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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- USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat
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Language spoken at home, United States (LANGUS)
Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
114
End:
116
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 001 | English |
| 002 | Jamaican Creole |
| 003 | Krio, Pidgin Krio |
| 004 | Hawaiian Pidgin |
| 005 | Pidgin |
| 006 | Gullah, Geechee |
| 007 | Saramacca |
| 008 | German |
| 009 | Swiss |
| 010 | Luxembourgian |
| 011 | Pennsylvania Dutch |
| 012 | Yiddish, Jewish |
| 013 | Dutch |
| 014 | Afrikaans |
| 015 | Frisian |
| 016 | Swedish |
| 017 | Danish |
| 018 | Norwegian |
| 019 | Icelandic |
| 020 | Faroese |
| 021 | Italian |
| 022 | Rhaeto-Romanic, Ladin |
| 023 | French |
| 024 | Provencal |
| 025 | Patois |
| 026 | French or Haitian Creole |
| 027 | Cajun |
| 028 | Spanish |
| 029 | Catalonian, Valencian |
| 030 | Ladino, Sefaradit, Spanol |
| 031 | Pachuco |
| 032 | Papia Mentae |
| 033 | Portuguese |
| 034 | Cape Verdean Creole |
| 035 | Rumanian |
| 036 | Irish Gaelic, Gaelic |
| 037 | Scottish Gaelic |
| 038 | Welsh |
| 039 | Greek |
| 040 | Albanian |
| 041 | Russian |
| 042 | Bielo-, White Russian, Belarusian |
| 043 | Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Little Russian |
| 044 | Czech |
| 045 | Polish |
| 046 | Kashubian, Slovincian |
| 047 | Slovak |
| 048 | Serbo-Croatian, Yugoslavian, Slavonian |
| 049 | Croatian |
| 050 | Serbian |
| 051 | Bosnian |
| 052 | Slovene |
| 053 | Lithuanian |
| 054 | Lettish, Latvian |
| 055 | Bulgarian |
| 056 | Lusatian, Sorbian, Wendish |
| 057 | Macedonian |
| 058 | Armenian |
| 059 | Persian, Iranian, Farssi |
| 060 | Dari |
| 061 | Pashto, Afghan |
| 062 | Kurdish |
| 063 | Balochi |
| 064 | Tadzhik |
| 065 | Ossete |
| 066 | Hindi |
| 067 | Sanskrit |
| 068 | Urdu |
| 069 | Bengali |
| 070 | Panjabi |
| 071 | Marathi |
| 072 | Gujarathi |
| 073 | Bihari |
| 074 | Rajasthani |
| 075 | Oriya |
| 076 | Assamese |
| 077 | Kashmiri |
| 078 | Sindhi |
| 079 | Maldivian |
| 080 | Sinhalese |
| 081 | Kannada |
| 082 | India n.e.c. |
| 083 | Pakistan n.e.c. |
| 084 | Other Indo-Iranian languages |
| 085 | Other Indo-European languages |
| 086 | Estonian |
| 087 | Romany, Gypsy |
| 088 | Finnish |
| 089 | Magyar, Hungarian |
| 090 | Lapp, Inari, Kola, Lule, Pite, Ruija, Skolt, Um |
| 091 | Other Uralic |
| 092 | Turkish |
| 093 | Kirghiz |
| 094 | Chuvash |
| 095 | Karakalpak |
| 096 | Kazakh |
| 097 | Karachay, Tatar, Balkar, Bashkir, Kumyk |
| 098 | Uzbek, Uighur |
| 099 | Azerbaijani |
| 100 | Mongolian |
| 101 | Tungus |
| 102 | Caucasian, Georgian, Avar |
| 103 | Basque |
| 104 | Dravidian |
| 105 | Brahui |
| 106 | Gondi |
| 107 | Telugu |
| 108 | Malayalam |
| 109 | Tamil |
| 110 | Bhili |
| 111 | Nepali |
| 112 | Kurukh |
| 113 | Munda |
| 114 | Burushaski |
| 115 | Chinese |
| 116 | Cantonese |
| 117 | Mandarin |
| 118 | Hakka, Fukien, K'echia |
| 119 | Kan, Nan Chang |
| 120 | Fuchow, Min Pei |
| 121 | Wu |
| 122 | Chinese, Cantonese, Min, Yueh |
| 123 | Tibetan |
| 124 | Hsiang, Chansa, Hunan, Iyan |
| 125 | Miao-Yao, Mien |
| 126 | Miao, Hmong |
| 127 | Iu Mien |
| 128 | Burmese, Lisu, Lolo |
| 129 | Karen |
| 130 | Chin languages |
| 131 | Kachin |
| 132 | Thai |
| 133 | Laotian |
| 134 | Japanese |
| 135 | Korean |
| 136 | Vietnamese |
| 137 | Ainu |
| 138 | Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
| 139 | Yukagir |
| 140 | Muong |
| 141 | Indonesian |
| 142 | Buginese |
| 143 | Achinese |
| 144 | Balinese |
| 145 | Madurese |
| 146 | Cham |
| 147 | Malay |
| 148 | Minangkabau |
| 149 | Other Asian languages |
| 150 | Formosan, Taiwanese |
| 151 | Javanese |
| 152 | Malagasy |
| 153 | Sundanese |
| 154 | Other Malayan |
| 155 | Filipino, Tagalog |
| 156 | Bisayan |
| 157 | Sebuano |
| 158 | Pangasinan |
| 159 | Llocano, Hocano |
| 160 | Bikol |
| 161 | Pampangan |
| 162 | Gorontalo |
| 163 | Palau |
| 164 | Micronesian |
| 165 | Carolinian |
| 166 | Chamorro, Guamanian |
| 167 | Gilbertese |
| 168 | Kusaiean |
| 169 | Marshallese |
| 170 | Mokilese |
| 171 | Nauruan |
| 172 | Ponapean |
| 173 | Trukese |
| 174 | Ulithean, Fais |
| 175 | Woleai-Ulithi |
| 176 | Yapese |
| 177 | Melanesian |
| 178 | Polynesian |
| 179 | Samoan |
| 180 | Tongan |
| 181 | Other Pacific Island languages |
| 182 | Tokelauan |
| 183 | Fijian |
| 184 | Marquesan |
| 185 | Rarotongan |
| 186 | Maori |
| 187 | Nukuoro, Kapingarangan |
| 188 | Hawaiian |
| 189 | Arabic |
| 190 | Syriac, Aramaic, Chaldean |
| 191 | Near East Arabic dialect |
| 192 | Hebrew, Israeli |
| 193 | Amharic, Ethiopian, etc. |
| 194 | Berber |
| 195 | Chadic, Hamitic, Hausa |
| 196 | Cushite, Beja, Somali |
| 197 | Other Afro-Asiatic languages |
| 198 | Nilotic |
| 199 | Nilo-Hamitic |
| 200 | Nubian |
| 201 | Saharan |
| 202 | Nilo-Saharan, Fur, Songhai |
| 203 | Khoisan |
| 204 | Sudanic |
| 205 | Bantu (many subheads) |
| 206 | Swahili |
| 207 | Mande |
| 208 | Fulani |
| 209 | Gur |
| 210 | Kru |
| 211 | Efik, Ibibio, Tiv |
| 212 | Mbum, Gbaya, Sango, Zande |
| 213 | Niger-Congo regions (many subheads) |
| 214 | Other specified African languages |
| 215 | African, n.s. |
| 216 | Aleut, Eskimo |
| 217 | Apache |
| 218 | Other Algonquin languages |
| 219 | Inupik, Innuit |
| 220 | St Lawrence Isl Yupik |
| 221 | Yupik |
| 222 | Algonquian |
| 223 | Arapaho |
| 224 | Atsina, Gros Ventre |
| 225 | Blackfoot |
| 226 | Cheyenne |
| 227 | Cree |
| 228 | Delaware, Lenni-Lenape |
| 229 | Fox, Sac |
| 230 | Kickapoo |
| 231 | Menomini |
| 232 | Metis, French Cree |
| 233 | Miami |
| 234 | Micmac |
| 235 | Ojibwa, Chippewa |
| 236 | Ottawa |
| 237 | Passamaquoddy, Malecite |
| 238 | Penobscot |
| 239 | Potawatomi |
| 240 | Shawnee |
| 241 | Salish, Flathead |
| 242 | Clallam |
| 243 | Coeur d'Alene, Skitsamish |
| 244 | Columbia, Chelan, Wenatchee |
| 245 | Nootsack |
| 246 | Okanogan |
| 247 | Puget Sound Salish |
| 248 | Kalispel |
| 249 | Spokane |
| 250 | Athapascan |
| 251 | Han |
| 252 | Koyukon |
| 253 | Kuchin |
| 254 | Tanaina |
| 255 | Chasta Costa, Chetco, Coquille, Smith River Ath |
| 256 | Hupa |
| 257 | Apache |
| 258 | Jicarilla, Lipan |
| 259 | Chiricahua, Mescalero |
| 260 | San Carlos, Cibecue, White Mountain |
| 261 | Kiowa-Apache |
| 262 | Kiowa |
| 263 | Navajo |
| 264 | Klamath, Modoc |
| 265 | Nez Perce |
| 266 | Sahaptian, Celilo, Klikitat, Palouse, Tenino, U |
| 267 | Mountain Maidu, Maidu |
| 268 | Sierra Miwok, Miwok |
| 269 | Wintun |
| 270 | Foothill North Yokuts |
| 271 | Tachi |
| 272 | Siuslaw, Coos, Lower Umpqua |
| 273 | Tsimshian |
| 274 | Upper Chinook, Clackamas, Multnomah, Wasco, Wis |
| 275 | Chinook Jargon |
| 276 | Zuni |
| 277 | Yuman |
| 278 | Cocomaricopa |
| 279 | Mohave |
| 280 | Diegueno |
| 281 | Delta River Yuman |
| 282 | Havasupai |
| 283 | Walapai |
| 284 | Yavapai |
| 285 | Achumawi |
| 286 | Karok |
| 287 | Pomo |
| 288 | Washo |
| 289 | Crow, Absaroke |
| 290 | Hidatsa |
| 291 | Mandan |
| 292 | Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, Sioux |
| 293 | Chiwere |
| 294 | Winnebago |
| 295 | Omaha |
| 296 | Osage |
| 297 | Ponca |
| 298 | Alabama |
| 299 | Choctaw, Chickasaw |
| 300 | Mikasuki |
| 301 | Koasati |
| 302 | Muskogee, Creek, Seminole |
| 303 | Keres |
| 304 | Iroquoian |
| 305 | Mohawk |
| 306 | Oneida |
| 307 | Onondaga |
| 308 | Cayuga |
| 309 | Seneca |
| 310 | Tuscarora |
| 311 | Cherokee |
| 312 | Yupik |
| 313 | Algonquian |
| 314 | Choctaw, Chickasaw |
| 315 | Caddoan |
| 316 | Arikara |
| 317 | Pawnee |
| 318 | Wichita |
| 319 | Comanche |
| 320 | Mono, Owens Valley Paiute |
| 321 | Paiute |
| 322 | Chemehuevi |
| 323 | Ute |
| 324 | Shoshoni |
| 325 | Hopi |
| 326 | Cahuilla |
| 327 | Luiseno |
| 328 | Pima, Papago |
| 329 | Yaqui |
| 330 | Aztecan, Mexicano, Nahua |
| 331 | Picuris, Northern Tiwa, Taos |
| 332 | Tiwa, Isleta |
| 333 | Sandia |
| 334 | Tewa, Hano, Hopi-Tewa, San Ildefonso, San Juan, |
| 335 | Towa |
| 336 | Yurok |
| 337 | Makah |
| 338 | Kutenai |
| 339 | Haida |
| 340 | Tlingit, Chilkat, Sitka, Tongass, Yakutat |
| 341 | Yuchi |
| 342 | Misumalpan |
| 343 | Mayan languages |
| 344 | Tarascan |
| 345 | Mapuche |
| 346 | Oto-Manguen |
| 347 | Quechua |
| 348 | Arawakian |
| 349 | Chibchan |
| 350 | Tupi-Guarani |
| 351 | American Indian, ns |
| 352 | Other specified American Indian languages |
| 353 | South/Central American Indian |
| 998 | Other not elsewhere classified |
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 language that the respondent speaks at home in the United States and Puerto Rico.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |