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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Race, United States (RACEUS)
Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
103
End:
105
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 100 | White |
| 200 | Black |
| 210 | Mulatto (1850-1910) |
| 300 | American Indian/Alaska Native, not specified |
| 301 | Alaskan Athabaskan |
| 302 | Aleut |
| 303 | Apache |
| 304 | Blackfoot |
| 305 | Cherokee |
| 306 | Cheyenne |
| 307 | Chickasaw |
| 308 | Chippewa |
| 309 | Choctaw |
| 310 | Colville |
| 311 | Comanche |
| 312 | Creek |
| 313 | Crow |
| 314 | Delaware |
| 315 | Eskimo |
| 316 | Hopi |
| 317 | Houma |
| 318 | Inupiat |
| 319 | Iroquois |
| 320 | Kiowa |
| 321 | Lumbee |
| 322 | Menominee |
| 323 | Navajo |
| 324 | Osage |
| 325 | Paiute |
| 326 | Pima |
| 327 | Potawatomi |
| 328 | Pueblo |
| 329 | Puget Sound Salish |
| 330 | Seminole |
| 331 | Shoshone |
| 332 | Sioux |
| 333 | Tlingit (Tlingit-Haida, 2000-2005) |
| 334 | Tohono O''Odham |
| 335 | Yakama |
| 336 | Yaqui |
| 337 | Yuman |
| 338 | Yup'ik |
| 340 | All other tribes |
| 341 | AIAN, tribe not specified |
| 342 | Other specified Indian tribe (2000-2005) |
| 343 | Two or more Indian tribes (2000-2005) |
| 344 | Other Alaskan tribe(s) (2000-2005) |
| 345 | Both Indian and Alaskan (2000-2005) |
| 346 | Tribal responses, n.e.c. |
| 350 | Latin American Indian |
| 400 | Chinese |
| 410 | Taiwanese |
| 420 | Chinese and Taiwanese |
| 500 | Japanese |
| 600 | Filipino |
| 610 | Asian Indian |
| 620 | Korean |
| 630 | Native Hawaiian |
| 631 | Asiatic Hawiian |
| 632 | Caucasian Hawaiian |
| 640 | Vietnamese |
| 641 | Bhutanese |
| 642 | Mongolian |
| 643 | Nepalese |
| 660 | Cambodian |
| 661 | Hmong |
| 662 | Laotian |
| 663 | Thai |
| 664 | Bangladeshi |
| 665 | Burmese |
| 666 | Indonesian |
| 667 | Malaysian |
| 668 | Okinawan |
| 669 | Pakistani |
| 670 | Sri Lankan |
| 671 | All other Asian, n.e.c. |
| 672 | Asian, not specified |
| 673 | Chinese and Japanese |
| 674 | Chinese and Filipino |
| 675 | Chinese and Vietnamese |
| 676 | Chinese and Asian write-in |
| 677 | Japanese and Filipino |
| 678 | Asian Indian and Asian write-in |
| 679 | Other Asian race combinations |
| 680 | Samoan |
| 681 | Tahitian |
| 682 | Tongan |
| 684 | One or more other Polynesian races (2000-2005) |
| 685 | Guamanian/Chamorro |
| 686 | Northern Mariana Islander |
| 687 | Palauan |
| 688 | Other Micronesian |
| 689 | One or more other Micronesian races (2000-2005) |
| 690 | Fijian |
| 691 | Other Melanesian |
| 692 | One or more Melanesian races (2000-2005) |
| 698 | Two or more PI races from multiple regions |
| 699 | Pacific Islander (PI), n.s. |
| 700 | Other race, n.e.c. |
| 800 | Two or more races |
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
RACEUS identifies the "race" of the respondent in the United States. Race is a social construct, not a scientific or anthropological concept. Many detailed categories consist of national origin groups.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |