetts |
| 962 | Michigan |
| 963 | Minnesota |
| 964 | Mississippi |
| 965 | Missouri |
| 966 | Montana |
| 967 | Nebraska |
| 968 | Nevada |
| 969 | New Hampshire |
| 970 | New Jersey |
| 971 | New Mexico |
| 972 | New York |
| 973 | North Carolina |
| 974 | North Dakota |
| 975 | Ohio |
| 976 | Oklahoma |
| 977 | Oregon |
| 978 | Pennsylvania |
| 979 | Rhode Island |
| 980 | South Carolina |
| 981 | South Dakota |
| 982 | Tennessee |
| 983 | Texas |
| 984 | Utah |
| 985 | Vermont |
| 986 | Virginia |
| 987 | Washington |
| 988 | West Virginia |
| 989 | Wisconsin |
| 990 | Wyoming |
| 993 | Southerner |
| 994 | North American |
| 995 | Mixture |
| 996 | Uncodable |
| 997 | Deferred cases |
| 998 | Other |
| 999 | Not reported |
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
ANCEST identifies the person's self-reported ancestry or ethnic origin in the United States and Puerto Rico.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |